Original sentence: For the 2005 season he signed with Davitamon-Lotto, and on his first Tour de France later that year achieved 8th place in the overall General Classification, the first Australian to place in the top ten in the Tour de France since Phil Anderson
Edited sentence: Evans demonstrated his climbing skills by often just riding on to the back of the groups with Lance Armstrong, Ivan Basso and Jan Ullrich in the Tour's mountain stages.For the 2005 season he signed with Davitamon-Lotto, and on his first Tour de France later that year achieved a magnificent 8th place in the overall General Classification, the first Australian to place in the top ten in the Tour de France since Phil Anderson