Evans sympathetic as mechanical woes weigh on Wiggins Teamwork: Cadel Evans during the Giro del Trentino time trial. Cadel Evans finished his last race before the Giro d'Italia confident he is close to the form he needs to impress in the three-week race which starts on May 4. But while Evans (BMC) finished the Giro del Trentino on Friday feeling stronger than when he began, he empathised with Briton Bradley Wiggins, who was enraged by mechanical problems that possibly cost him overall victory. With nine kilometres left on the finishing climb of Friday's fourth stage from Arco to Sego di Ala in the Dolomites, Tour de France champion Wiggins (Sky) appeared to have gear problems. By the time he got on his spare bike, the leaders were way ahead. After another mechanical problem he finished ninth at 1 minute, 39 seconds to Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) to place fifth overall at 1min, 40 secs. Wiggins later spent 20 minutes in his team bus before leaving without commenting on what happened. Nibali took first place overall. Evans, who took a strong fifth place at 1min, 2secs to finish eighth overall at 2mins, 18secs, did not see what happened to Wiggins. But after learning of his problems, Evans defended Wiggins' response, having experienced similar woes. Mechanical issues are part of the sport, but Evans is concerned that competition among some manufacturers for their latest products to be used in racing may prove costly to a rider's results. "There have been quite a few changes with some of the equipment this year," Evans said. Some of the things the cycling industry is doing right now, I am a little bit disappointed with. I can completely understand [Wiggins'] frustration. Being let down by something that is not ready to be used in the race is pretty disappointing. Evans, meanwhile, said he had achieved what he wanted by racing in Trentino and had been reassured by his strong ride on the final stage. It was good to get the racing in the mountains, to get a point of reference to work on. I was getting better and better every day, which is a promising sign. It means that for a [three-week] stage race, you are heading in the right direction. Evans said perhaps he should have tried harder to follow the attack of Nibali on the final climb of Friday's fourth stage but he opted to continue at his own pace. "I was a little bit hesitant," he said. We were already down to five, so maybe I should have raised my own expectations a little higher, but when they make accelerations like that, I'm not at that level yet. I am riding in accordance with my own progression rather than try to stick with the others ... until the Giro at least. Twitter-@rupertguinness