The inspirational 75-year-old collected three medals at the recent World Masters Games in Auckland.
She competed in the 75 to 79 age group and won gold in the road race and criterium and silver in the time trial.
It is not the first time the veteran cyclist has returned from the World Masters Games with a significant haul of medals.
She won two golds and a silver in Edmonton in 2005 and brought home a gold and silver from the Melbourne Games in 2002.
So that is five golds, three silvers and not a bronze in sight.
"You are competing with your own age group against the best in the world and I just feel it is a challenge and I love it," Evans said when asked what kept her motivated.
To keep race-fit she does three two-hour bike rides each week as well as hitting the exercycle and rowing machine in the morning.
Those rides often take her to the top of Saddle Hill or up Blackhead.
"I like the hills and I do them once a week. And there are four of us who do a ride out to Outram or around Mosgiel and the Taieri."
That hard work served her well during the road race in Auckland. She broke free from the bunch during the toughest climb and caught up with a younger group and cruised to the finish.
"I just sat in behind the girl who beat me in the time trial and we rode as a group because it was very windy and we needed the shelter.
"When we got to the steeper hill the others just seemed to tail off and I found it quite easy, so I went up there as fast as I could and down the other side."
Evans has been cycling for about 25 years and has no plans to give the sport away any time soon. She does not intend to go to Japan for the next World Masters Games in 2021, but would like compete at the 30th anniversary of the New Zealand Masters Games in 2022.
"I’ll be 80 then and I’d like to be competing. If I can do that and hang in there, I’ll be really happy."
Carole’s husband George (82) also competed at the Games but was struggling with illness and did not perform as well as he had hoped. George is related to 2015 Tour of Southland winner Brad Evans. They are second cousins once removed.
