Brad (16), a pupil at Taieri College, finished fourth in the 3km individual pursuit and was the second New Zealander to finish.
He was a second behind Hamish Tomlinson (Southland). His grandfather, Noel Evans, started the family tradition and his father, Wayne Evans, coaches Brad on the road.
Shane Melrose is his track coach.
The sport is a hot topic around the family meal table at Mosgiel.
"It helps knowing how the sport works," Brad said yesterday.
"Dad's had a lot of racing experience and has passed that knowledge on to me."
Brad has always cycled from a young age, but only became competitive when he joined a friend and started racing in his first year at Taieri College.
He has made rapid progress in three years and is on target to make the New Zealand track team for the world junior championships in Moscow next year.
Brad made a significant breakthrough in his cycling career this year and won two bronze medals at the New Zealand junior championships - 2km pursuit on the track at Invercargill and the time trial on the road at Wanganui.
He also finished second overall in the under-17 event on the Te Awamutu tour.
Brad has also represented the New Zealand under-17 team twice this year. He crashed on the opening day of the five-day tour at Canberra in June and almost reached the podium at Adelaide this month.
Brad has also won medals in New Zealand secondary school events, with the highlight a gold medal in the boys under-15 road race at Palmerston North in 2005.
Melrose has been impressed by Brad's progress over the last 18 months.
"He has the potential to achieve top results," Melrose said.
"Brad has shown that he could become one of New Zealand's top track pursuit riders in the years to come."
Brad is expected to be named in the New Zealand team for the Youth Olympics at Sydney in January.
