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Historic Overview Fabian Cancellara

Rider

Overall Rank39
NameFabian CANCELLARA
Country
  Switzerland
Date of birth18-Mar-1981 - Wohlen (Bern)
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Biography

Fabian Cancellara

Fabian Cancellara (born 18 March 1981), nicknamed "Spartacus", is a Swiss cycling executive, businessman and former professional road racing cyclist who last rode for UCI ProTeam Lidl–Trek. He was born in Wohlen bei Bern, Switzerland. Cancellara began road cycling after falling in love with an old bike at the age of thirteen. After that, he began to take the sport more seriously and won two consecutive World Junior Time Trial Championships in 1998 and 1999. At age nineteen he turned professional and signed with the Mapei–Quick-Step team, where he rode as a stagiaire. He is known for being a quality time trialist, a one-day classics specialist, and a workhorse for his teammates who have general classification aspirations.

After winning a few stages and small races in his starting years, Cancellara earned his first major victory at the 2004 Tour de France where he won the opening prologue time trial and wore the race leader yellow jersey for one day. The following season saw fewer victories, but his 2006 season saw a victory in the men's time trial at the UCI Road World Championships, along with victory at the Paris–Roubaix. Cancellara repeated as world champion in the time trial the next year, along with winning two stages at the Tour de France.

During the 2008 calendar he won gold at the Summer Olympics in the individual time trial event and the Milan–San Remo. The next season saw Cancellara again become world time trial champion and lead both the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España. In 2010, he won the Paris–Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders. Cancellara's 2011 and 2012 campaigns were both short in number of victories, while the latter was hampered by injuries throughout. After a lackluster two-year period, Cancellara again won the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix double in 2013. In 2014, Cancellara repeated as winner of the Tour of Flanders.

Since turning professional in 2000, Cancellara has ridden for four professional teams. He has achieved great success in the classic monuments; he has won Paris–Roubaix three times, the Milan–San Remo once, and the Tour of Flanders three times. Cancellara has won the opening stage of the Tour de France five times and has led the race for 29 days total, which is the most of any rider who has not won the Tour. His success has not been limited to just time trials and classics, as he has won general classification of the Tirreno–Adriatico, Tour de Suisse, and the Tour of Oman. In 2008, he won gold in the individual time trial and silver in the men's road race at the Summer Olympics. In 2016, he won Olympic gold in the individual time trial for the second time in his career. In addition, Cancellara has been the time trial world champion four times in his career.

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Badges

2 12 8 3 29 5 3 3 3 3 2 3 12 75

Major Victories

World Championships Time Trial 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010
Milano - Sanremo 2008
Ronde van Vlaanderen 2010, 2013, 2014
Paris - Roubaix 2006, 2010, 2013
Tirreno - Adriatico 2008
Tour de Suisse 2009
G.P. E3 - Harelbeke 2010, 2011, 2013
Strade Bianche 2008, 2012, 2016
Olympic Games Time Trial 2008, 2016
Tour of Oman 2010
Danmark Rundt 2006
Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana 2016
Championnat de Suisse sur route 2009, 2011
Grote Prijs Erik Breukink 2002
Tour de France - stages 2004 (1), 2007 (2), 2008 (1), 2009 (1), 2010 (2), 2012 (1)
Vuelta a España - stages 2009 (2), 2013 (1)
Paris - Nice - stages 2005 (1)
Tirreno - Adriatico - stages 2006 (1), 2008 (1), 2011 (1), 2012 (1), 2015 (1), 2016 (1)
Tour de Romandie - stages 2003 (1)
Tour de Suisse - stages 2003 (1), 2007 (2), 2008 (2), 2009 (2), 2010 (1), 2011 (2), 2016 (1)
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya - stages 2006 (1)
Tour of California - stages 2008 (1), 2009 (1)
Tour de Belgique - stages 2003 (1)
Volta ao Algarve - stages 2016 (1)
Tour of Oman - stages 2015 (1)
Tour of Qatar - stages 2004 (1)
Tour de Luxembourg - stages 2004 (1), 2005 (1), 2008 (1), 2011 (1)
Österreich-Rundfahrt - stages 2002 (1), 2013 (1)
Danmark Rundt - stages 2006 (2)
Setmana Catalana - stages 2004 (1), 2005 (1)
Grote Prijs Erik Breukink - stages 2002 (1)
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Seasons

Fabian Cancellara - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 2000 Mapei - Quick Step 127 421
2. 2001 Mapei - Quick Step 152 400
3. 2002 Mapei - Quick Step - Latexco 312 242
4. 2003 Fassa Bortolo 657 90
5. 2004 Fassa Bortolo 1030 51
6. 2005 Fassa Bortolo 1073 37
7. 2006 Team CSC 1749 17
8. 2007 Team CSC 1800 12
9. 2008 Team CSC Saxo Bank 2547 5
10. 2009 Team Saxo Bank 2568 4
11. 2010 Team Saxo Bank 2769 4
12. 2011 Leopard Trek 1811 15
13. 2012 RadioShack - Nissan 1357 23
14. 2013 RadioShack - Leopard 2261 8
15. 2014 Trek Factory Racing 1811 18
16. 2015 Trek Factory Racing 625 122
17. 2016 Trek - Segafredo 1297 26
Overall: 23946 39