Fabian Cancellara Photo Gallery
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Fabian Cancellara was one of the finest single-day racers of his era. He won Paris-Roubaix, Strade Bianche, Tour of Flanders and E3 Harelbeke, all three times.
Plus, he tossed in Milan-San Remo, 11 Grand Tour stage wins, 4 world time trial championships, 2 Olympic gold medals and 5 major stage race wins. Extraordinary!
Cancellara's first really big win was in 2006, when he dropped his fellow breakaways to win Paris-Roubaix alone. The next few years saw Cancellara at his peak.
2015 was a rough year for Cancellara, as he was plagued with injuries. He decided to call it a career at the end of the 2016 season.
- 1998: Junior world time trial champion
- 1999: Junior world time trial champion
- 2001: Tour of Rhodes
- 2002: GP Eddy Merckx, GP Erik Breukink, Tour of Rhodes, ZLM Tour
- 2003: Tour de Romandie points classification
- 2004: Tour de France prologue
- 2006: Paris-Roubaix, Tour of Denmark, World time trial champion
- 2007: Tour de France prologue & stage 3, World time trial champion
- 2008: Olympic Games time trial Gold Medal, Tirreno-Adriatico, Milano-San Remo, Monte Paschi Eroica, Tour of Switzerland
- 2009: Tour of Switzerland, Tour de France Yellow Jersey stages 1-6, World time trial champion
- 2010: Paris-Roubaix, Tour of Flanders, E3 Harelbeke, Tour of Oman, Tour de France prologue, World time trial champion
- 2011: E3 Harelbeke
- 2012: Strade Bianche, Tour de France prologue
- 2013: Paris-Roubaix. Tour of Flanders, E3 Harelbeke
- 2014: Tour of Flanders
- 2016: Olympic Games time trial Gold Medal, Strade Bianche, Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
- 2001 - 2002: Mapei-Quick Step
- 2003 - 2005: Fassa Bortolo
- 2006 - 2010: CSC and its subsequent sponsors
- 2011 - 2016: Leopard-Trek, which had several title sponsors over the years, ending up in 2016 as Trek-Segafredo
Nicknames: Spartacus, Il Treno di Berna
Cancellara in the 2004 Tour of Flanders
Cancellara on the Arenberg in the 2006 Paris-Roubaix
2009 Tour de France, stage 2: Cancellara is in yellow
Cancellara time-trialing in the 2009 Vuelta a España first stage
Cancellara bundled up at the first stage of the 2010 Tirreno-Adriatico
Cancellara going it alone in the 2010 Paris-Roubiax
Riding the prologue of the 2010 Tour de France
Cancellara climbing at the the 2011 Montepaschi
Cancellara leading Sylvain Chavanal at the 2011 Tour of Flanders
Fabian Cancellara winning Montepaschi (Strade Bianche) in 2012
and celebrating his win.
Cancellara riding the 2012 Tour de France prologue
and getting a bright, new jersey for his efforts.
Cancellara riding the 2012 Olympic time trial
Cancellara on the Strade Bianchi in 2013
Cancellara doing a big grunt on the Paterberg on his way to winning the 2013 Tour of Flanders
Cancellara doing a pre-race ride on the 2014 Paris-Roubaix course
Cancellara time trialing at the 2014 Eneco Tour of the Benelux
Cancellara wins the second stage of the 2015 Tour of Oman
Fabian Cancellara crashed badly in the 2015 E3, breaking two vertebrae.
Cancellara wins the Trofeo Tramuntana, a stage of the Illes Balears early-season race.
Cancellara riding the mens' time trial at the 2016 Olympics
Cancellara enjoying earning his Olympic gold medal