Fabian Cancellara

Fabian Cancellara

Personal information
Full name	Fabian Cancellara
Nickname	Spartacus
Born	(1981-03-18) 18 March 1981 (age 35) Wohlen bei Bern, Switzerland
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time-trialist Classics specialist
Amateur team(s)
2000	Mapei–Quick-Step (stagiaire)
Professional team(s)
2001–2002	Mapei–Quick-Step
2003–2005	Fassa Bortolo
2006–2010	Team CSC
2011–2016	Leopard Trek
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 7 individual stages (2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012) Vuelta a España 3 individual stages (2009, 2013) 1 TTT stage (2011) Stage races Tirreno–Adriatico (2008) Tour de Suisse (2009) Danmark Rundt (2006) Tour of Oman (2010) One-day races and Classics World Time Trial Championships (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010) National Road Race Championships (2009, 2011) National Time Trial Championships (2002, 2004–2008, 2012–2014, 2016) Paris–Roubaix (2006, 2010, 2013) Tour of Flanders (2010, 2013, 2014) Milan–San Remo (2008) Strade Bianche (2008, 2012, 2016) E3 Harelbeke (2010, 2011, 2013)
Medal record Representing   Switzerland Road bicycle racing Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Time trial 2016 Rio de Janeiro Time trial 2008 Beijing Road race World Championships 2006 Salzburg Time trial 2007 Stuttgart Time trial 2009 Mendrisio Time trial 2010 Melbourne Time trial 2005 Madrid Time trial 2011 Copenhagen Time trial 2013 Florence Time trial

Grand Tours

Stage races

One-day races and Classics

Fabian Cancellara (born 18 March 1981), nicknamed "Spartacus", is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI ProTeam Trek–Segafredo. 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 classics specialist, and a workhorse for his teammates that 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 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.

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