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Fabian Cancellara
Two-time Olympic time-trial champion and a master of cycling’s cobbled classics.
Olympic time trial · Cobbled double
- Born
- 18 March 1981
- Birthplace
- Switzerland
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Fabian Cancellara
Fabian Cancellara combined solo speed with the strength to win punishing one-day races. The Swiss rider won seven cycling Monuments and four elite world time-trial titles.
Early life
First bike
Found an old family bicycle at thirteen and switched his focus from football to cycling.
Junior success
Won the junior world time-trial title in both 1998 and 1999.
Career
- 2000
Professional start
Joined Mapei’s development pathway.
- 2004
Tour breakthrough
Won the Tour de France prologue and wore yellow.
- 2006
World champion
Won his first elite world time-trial title.
- 2016
Final season
Ended his racing career after another Olympic victory.
Achievements
Olympic time trial
Won gold in Beijing.
Cobbled double
Won both the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix.
Olympic time trial
Won gold again in Rio.
Beyond sport
Family
Married Stefanie in 2006; they have two daughters.
Languages
Speaks German, Italian, French and English.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗International Cycling Union ↗Photo: Tim Moreillon. CC BY 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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