Fabian Cancellara
Swiss Professional Road Racing Cyclist
| Date of Birth | : | 18 Mar, 1981 |
| Place of Birth | : | Wohlen, Switzerland |
| Profession | : | Professional Road Racing Cyclist, Sport Cyclist |
| Nationality | : | Swiss |
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Fabian Cancellara, nicknamed "Spartacus", is a Swiss cycling executive, businessman and former professional road racing cyclist who last competed in the UCI ProTeam Lidl–Trek. He was born in Wohlen bei Bern, Switzerland. Cancellara started road cycling after falling in love with an old bicycle at the age of thirteen. After that, he began to take the sport more seriously and won two consecutive world youth time trial championships in 1998 and 1999. At nineteen he turned professional and signed with the Mapei-Quick-Step team, where he rode as stagiaire. He is known for being a quality time trialist, a specialist in one-day classics and a workhorse for his teammates who have general classification aspirations.
After winning a few stages and small races in his early years, Cancellara earned his first major victory in the 2004 Tour de France, where he won the opening prologue time trial and wore the race leader's yellow jersey for one day. . The following season he saw fewer wins, but his 2006 season saw a win in the men's time trial at the UCI Road World Championships, along with a win in Paris-Roubaix. Cancellara repeated as world time trial champion the following year, in addition to winning two stages in the Tour de France.
Early life and amateur career
Fabian Cancellara was born on 18 March 1981, in Wohlen bei Bern, Switzerland, to a Swiss mother and an Italian Swiss father. He discovered cycling at the age of 13 after falling in love with an old family bike that he had found in the garage and immediately gave up football to concentrate on cycling. In addition, Cancellara excelled at cross-country skiing during his youth.
Cancellara's cycling skills began to blossom at an early age, when he impressed as a time trialist and dominated Swiss junior cycling. Yvan Girard, Swiss national junior team coach from 1997 to 2005, was quoted saying that Cancellara was "head and shoulders above everyone else" in the time trials. He won the junior World Time Trial Championship in both 1998 and 1999 and at the age of 19 he came in second at the 2000 U-23 World Time Trial Championship.
Personal life
Fabian Cancellara was born to southern Italian parents, who lived in Wohlen bei Bern, Switzerland. His first sport was cross-country skiing, before he adopted cycling as his main pursuit. He married his wife Stefanie in 2006, and later in the same year he became a father after Stefanie gave birth to a baby girl, whom they named Giuliana. Their second daughter, Elina, was born on 13 July 2012. The family now resides in Berne, Switzerland. Cancellara speaks Italian, French, English, and German fluently.
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