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Fabian Cancellara after his victory in the individual time trial of the first stage at the 2009 Vuelta a España, wearing the Swiss national time trial champion's jersey

This is a list of career achievements by Fabian Cancellara, a Swiss former professional racing cyclist. During his professional career, Cancellara was known for being a quality time trialist,[1] a classics specialist, and a workhorse for his teammates that had general classification aspirations. Cancellara achieved great successes in the classics; he won Paris–Roubaix three times, Milan–San Remo once, and the Tour of Flanders three times. Cancellara won the opening stage of the Tour de France five times and led the race for 29 days total,[2] the most of any rider to not win the Tour.[3] His success was not limited to just time trials and classics, as he has won the 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 was time trial world champion four times in his career.

Career highlights

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2006
2007
  • After two previous prologue stage wins in 2004 and earlier in the 2007 edition, Cancellara wins his first road stage at the Tour de France, out-sprinting the main sprinters in the peloton into Compiègne.[2]
2008
2009
  • Cancellara wins two of the three individual time trial stages at the Vuelta a España, holding the race leader's gold jersey for five days.[7][8]
  • Cancellara wins a record-equalling third world time trial championships on home soil in Mendrisio. Winning the gold medal by almost a minute and a half, Cancellara free-wheeled the final 200 metres saluting the crowd.[9]
2010
2012
  • During the Tour de France, Cancellara sets a new record for most days spent in the maillot jaune of the general classification leader for a rider not to have won the Tour de France general classification, surpassing René Vietto's tally of 26 days.[13]
2013
2014
  • Cancellara wins a four-rider sprint to win his second consecutive Tour of Flanders. His third victory in the race,[16] and a seventh Monument overall, also made him the sixth rider to achieve the feat.
2016

Major results

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1997
2nd Road race, European Youth Summer Olympic Days
2nd Road race, National Novice Road Championships
1998
1st Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
1999
1st Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
1st Overall Course de la Paix Juniors
2000
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
2nd Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
4th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
10th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
2001
1st Overall Tour of Rhodes
1st Prologue
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Michael Rogers)
2nd Duo Normand (with Michael Rogers)
5th Berner Rundfahrt
2002
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Overall GP Erik Breukink
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 3b (ITT)
1st Overall Tour of Rhodes
1st Prologue
1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with László Bodrogi)
1st ZLM Tour
1st Stage 1a (ITT) Tour of Austria
1st Stage 3 (ITT) Ytong Bohemia Tour
2nd Chrono des Herbiers
6th Overall Circuit des Mines
7th Berner Rundfahrt
8th Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau
8th Grand Prix des Nations
9th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
9th CSC Classic
2003
Tour de Romandie
1st Points classification
1st Prologue
1st Prologue Tour de Suisse
1st Stage 4 (ITT) Tour of Belgium
1st Stage 6 (TTT) Tour Méditerranéen
4th Overall Ronde van Nederland
1st Young rider classification
8th Overall Three Days of De Panne
1st Young rider classification
9th Overall Deutschland Tour
9th Grand Prix des Nations
2004
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
Tour de France
1st Prologue
Held after Prologue
1st Stage 1 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
1st Stage 4 (ITT) Tour de Luxembourg
1st Stage 4 Tour of Qatar
4th Overall Three Days of De Panne
1st Young rider classification
4th Paris–Roubaix
4th Firenze–Pistoia
8th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
9th Time trial, Olympic Games
2005
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Stage 4 Paris–Nice
1st Stage 5 (ITT) Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
1st Stage 3b (ITT)
3rd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
4th Gent–Wevelgem
4th HEW Cyclassics
7th Chrono des Herbiers
8th Paris–Roubaix
2006
1st Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Overall Danmark Rundt
1st Stages 2 & 5 (ITT)
1st Paris–Roubaix
1st Stage 1 (ITT) Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 5 (ITT) Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
2nd LuK Challenge Chrono (with Fränk Schleck)
5th Züri-Metzgete
6th Tour of Flanders
6th Gent–Wevelgem
2007
1st Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
Tour de France
1st Prologue & Stage 3
Held from Stages 1–6
Tour de Suisse
1st Prologue & Stage 9 (ITT)
1st Stage 2 (TTT) Deutschland Tour
2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
2008
Olympic Games
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 5 (ITT)
1st Milan–San Remo
1st Monte Paschi Eroica Strade Bianche
Tour de Suisse
1st Points classification
1st Stages 7 & 9
1st Stage 20 (ITT) Tour de France
1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour de Pologne
2nd Paris–Roubaix
4th Overall Tour of California
1st Prologue
2009
UCI Road World Championships
1st Time trial
5th Road race
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 9 (ITT)
Tour de France
1st Stage 1 (ITT)
Held from Stages 1–6
Vuelta a España
1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 7 (ITT)
Held from Stages 1–4 & 7
1st Prologue Tour of California
2010
1st Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
1st Overall Tour of Oman
1st Paris–Roubaix
1st Tour of Flanders
1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
Tour de France
1st Prologue & Stage 19 (ITT)
Held for Stages 1, 3–6
1st Stage 1 (ITT) Tour de Suisse
2011
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
Tour de Suisse
1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 9 (ITT)
1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg
1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
2nd Milan–San Remo
2nd Paris–Roubaix
UCI Road World Championships
3rd Time trial
4th Road race
3rd Tour of Flanders
5th Montepaschi Strade Bianche
6th Overall Tour of Oman
2012
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
3rd Road race
1st Strade Bianche
Tour de France
1st Prologue
Held from Stages 1–6
1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tirreno–Adriatico
2nd Milan–San Remo
7th Time trial, Olympic Games
7th Overall Tour of Qatar
10th Overall Tour of Oman
2013
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Tour of Flanders
1st Paris–Roubaix
1st E3 Harelbeke
1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tour of Austria
1st Stage 11 (ITT) Vuelta a España
UCI Road World Championships
3rd Time trial
10th Road race
3rd Milan–San Remo
4th Strade Bianche
7th UCI World Tour
2014
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Tour of Flanders
2nd Milan–San Remo
3rd Paris–Roubaix
5th Overall Dubai Tour
6th Strade Bianche
9th E3 Harelbeke
2015
1st Stage 2 Tour of Oman
1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tirreno–Adriatico
7th Trofeo Playa de Palma
7th Milan–San Remo
Tour de France
Held after Stage 2
2016
1st Time trial, Olympic Games
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Strade Bianche
1st Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
1st Stage 3 (ITT) Volta ao Algarve
1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 1 (ITT) Tour de Suisse
2nd Tour of Flanders
4th E3 Harelbeke
4th Gent–Wevelgem
6th Trofeo Pollença
7th Overall Dubai Tour

Critériums

2006
1st Schellenberg Rundfahrt
2007
1st Wiesbauer Rathauskriterium
1st Gala Tour de France
3rd Profronde Stiphout
2009
1st Profronde van Wateringen
2010
1st Criterium Aalst
3rd Natourcriterium Roeselare
2011
2nd Sykkelfestival Kristiansand
2014
2nd GP Stad Kortrijk
2016
1st GP Stad Kortrijk
1st Internationaal Criterium van Bavikhove

General classification results timeline

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Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — — DNF — DNF — — — — — — DNF
A yellow jersey Tour de France — 109 128 — 100 64 88 121 119 DNF — DNF DNF DNF
A red jersey Vuelta a España — — — DNF — — DNF DNF DNF — DNF DNF DNF —
Major stage race general classification results timeline
Race 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Paris–Nice 55 DNF 69 — — — — — — — — — — —
Tirreno–Adriatico — — — 105 DNF 1 DNF 77 89 98 71 51 52 60
Volta a Catalunya — — — 125 — DNF — — — — — — — —
Tour of the Basque Country Did not contest during his career
Tour de Romandie 43 — — — — — DNF — — — — — — —
Critérium du Dauphiné Did not contest during his career
Tour de Suisse 56 63 72 94 83 79 1 55 98 DNF 105 DNF 113 DNF

Classics results timeline

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Monument 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Milan–San Remo — — — 25 110 1 — 17 2 2 3 2 7 31
Tour of Flanders 73 42 62 6 53 23 DNF 1 3 DNF 1 1 — 2
Paris–Roubaix DNF 4 8 1 19 2 49 1 2 — 1 3 — 40
Liège–Bastogne–Liège Did not contest during his career
Giro di Lombardia
Classic 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 75 — — — — 13 — — — — — — — —
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne — 12 — — — — — — — — NH — — —
Strade Bianche Race did not exist — 1 — 10 5 1 4 6 19 1
E3 Harelbeke — — — 37 2 16 — 1 1 22 1 9 DNF 4
Gent–Wevelgem 11 14 4 6 62 67 85 DNF — 13 DNF 38 — 4
Amstel Gold Race — 53 — — — — — — 64 — — — — —
La Flèche Wallonne Did not contest during his career
Scheldeprijs — — — — — — — DNF 158 — DNF 121 — 111

Major championships timeline

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Event 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Olympic Games Time trial Not held 9 Not held 1 Not held 7 Not held 1
Road race DNF 2 106 34
World Championships Time trial 15 9 18 8 3 1 1 — 1 1 3 — 3 — — —
Road race — 148 DNF DNF 123 31 DNF — 5 50 4 — 10 11 — —
National Championships Time trial 2 1 — 1 1 1 1 1 — — — 1 1 1 DNS 1
Road race — 12 — 8 38 — 2 — 1 — 1 3 10 14 5 16
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
DNS Did not start
NH Not held

Awards

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References

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  3. ^ Meadows, Mark (5 July 2012). "Winning the Tour is a dream, not a goal – Cancellara". Reuters. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
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  13. ^ Cossins, Peter (5 July 2012). "Cancellara: Winning The Tour Is A Dream Not A Goal". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, United Kingdom: Future plc. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
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