List of career achievements by Fabian Cancellara
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
- 2006
- Cancellara wins Paris–Roubaix, the first Swiss rider to do so since Heiri Suter in 1923.[4]
- 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
- Cancellara wins his second Monument classic at Milan–San Remo, breaking away from the leading group in the final kilometres.[5]
- Cancellara wins the gold medal in the road time trial event of the Olympics in Beijing, finishing over half a minute of his closest rival.[6]
- 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
- Cancellara drops Tom Boonen on the Muur van Geraardsbergen, en route to victory at the Tour of Flanders. By winning the Tour of Flanders, Cancellara became the twelfth cyclist to win the opening three Monuments of the cycling year – Milan–San Remo, Tour of Flanders, and the Paris–Roubaix – in a career.[10]
- Matching his compatriot Heiri Suter's feat from 1923, Cancellara follows up his Tour of Flanders victory with success at Paris–Roubaix.[11]
- Cancellara sets a new record for world time trial titles, with his fourth coming in Geelong, Australia.[12]
- 2012
- During the Tour de France, Cancellara sets a new record for most days spent in the maillot jaune of the general classification leader, surpassing René Vietto's tally of 26 days.[13]
- 2013
- As he did in 2010, Cancellara wins both the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix.[14][15]
- 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
- Cancellara wins Strade Bianche, a race that includes sectors of gravel roads similar to the cobbles of Paris–Roubaix, for the third time. As a result of his success, a sector of the gravel roads was named in his honour.[17]
- Cancellara takes his tenth victory at the Swiss National Time Trial Championships in Martigny.[18]
- Cancellara wins the gold medal in the road time trial event of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, finishing 47 seconds of his closest rival.[19] This was his 75th and final professional win.
Career achievements
Major results
- Road
- 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
Time trial, 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 Road World Under–23 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 Stage 3b
- 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 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
- 1st
- 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 9th Overall Deutschland Tour
- 9th Grand Prix des Nations
- 2004
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships - Tour de France
- 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
- 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
- 1st
- Tour de France
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 1st
Overall Tour de Suisse - Tour de France
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT)
- Held
from Stages 1–6
- Vuelta a España
- 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 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
- 3rd Tour of Flanders
- 5th Montepaschi Strade Bianche
- 6th Overall Tour of Oman
- 2012
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 3rd Road race
- 1st
- 1st Strade Bianche
- Tour de France
- 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
- 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
- Tour de France
- 7th Trofeo Playa de Palma
- 7th Milan–San Remo
- 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
Monuments results timeline
Monuments 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 career | |||||||||||||
Giro di Lombardia | ||||||||||||||
Classics results timeline | ||||||||||||||
Classic | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | 75 | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Strade Bianche | Race did not exist | — | 1 | — | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 1 | |||
E3 Harelbeke | — | — | — | 37 | — | 16 | — | 1 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 9 | DNF | 4 |
Gent-Wevelgem | 11 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 62 | 67 | 85 | DNF | 49 | 13 | DNF | 38 | — | 4 |
Amstel Gold Race | — | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 64 | — | — | — | — | — |
La Flèche Wallonne | Did not contest during career | |||||||||||||
Scheldeprijs | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | 158 | — | DNF | 121 | — | 111 |
DNF = Did not finish
— = Did not compete
Major championships timeline
Event | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
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Time trial | Not Held | 9 | Not Held | 1 | Not Held | 7 | Not Held | 1 | |||||||||
Road race | DNF | 2 | 106 | 34 | |||||||||||||
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 | — | — | |
Time trial | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | |
Road race | — | 12 | — | 8 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 16 |
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External links
- Fabian Cancellara at Cycling Archives
- Fabian Cancellara at CQ Ranking
- Fabian Cancellara at ProCyclingStats