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.

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

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 for a rider not to have won the Tour de France general classification, 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.

Major results

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 (7 pro wins)

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 (3)

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 (5)

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 (4)

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 (8)

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 (6)

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 (11)

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 (9)

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 (8)

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 (6)

1st Road race, National Road Championships

1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

Tour de Suisse

1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 9 (ITT)

1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tirreno–Adriatico

1st Prologue Tour de Luxembourg

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 (4)

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 (6)

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

1st Tour of Flanders

1st Paris–Roubaix

1st E3 Harelbeke

1st Stage 11 (ITT) Vuelta a España

1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tour of Austria

UCI Road World Championships

3rd Time trial

10th Road race

3rd Milan–San Remo

4th Strade Bianche

7th UCI World Tour

2014 (2)

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 (2)

1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tirreno–Adriatico

1st Stage 2 Tour of Oman

7th Milan–San Remo

7th Trofeo Playa de Palma

Tour de France

Held after Stage 2

2016 (7)

1st Time trial, Olympic Games

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

1st Strade Bianche

1st Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana

1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tirreno–Adriatico

1st Stage 1 (ITT) Tour de Suisse

1st Stage 3 (ITT) Volta ao Algarve

2nd Tour of Flanders

4th E3 Harelbeke

4th Gent–Wevelgem

6th Trofeo Pollença

7th Overall Dubai Tour

General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	DNF	—	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
Tour de France	—	109	128	—	100	64	88	121	119	DNF	—	DNF	DNF	DNF
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

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

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

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

Awards

• Vélo d'Or: 2010^[20]