Fabian Cancellara

American Levi Leipheimer snatched overall victory from Damiano Cunego in the Tour of Switzerland Sunday to leave the Italian in second place by only four seconds.

It should come as no surprise that Fabian Cancellara (Leopard-Trek) powered to victory in Wednesday's opening prologue at the Tour of Luxembourg.

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VILT, Netherlands (VN) – Fabian Cancellara (Leopard-Trek) started the Amstel Gold Race Sunday with a big weight off his shoulders.

ROUBAIX, France (VN) ─ Fabian Cancellara (Leopard-Trek) went down swinging at Paris-Roubaix on Sunday, salvaging an impressive second place that Leopard-Trek manager Brian Nygaard called "heroic" when it seemed much of the peloton was racing against him.

Defending champion says he can’t control the Hell of the North, but Arenberg Forest will be key

Fabian Cancellara didn’t just enter the Tour of Flanders as a race favorite — he entered the race as the defending champion and the overwhelming favorite.

Fabian Cancellara prefers a bit more rake in his fork and is using a mechanical group instead of Shimano's Di2 Dura-Ace group.

BRUGGE, Belgium (VN) – Fabian Cancellara is the undisputed favorite heading into the Tour of Flanders and the reigning champion. He knows it, two-time winner Tom Boonen knows it, and the oddsmakers around cycling-mad Belgium certainly know it. But as to who has more pressure, Cancellara and Boonen both point to the other guy.

Fabian Cancellara solos to victory in the E3 Prijs Harelbeke.

MILAN, Italy (VN) – Fabian Cancellara says he is carefree headed into Milan-San Remo on Saturday, one day after he turns 30.

Why the latest Cancellara mechanical doping story is even more stupid than the first

SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO, Italy (VN) - World time trial champion Fabian Cancellara (Leopard-Trek) capped a week in Italy with a stage win on the final day of Tirreno-Adriatico Tuesday. Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) defended his maglia azzura with a solid ride to earn his place atop the final podium.

SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO, Italy (VN) – It is four days before the season’s first one-day monument at Milan-San Remo and 2008 winner Fabian Cancellara (Leopard-Trek) is making plans. But those plans are much farther reaching than the 300 kilometers he’ll face Saturday.

MARINA DI CARRARA, Italy (VN) — Fabian Cancellara is confident. But who isn’t? The classics leader for Leopard-Trek will start Tirreno-Adriatico with the stage 1 team time trial on Wednesday. He told reporters Tuesday that he sees no reason that he can’t repeat his double feat of Tour of Flanders/Paris-Roubaix wins from 2010.

Several WorldTour riders said they plan to meet with UCI president Pat McQuaid this week at the Tour of Oman to discuss the radio ban.

At least Fabian Cancellara can now laugh about one of the most preposterous “scandals” of the 2010 season.

The Luxembourg team will enter the No. 1 spot on team rankings even before it lines up for its first race.

The Cyclocross Issue, with detailed analysis of both the European and American ’cross circuits. Editor at Large John Wilcockson examines how the ambitious new Project Luxembourg team stole top riders Andy Schleck and Fabian Cancellara from Saxo Bank manager Bjarne Riis. In Tech, we review eight top bib shorts, and present a selection of winter cycling gear to get you through the coldest months of the year. Subscribe today!

From winning the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix to riding for his teammates at the Tour de France while wearing the yellow jersey, Fabian Cancellara was incredible in 2010. For that, we gave him the International Cyclist of the Year Award (and a jersey, and a few bottles of champagne….). Subscribe today!

The still-unnamed Luxembourg team saved the best for last, announcing Tuesday its debut 2011 roster is officially closed with the arrival of Swiss star Fabian Cancellara.

From Gilbert to Cavendish, a look at the favorites for the elite men's road race.

The Belgium favorite says Fabian Cancellara will have his every move marked in Sunday's worlds road race

Podium finishers at the elite men's time trial talk about their rides at a post-race news conference

Evans, Cancellara and Farrar say the race radio ban at Sunday's road race is a bad idea

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• 1. Fabian Cancellara, Switzerland, 58:09.19
• 2. David Millar, Great Britain, at 1:02.75
• 3. Tony Martin, Germany, at 1:12.49
• 4. Richie Porte, Australia, at 1:19.00
• 5. Michael Rogers, Australia, at 2:24.94

Fabian Cancellara says he's driven to make cycling history this week by winning a fourth world time trial title.

Who will stand the test of time?

The Swiss star wants a fourth time trial title to set an all-time record. And he wants another shot at winning the road race title that eluded him last year.

A Luxembourg newspaper is reporting that Olympic time trial champion Fabian Cancellara will follow the Schleck brothers to a new team backed by still unnamed sponsors.

The Swiss strongman is leaving Bjarne Riis' team a year before his contract expires.

The world champion in the race against the clock was beaten in the Vuelta time trial and has been complaining of fatigue.

Now VeloNews.com readers will get training tips and advice from the same folks who advise Contador, the Schlecks, Fabian Cancellara, Taylor Phinney and others.

The Saxo Bank star is tired from a demanding, successful season, but says racing beats training.

“The mountains are coming so I know it will be over for me,” says race leader Fabian Cancellara.

Scenes from peloton

As tensions mount in the Tour peloton, Fabian Cancellara is emerging as the new patron.

Graham Watson's photos from Tuesday's cobbles as the 2010 Tour enters France for the first time.

The race leader slows the pace to allow his teammates and others to rejoin following a crash. Finish sprint neutralized.

Thor Hushovd was in position to take points and possible stage win.

Lampre's veteran speedster prevails as Farrar, Cavendish, Freire, Leipheimer and race leader Fabian Cancellara are all involved in crashes.

A rule introduced last year eliminating time bonuses from the Tour could mean a long run in the yellow jersey for Cancellara.

Graham Watson's photos from Rotterdam.

The World TT champ outpaces Tony Martin and Millar. Armstrong takes a few seconds from Contador.

Specialized kicked off its 2011 product presentation this weekend at Keystone Resort in Colorado.

Tony Martin (HTC-Columbia) takes the overall lead in the Tour de Suisse as Fränk Schleck (Saxo Bank) wins stage 3.

Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo TestTeam) wins stage 2 of the Tour de Suisse as Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) retains the overall lead.

Defending champion Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) won the first stage of the Tour du Suisse on Saturday.

This Saturday, the modern Merckxes and Gimondis will be contesting a much shorter time trial, over one lap of a hilly circuit on the other side of town, but it could have great significance in the outcome of this Tour de Suisse.

Saxo Bank's Fabian Cancellara on on Tuesday dismissed claims that he used a motorised bike when winning this season's Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix classics.

Specialized debuted its new Shiv 3 time trial bike last week at the Giro d'Italia. It got its U.S. debut Saturday at the Tour of California.

In 2010 the spring classics season belonged to one rider, Saxo Bank’s Fabian Cancellara. Over the course of three weekends — E3 Prijs, the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix — Cancellara won three of the hardest one-day races in pro cycling, each time crossing the finish line alone against the best classics riders in the sport, and each time by a wider margin than the last. VeloNews managing editor Neal Rogers was on the ground in Belgium and Northern France to witness the Swiss rider’s domination and put it into perspective. VN tech editor Zack Vestal was also rattling along the cobblestones, and scored a shotgun seat in one of Mavic’s SSC Neutral Support cars at Roubaix. He came back with a memory card full of photos and war stories. Subscribe Now!

Fabian Cancellara, winner of the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix, has pulled out of Sunday's Amstel Gold Race, saying he won't compete again until next month's Amgen Tour of California.

Fabian Cancellara could win Liège-Bastogne-Liège, says Saxo Bank boss Bjarne Riis.

Fabian Cancellara wins Paris-Roubaix.

Fabian Cancellara's Specialized Tarmac SL3.

Fabian Cancellara was obviously the strongest man in the Tour of Flanders, and his Specialized Tarmac SL3 was equally up to the task, despite one small technical difficulty.

Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) solos to victory in the 2010 Tour of Flanders.

Cancellara is relaxed and confident heading into the Tour of Flanders.

Alberto Contador, Lance Armstrong, Bradley Wiggins, Fabian Cancellara and many more capture titles in the 22nd annual edition of the VeloNews awards Subscribe Now!

It wasn’t a sprint or an attack over the Poggio that won the 99th Milan-San Remo. It was Fabian Cancellara's instinct for big drama in cycling’s biggest days.

La Classicissimia, La Primavera – whatever you call it, Milan-San Remo is one of cycling’s most electrifying and prestigious races, one of the sport’s treasured “monuments.” Whoever wins San Remo is king of Italy for a day. Twenty-five eight-man teams line up Saturday in front of the Castello Sforzesco in Milan for the 298km run past the picturesque headlands jutting out of the Italian Riviera toward the finish in San Remo.

CSC's Fabian Cancellara held on to win the 43rd edition of the Tirreno-Adriatico following Tuesday's seventh and final stage. Italian Francesco Chicchi of Liquigas won the 176km run around San Benedetto del Tronto. But the 26-year-old Swiss, the current double world time-trial champion, kept hold of the leader's blue jersey and set himself up as one of the hot favorites for Saturday's Milan-San Remo.

Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) took the overall lead at Tirreno-Adriatico after winning Sunday’s fifth stage, a 26km time trial from Macerata to Recanati. The two-time world time-trial champion finished in 33 minutes and 41 seconds, with American David Zabriskie (Slipstream-Chipotle) second at at 0:22 and Thomas L?okvist (Team High Road) third at 0:53.

CSC's powerhouse Fabian Cancellara won Saturday's new Italian one-day, the Monte Paschi Eroica. The long-time amateur race, which includes miles of gravel roads, was held for the first time as a professional race last fall. The first pro edition also was won by a CSC rider, Alexandr Kolobnev.