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Fabian Cancellara

1981 - Today

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Fabian Cancellara (born 18 March 1981), nicknamed "Spartacus", is a Swiss cycling executive, businessman and former professional road racing cyclist who last rode for UCI ProTeam Lidl–Trek. He is known for being a quality time trialist, a one-day classics specialist, and a workhorse for his teammates who have general classification aspirations. He won two consecutive World Junior Time Trial Championships in 1998 and 1999. At age nineteen he turned professional and signed with the Mapei–Quick-Step team, where he rode as a stagiaire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fabian Cancellara is the 123rd most popular cyclist (up from 130th in 2019), the 434th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 453rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swiss Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Fabian Cancellara ranks 123 out of 1,613. Before him are Gerben Karstens, Mario Cipollini, Jean-Pierre Monseré, Robert Charpentier, Guido Reybrouck, and Jean Aerts. After him are Bernardo Ruiz, Georges Ronsse, Learco Guerra, Pedro Delgado, Ferdinand Bracke, and Knut Knudsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Fabian Cancellara ranks 82. Before him are Nikki Benz, Élodie Yung, Jun Ji-hyun, Kofi Kingston, Andrea Barzagli, and Finn Bálor. After him are Émilie Dequenne, Engin Akyürek, MS Dhoni, Alexis Bledel, Heikki Kovalainen, and Kosuke Suzuki.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Fabian Cancellara ranks 434 out of 1,015. Before him are Aegidius Tschudi (1505), Ludwig Schläfli (1814), Walter Breisky (1871), Alphons Egli (1924), Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza (1958), and Justus Dahinden (1925). After him are Arthur Cohn (1927), Hermann Obrist (1863), Pierre Aubert (1927), Constant Fornerod (1819), Vreni Schneider (1964), and Johann III Bernoulli (1744).

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Among CYCLISTS In Switzerland

Among cyclists born in Switzerland, Fabian Cancellara ranks 4. Before him are Ferdinand Kübler (1919), Hugo Koblet (1925), and Fritz Schär (1926). After him are Alex Zülle (1968), Carlo Clerici (1929), Mauro Gianetti (1964), Gianni Bugno (1964), Pascal Richard (1964), Robert Dill-Bundi (1958), Urs Zimmermann (1959), and Jakob Fuglsang (1985).

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