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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Alex Zulle, Alfred Achermann, Barbara Blatter, Beat Zberg, Benno Wiss, Bruno Risi, Chantal Daucourt, Christoph Sauser, Ernst Nievergelt, Esther Suss, Fabian Cancellara, Florian Vogel, Franco Marvulli, Gregory Rast, Jorg Muller (cyclist), Karin Thurig, Katrin Leumann, Kurt Betschart, Laurent Dufaux, Laurent Vial, Louis Pfenninger, Luzia Zberg, Markus Zberg, Martin Elmiger, Mauro Gianetti, Michael Albasini, Michael Schar, Nicole Brandli, Nino Schurter, Oscar Camenzind, Pascal Richard, Priska Doppmann, Ralph Naf, Richard Trinkler, Robert Dill-Bundi, Roger Rinderknecht, Rolf Graf, Rolf Jarmann, Rubens Bertogliati, Serge Demierre, Thomas Frischknecht, Tony Rominger, Xaver Kurmann. Excerpt: Fabian Cancellara (born 18 March 1981) is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam RadioShack-Nissan. A time trial specialist, he is a four-time World Time Trial Champion, seven-time Swiss National Time Trial Champion, and was the 2008 Olympic gold medalist. He is also a winner of Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix (twice), Milan - San Remo, Tirreno-Adriatico, Tour de Suisse, Strade Bianche (twice), and five prologues of the Tour de France. Of all riders who have never won the Tour de France, Cancellara has worn the yellow jersey for the most days, 28. Cancellara was born in Wohlen bei Bern, a municipality near the city of Bern, Switzerland from Italian parents. He discovered cycling at the age of 13 after falling in love with an old family bike that he had found in the garage and immediately gave up football to concentrate on cycling. Cancellara's cycling skills began to blossom at an early age, when he impressed as a time trialist and dominated Swiss junior cycling. Yvan Girard, Swiss national junior team coach from 1997 to 2005, was quoted saying that Cancellara was head and shoulders above everyone else in the time trials. He won the junior World Time Trial Championship in both 1998 and 1999 and at the age of 19 he came in second at the 2000 U-23 World Time Trial Championship, after which he turned professional with Mapei-Quick Step, then one of the strongest teams in the world. Cancellara rode as a stagiaire for the Mapei-Quick Step team in late 2000 before joining the team for the 2001 season as a member of the "Young Riders Project." Cancellara's first victory as a professional came at the prologue of the Tour of Rhodes, where he also won the overall final general classification. For 2002 the Mapei team split into two formations per UCI regulations, the "Top Team" with 25 riders and the GS-III "Gruppo Giovani" (youth group) to develop young talents, which Cancellara joined with other riders including Filippo Pozzato, Michael Rogers and Bernhard Ei
