Strade Bianche dedicates white road sector to Cancellara
Three-time ꦯformer winner honored on milestone for eightဣh gravel section
The organisers of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Strade Bianche honored 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabian Cancellara on Friday b༺y dedicating a sector of the race's famous white roads to the🥀 now-retired three-time race champion.
The milestone for the Monte Sante Marie section in Asciano, the eighth of 11 to▨tal gravel sectors in the race, now bears the Swiss rider's name. Cancellara won the event in 2008 with CSC, again in 2012 with RadioShack-Nissan and finally in 2016 for Trek-Segafredo.
"There's a bridge named after me in Berne, but this is special," Cancellara said of the dedication. "It's recognition of what I achieved in the Strade Bianche race, by winning it three times. Strade Bianche is a relatively young race but it’s al🍷ready really special and very much loved by the riders. I love it too.
"It's a special race for the route and the Strade Bianche but also because it suits Classics riders, it suits the Ardennes riderဣs and even the Grand Tour riders have a chance🥂, all in one race on one day. That makes it pretty unique."
Having called it a career af💎ter winning the Olympic gold medal in the individual time trial last year, the 35-year-old is now enjoying his retirement, leaving Saturday's 11th edition of Strade Bianche open for the taking. Cancellara tipped Bora-Hansgrohe's Peter Sagan and BMC Racing's Greg Van Avermaet as his top favorites, and mentioned Quick-Step's Zdenek Stybar and Trek-Segafredo's Fabio Felline as other ridℱers to watch.
He also noted that he's managing to stay bu﷽sౠy despite leaving racing behind.
"I'm a retired rider, I'm no longer a rider. I've put on ꩵweight and I'm enjoying life despite being really busy," he said. "I feel retired when I watch races on television now; my heart jumps a little but that's normal I think. When the race ends I calm down quickly and get on with my life.
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"I know that racing is part ܫof my past and an important part, but I'm thinking of the future. I don't want to be Fabian Cancellara: the Classics and time trial winner. I don't want to live off my palmares. I want more out of life than that. I'm working on a lot of different projects in cycling and triathlon, and even studying for my future."
