Fabian Cancellara, nicknamed "Spartacus", is a Swiss cycling executive, businessman and former professional road racing cyclist who last rode for UCI ProTeam Lidl–Trek. He was born in Wohlen bei Bern, Switzerland. Cancellara began road cycling after falling in love with an old bike at the age of thirteen. After that, he began to take the sport more seriously and 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. 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.
Cancellara at the 2010 UCI Road World Championships
Cancellara at the 2005 HEW-Cyclassics.
Cancellara winning stage three of the 2007 Tour de France whilst wearing the race leader's yellow jersey
Cancellara at the 2008 Tour of California, where he won the prologue stage.
Lidl–Trek is a professional road bicycle racing team at UCI WorldTeam level licensed in the United States. Formerly RadioShack–Nissan, in 2014, Trek took over the ownership of the team and its ProTeam License.
Andy Schleck (pictured here at the 2011 Tour de France during the team's first season) was instrumented in the foundation of Leopard Trek.
Alberto Contador (pictured at the 2017 Paris–Nice) rode his last professional season with the team in 2017.
Lidl–Trek team car at the 2023 Tour de France