Cancellara: To repeat at the Tour of Flanders is to make history

At one point in his career, Fabian Cancellara seemed to be trying to conjure up a performance for the ages every time he pinned on a race number, yet he risked ending up with a palmarès that did not properly reflect how he had marked his own era.

Barry Ryan
Head of Features

Barry Ryan is Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.