Riis on Cancellara: “I got the best out of him”

Bjarne Riis has admitted that it will be impossible to replace Fabian Cancellara in the Saxo Bank team after letting him end his contract, but has hinted the world time trial champion and multiple classics winner may never be as successful as he was during his five years with CSC and Saxo Bank.

Stephen Farrand
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Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.