2012 Olympic Games - the only real goal for Fabian Cancellara
Fabian Cancellara is targeting the London Olympics as the biggest goal for his 2012 season. The cyclist has revealed that he will fine tune for the mega event at the Tour de France.
Cancellara is part of the strong RadioShack-Nissan line-up and has revealed that he will not play any major role in supporting Andy Schleck during the event.
The Swiss supported Andy during the previous editions of the French race and contributed towards his success at the event.
Fabian will make the strong line-up of the Luxembourg team that will ride along Andy Schleck.
Andy finished second during the Tour de France 2011 and is all set to take his performance to the next level at the coming version of the competition.
Fabian claimed his first victory of the 2012 season at Strade Bianche after a tremendous display of his abilities at the 190 kilometre chase to Siena.
He covered the distance in the fastest time of 4 hours, 44 minutes and 59 seconds to grab the top spot.
Maxim Iglinsky, Oscar Gatto, Alessandro Ballan and Greg Van Avermaet achieved the next four positions in the respective order.
The 30-year-old is targeting nothing less than a gold at the coming edition of the Olympics and is planning ahead to ensure his best shape for the contest.
It was believed earlier that the cyclist might skip the French race in order to ensure his best form for the London event, which starts just five days after the Tour de France ends in Paris.
He told Velo Magazine, “It’s not good to talk about a premeditated abandon at the Tour de France, because the Tour de France is to be respected”.
“I prefer to say that I’m going to use the Tour to be at 100 percent for London. I already know how I’m going to proceed in July. I’ve spoken about it with Johan Bruyneel and we’re both in agreement on the matter,” Fabian concluded.
He faced disappointment after losing his world time trial title to Tony Martin in September 2011.
However, Cancellara is now optimistic to regain his lost glory by winning the top podium spot at the 2012 Olympic Games.
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