Although he is only 35 years old, Fabian Cancellara has decided to call his highly successful cycling career to an end this season, and will compete in the Tour de France for the final time in July.
Cyclingnews looks back on the Swiss star's past 10 Tour de France starts from his prologue victory in 2004 to his devastating crash while wearing the maillot jaune for the 29th day last year.
2004 Tour de France - A star is born
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Racing for Fassa Bortolo, Fabian Cancellara made his team's Tour de France squad for the first time after impressing both in 2003 - when he won the Tour de Romandie and Tour de Suisse prologues - and early in 2004 with stage wins in the Tour of Qatar, Setmana-Catalana, and Tour of Luxembourg and a fourth place in Paris-Roubaix.
It's no surprise that even at 23 he went into his first Grand Tour with quite a bit of confidence. He said at the time, "It's my first time at the Tour and there are a lot of great riders here but in a time trial, I'm not afraid of anyone man against man. The fastest one wins."
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