Fabian Cancellara has challenged Phil Gaimon to a race after the former American rider repeated rumours in his book that Cancellara may have used mechanical doping to win the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix in 2010.
In what seems like an attempt to diffuse a war of words and promote his post-career commercial activities, Cancellara took to Twitter to invite Gaimon to one of the eight Chasing Cancellara events planned for 2018.
The VIP events offer anyone a chance to take on Cancellara on a short timed route, with those who beat him awarded a “Fabian Cancellara Conqueror Certificate’
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Cancellara concluded his offer by saying: I am very curious to see how much watt you can push! Start training! #nomotorneeded.
Gaimon was quick to respond to the challenge, writing: “Are there cookies? Bike rides should have cookies” referencing his running joke that he loves eating cookies. He did not say if he would take up Cancellara’s offer.
Cancellara’s challenge appears to have eased the tension regarding Gaimon’s claims. Soon after they emerged, the Swiss riders’ lawyers demanded that he apologise and that publishers remove the book from sale. However Gaimon hit back with a statement insisting that he was simply “repeated a rumor that’s well-documented and many years old.”
— Phil Gaimon (@philgaimon) November 17, 2017
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