Fabian Cancellara may be in the last season of his career, but he is not one to fade away. To the contrary, the Trek-Segafredo rider showed unmatched power and skill to take home the victory in the Volta ao Algarve time trial on Friday. In spite of the demonstration, Cancellara says he still has work to do before his major season goals, the cobbled Classics Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix.
Cancellara started in the middle of the 179-rider field for the 18km test after giving up almost eight minutes on Thursday's mountain stage and was unsure of how well his time would stand up to the later starters.
"I felt good and powered everything on the road," Cancellara said. "The race was one-quarter technical in the first part and three-quarters with more power straights. A lot of wind, tail-wind and cross-wind; it was a really tough one. I just powered everything out I had."
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Cancellara sailed through with a 20:57, knocking Movistar's Alex Dowsett from the hot seat, but he faced a wait of more than an hour before he would find out if he won.
"After yesterday's hard stage I did not have a huge crazy expectation of going for the win. I knew I started early, and with [Tony] Martin and [Geraint] Thomas starting so late… so I just focused on myself, on my performance. I did my usual warm-up, and I had good feelings on the trainer, and in this situation, with my experience, I knew with these feelings that I was good, and mentally this helped me.
"And then it was waiting, waiting on the hot seat. I am kind of surprised, but on the other hand super happy about the win."
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