Fabian Cancellara: 'It's happy Easter, but not happy Ghent-Wevelgem day'

Spartacus says he's remaining calm ahead of the Tour of Flanders after missing out on podiums at E3 Harelbeke and Ghent-Wevelgem

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Fabian Cancellara (Trek-Segafredo) says that he was upset for not winning Ghent-Wevelgem today in Belgium, but looked ahead to the races that matter for him, the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix monuments.

Cancellara followed world champion Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) with his attack on the Kemmelberg and they rode together to the line with Sep Vanmarcke (LottoNL-Jumbo) and Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Katusha).

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.