Cancellara rides Olympic time-trial course

Fabian Cancellara rides 2012 Olympic road race route, December 2011

You'd be forgiven for rubbing your eyes and checking for flying pigs after seeing Fabian Cancellara pedalling through Bushy Park on a crisp December morning.

But it really was the Leopard-Trek star in the flesh. Cancellara travelled to south-west London to do some secret training on the London 2012 Olympic time-trial course on Saturday morning - and Cycling Weekly was there with him.

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