The Trek rider, who has won a host of Olympic titles, World Time Trials and was a regular Prologue winner in Tour De France openers over the last eight years, will attempt to beat Ondřej Sosenka's record of 49.700 kilometres round a track in one hour.
This is a record that was set in Moscow on July 19, 2005 and beat British cyclist Chris Boardman's record of October 27, 2000.
"We have two windows that corresponding in two peaks in form: two weeks after Paris-Roubaix or after the Tour de France," Trek Factory Racing's Luca Guercilena told La Gazzetta dello Sport. "It's for sure, this year. Cancellara has the record in his legs."
Source: DSG
