"There has been a lot of speculation about my professional future in recent weeks - even months," says Fabian Cancellara. The Grenchen-based bicycle manufacturer and racing team BMC had also shown interest in the Swiss cycling figurehead, as BMC patron Andy Rihs revealed in an extensive interview with the Berner Zeitung newspaper.

Cancellara will now continue to ride for the team he has been racing for since 2011. The US manufacturer Trek is already active as a co-sponsor of the RadioShack Leopard sports group and will take over the license for the Word Tour from the Luxembourg entrepreneur Flavio Becca (Leopard SA) in 2014.

In an interview on youtube, Cancellara also gives an outlook on the time after racing: from 2016, after his active time as a racing cyclist, the Bernese will remain associated with the bicycle manufacturer Trek.