 After the Tour of Flanders, Cancellara started in the Scheldeprijs in Belgium. During the race, he crashed after 50 km (31 mi) but finished the race. The next day, Cancellara fell while riding on the Waindignies-Hamage cobbled sector of the Paris-Roubaix. Despite the crashes, many still considered Fabian Cancellara the favorite to win the Paris-Roubaix. During the Paris-Roubaix on April 7, Cancellara was attacked multiple times by his competitors, but managed to counter all their attacks. With about 16 km (10 mi) to go, Cancellara made a move that only Sep Vanmarcke and Zdeněk Štybar could follow. Štybar was dropped after colliding with a spectator, leaving Cancellara and Vanmarcke to ride to the finish. Cancellara outsprinted Vanmarcke at the finish on the Roubaix velodome to claim his third Paris-Roubaix win. After the race, Cancellara stated that he would enter neither the Giro d 'Italia or the Tour de France, but instead ride the Vuelta a España in order to prepare for the UCI Road World Championships.
