Cancellara leaves Tour de France

Radioshack-Nissan rider Fabian Cancellara has withdrawn from the Tour de France to be with his heavily pregnant wife.

Swiss rider withdraws from race to attend birth of second child

Fabian Cancellara has withdrawn from the Tour de France ahead of stage 11 to be with his heavily pregnant wife. The Swiss won the Liege prologue and held on to the race leader's yellow jersey until stage seven, when Team Sky's Bradley Wiggins assumed the maillot jaune. Cancellara (RadioShack-Nissan) was 58th overall following stage 10, almost 40 minutes behind Wiggins, and will now return home to be with his wife in the final days of her pregnancy before focusing on the Olympics. "I am not only a bike rider, I am also a husband and father with another baby on the way," said Cancellara, who will be aiming to defend his Olympic time-trial title on August 1. "It is my personal wish to be present when my wife Stefanie gives birth to our second child."