Cancellara likely to end career in 2016

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Fabian Cancellara (Trek) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Fabian Cancellara (Trek) back at the team car (Image credit: ASO/B. Bade)

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Fabian Cancellara is set to make his debut for Trek Factory Racing (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Bjarne Riis chats with Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) before the start of stage 3 (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Fabian Cancellara has said that he is likely to retire from professional cycling when his current contract with Trek Factory Racing expires at the end of the 2016 season.

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Cancellara is currently competing at the Tour of Qatar, the second leg of a three-race stint in the Persian Gulf. He admitted that he was tired from nine consecutive days of racing - he also raced the Dubai Tour last week - but was confident that his early-season work would bear fruit by the time the classics come around.

"On the end, I know where I want to reach. I have my datas, we have our things under control," he said, adding: "This not April, this is February and there’s still a long way."