Currently in Spain with his team for the first training camp, Fabian Cancellara has puclished an audio message (available on his team's website) with his thought about next season. He is now happy and totally healthy even if the 2015 season was difficult for him with a lot of injuries.

"I'm happy, I'm healthy and I'm looking forward to everything that is going on, all the news and good things. All is going well even if I've had a busy week of training as usual. We've had good weather and so there's been time to do good training hours before heading to the team training camp next week. Everything is in good hands, and going in a good direction. I'm looking forward to the team camp and to the month of December. There is two important things: meeting up with the team but then where I'm also looking forward too, is Christmas time, to relax when its possible, even if I'm always busy with lots of things."

This spring, Fabian Cancellara crashed at the E3 Harelbeke. In July, while wearing the yellow jersey at the Tour de France, he suffered two minor fractures in his back after a crash in the first week. He worked hard to be present at the start of the Vuelta a Espana but had to abandon due to illness.

"It's the mind that controls the body, and I don't have the will to go through the whole comeback thing once more after the rollercoaster that this season has been. It's a matter of focus. Dealing with a serious injury during the course of one season is not easy, and I have had to do it twice already this year", he added.

His team has revealed that he will work with the Mapei Training Center in 2016.

"Even with the good news of having the relationship back with the Mapei centre in Italy. My career started with them in 2000 and so I'm really excited having them back on board with Trek Factory Racing. I'm happy to have put up the Christmas lights to create a good ambiance. It's good to come back from training or sit on the couch in the evening. It's good to have a Christmas feeling too."

He also had a Christmas message: "Enjoy Christmas but don't eat too much cookies. Just enjoy it with your family and friends."