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On July 29, 2010, Schleck and his brother [[Fränk Schleck|Fränk]] announced their departure from Team Saxo Bank at the end of 2010. They formed a brand-new Luxembourg-based team with former Saxo Bank director [[Kim Andersen (cyclist)|Kim Andersen]].<ref>Devaney, Jason. [http://www.universalsports.com/blogs/blog=shiftinggears/postid=485983.html "Schlecks Confirm Departure from Saxo Bank."] ''Universal Sports – Cycling.'' July 30, 2010.</ref> [[Alberto Contador]] was hired to replace Andy Schleck as part of a two year contract signed with Team Saxo Bank.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/8880854.stm |work=BBC News | title=Contador signs for Saxo Bank team | date=August 3, 2010}}</ref><ref>Moore, Richard. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/aug/03/alberto-contador-saxo-bank "Alberto Contador Leaves Astana to Replace Andy Schleck at Saxo Bank."] ''[[The Guardian]]''. August 3, 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Greg Johnson |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/alberto-contador-suspended-over-traces-of-clenbuterol-from-tour-de-france-test |title=Alberto Contador Suspended Over Traces of Clenbuterol From Tour de France Test |publisher=Cyclingnews.com |date=September 30, 2010 |accessdate=January 26, 2011}}</ref> |
On July 29, 2010, Schleck and his brother [[Fränk Schleck|Fränk]] announced their departure from Team Saxo Bank at the end of 2010. They formed a brand-new Luxembourg-based team with former Saxo Bank director [[Kim Andersen (cyclist)|Kim Andersen]].<ref>Devaney, Jason. [http://www.universalsports.com/blogs/blog=shiftinggears/postid=485983.html "Schlecks Confirm Departure from Saxo Bank."] ''Universal Sports – Cycling.'' July 30, 2010.</ref> [[Alberto Contador]] was hired to replace Andy Schleck as part of a two year contract signed with Team Saxo Bank.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/8880854.stm |work=BBC News | title=Contador signs for Saxo Bank team | date=August 3, 2010}}</ref><ref>Moore, Richard. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/aug/03/alberto-contador-saxo-bank "Alberto Contador Leaves Astana to Replace Andy Schleck at Saxo Bank."] ''[[The Guardian]]''. August 3, 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Greg Johnson |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/alberto-contador-suspended-over-traces-of-clenbuterol-from-tour-de-france-test |title=Alberto Contador Suspended Over Traces of Clenbuterol From Tour de France Test |publisher=Cyclingnews.com |date=September 30, 2010 |accessdate=January 26, 2011}}</ref>Andy SChleckis anamazing cyclist. he thrives in the mountains, but not in the TT's. In 2011 he had an amazing season finishing 2nd in the tour.I HATE ALBERTO CONTADOR. |
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In October 2010, the management of the new Luxembourg team revealed the team's website, labeled [[Leopard True Racing]], leading to speculation that the team will race under that name.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/6134/Could-the-Luxemburg-team-of-Schleck-brothers-be-named-Leopard-True-Racing.aspx |title=Could the Luxembourg team of Schleck brothers be named Leopard True Racing? |publisher=Velonation.com |accessdate=January 26, 2011}}</ref> The site is located at [http://leopard.lu leopard.lu]. The team's name, as per [[Jakob Fuglsang]], is simply {{ct|Leopard|2011}}.<ref>{{cite web|author=Daniel Benson |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/luxembourg-team-to-be-called-team-leopard |title=Luxembourg Team To Be Called Team Leopard |publisher=Cyclingnews.com |date=December 13, 2010 |accessdate=January 26, 2011}}</ref> |
In October 2010, the management of the new Luxembourg team revealed the team's website, labeled [[Leopard True Racing]], leading to speculation that the team will race under that name.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/6134/Could-the-Luxemburg-team-of-Schleck-brothers-be-named-Leopard-True-Racing.aspx |title=Could the Luxembourg team of Schleck brothers be named Leopard True Racing? |publisher=Velonation.com |accessdate=January 26, 2011}}</ref> The site is located at [http://leopard.lu leopard.lu]. The team's name, as per [[Jakob Fuglsang]], is simply {{ct|Leopard|2011}}.<ref>{{cite web|author=Daniel Benson |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/luxembourg-team-to-be-called-team-leopard |title=Luxembourg Team To Be Called Team Leopard |publisher=Cyclingnews.com |date=December 13, 2010 |accessdate=January 26, 2011}}</ref> |
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Full name | Andy Raymond Schleck |
Born | (1985-06-10) June 10, 1985 (age 39) Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st) |
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Andy Raymond Schleck (born June 10, 1985) is a Luxembourgish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team You have called {{Contentious topics}}
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Andy Schleck was born in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, and is the youngest of Gaby and Johny Schleck's three sons. His older brother Fränk Schleck is also a cyclist on Team Leopard-Trek, and his oldest brother Steve Schleck is a politician in Luxembourg. Andy's father, Johny Schleck, is a former professional cyclist and rode the Tour de France at the service of 1968 winner Jan Janssen and 1973 winner Luis Ocaña, and also managed to finish in the top 20 twice: 19th in 1970 and 20th in 1967. He won a stage in the 1970 Vuelta a España and the Luxembourg National Championships. Johny's father, Gustav Schleck, also contested events in the 1930s.[1]
Andy Schleck joined VC Roubaix cycling club in 2004, and caught the attention of Cyrille Guimard, a sports director who became famous as the directeur sportif for several Tour de France winners, including Bernard Hinault, Laurent Fignon, Lucien Van Impe and American Greg LeMond. Guimard described Schleck as one of the biggest talents he had seen and compared him to Laurent Fignon.[1][2]
Still an amateur, Schleck won the 2004 Flèche du Sud stage race at 18. As the Danish national team were in the race, word spread to the Danish Team CSC manager Bjarne Riis. Riis asked Fränk, already on Team CSC, about his brother, and Andy started as a stagiaire for Team CSC on September 1, 2004.[3] He secured a professional contract with CSC, and made his debut in a ProTour race at age 19 (the 2005 Volta a Catalunya).
He and Fränk shared the 2005 National Championships, Fränk taking the road race and Andy the individual time trial. In 2006, Schleck crashed in the GP Cholet and took an eight-week break before returning for the Volta a Catalunya in May. In July, a few days after his brother won the Alpe d'Huez stage of the Tour de France, Andy won the major mountain stage in the Sachsen Tour, followed by the final stage, finishing 23rd overall.
In the 2007 Giro d'Italia, he won the young rider classification and was second in the general classification after Danilo Di Luca. He finished fourth at the Giro di Lombardia after helping his brother Fränk, who crashed with six kilometres to go.[4]
Schleck's success continued in 2008 when he won the young rider classification in the Tour De France,[5] holding off Roman Kreuziger, and helping CSC win the team classification and Carlos Sastre the maillot jaune.
In 2009 he won the biggest victory of his career so far, when a strong April culminated with an impressive victory in Liège–Bastogne–Liège, as he became the first winner of the race from Luxembourg since Marcel Ernzer in 1954.[5] A few days before he had finished runner-up in La Flèche Wallonne.
In the 2009 Tour de France overall classification, he finished the Tour in second place, behind Alberto Contador and ahead of Lance Armstrong, along with finishing Stage 17 in 3rd place behind his brother Fränk Schleck (1) and Alberto Contador (2). He again won the Young Rider Classification in the 2009 Tour de France.
In the 2010 Tour de France, he was much closer to the victory – against Alberto Contador again – but took the second place (by 39 seconds) and won Young Rider Classification for the third time in a row. Schleck was involved in a controversial incident on the Tour de France: When his chain fell off on a mountain stage,[6] his main rival for the Tour, Alberto Contador, did not stop and thereby took the lead from Schleck. Some sections of the media saw Contador's behaviour as unsporting, and felt he should have allowed Schleck to regain the lost time. Schleck lost 39 seconds on that stage in the mountains, the same number of seconds by which he eventually lost the Tour de France. Schleck was only the second man to ever win the white jersey for best young rider 3 times; the first was Jan Ullrich who won in 1996–98. He also won two mountain stages, and rode in the yellow jersey for six days.
On July 29, 2010, Schleck and his brother Fränk announced their departure from Team Saxo Bank at the end of 2010. They formed a brand-new Luxembourg-based team with former Saxo Bank director Kim Andersen.[7] Alberto Contador was hired to replace Andy Schleck as part of a two year contract signed with Team Saxo Bank.[8][9][10]Andy SChleckis anamazing cyclist. he thrives in the mountains, but not in the TT's. In 2011 he had an amazing season finishing 2nd in the tour.I HATE ALBERTO CONTADOR.
In October 2010, the management of the new Luxembourg team revealed the team's website, labeled Leopard True Racing, leading to speculation that the team will race under that name.[11] The site is located at leopard.lu. The team's name, as per Jakob Fuglsang, is simply You have called {{Contentious topics}}
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In July 2011, Andy won the mountainous 18th stage of the Tour de France with a long solo breakaway ride. When interviewed after the stage for Channel 4 television he answered the first question by saying, "No guts, no glory". The day after he finished 9th overall in the 19th stage to take the yellow jersey. However the day after he was overtaken in the time trial penultimate stage 20 of the tour by Cadel Evans placing Schleck in second place going into the final stage in Paris once again.
Andy Schleck uses 172.5mm crank arms on his bike, which are considered small for a man of his height.[13]
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Preceded by | Luxembourgian Sportsman of the Year 2009,2010 |
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