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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Andy Schleck |
| Date of birth | June 10, 1985 |
| Country |  Luxembourg |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 67 kg (150 lb/10.6 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team CSC Saxo Bank |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2004 | Team CSC Saxo Bank (stagiaire) |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2005– | Team CSC Saxo Bank |
| Major wins | |
| Giro d'Italia, Young rider classification (2007) Tour de France, Young rider classification (2008) |
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| Infobox last updated on: | |
| January 9, 2008 | |
Andy Schleck (born June 10, 1985 in Luxembourg) is a Luxembourgeois professional road bicycle racer who, since 2005, has been riding for Team CSC Saxo Bank in the UCI ProTour series. He is younger brother of Fränk Schleck, aldo at Team CSC. Their father Johnny Schleck rode the Tour de France and Vuelta a España between 1965 and 1974.
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Career
Still an amateur, Schleck won the 2004 Flèche de Sud stage race at 18. As the Danish national team were in the race, word spread to the Danish Team CSC Saxo Bank manager Bjarne Riis. Riis asked Fränk, already on Team CSC Saxo Bank, about his brother, and Andy started as a stagiaire for Team CSC on September 1, 2004.1 He secured a professional contract with CSC. 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, Schleck 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.2
Schleck's success continued in 2008 when he won the young rider classification in the Tour De France, holding off Roman Kreuziger. Schleck was exceptional in the mountains, working for Team CSC Saxo Bank and team leader Carlos Sastre and Fränk. His efforts helped CSC win the team classification and Carlos Sastre the maillot jaune.
Results
- 2004
- 1st, Overall, Flèche du Sud
- 2005
Luxembourg National time trial championship- 2006
- 1st, Stages 3 and 5, Sachsen Tour
- 1st, Mountains classification, Tour of Britain
- 2007
- 2nd, Overall, Giro d'Italia
Winner, Young Rider classification
- 4th, Giro di Lombardia
- 2008
- 4th, Liege-Bastogne-Liege
- 6th, Overall, Tour de Suisse
- 12th Overall, Tour de France
- Winner, Young Rider classification
- 3rd, Stage 17
- 5th, Olympic road race
References
- ^ Andy Schleck: Not Unlike his Brother Fränk, CSC, May 19, 2006
- ^ 101st Giro di Lombardia - ProT, Cyclingnews.com, October 20, 2007
External links
- Fanclub for the Schleck brothers.
- Team CSC profile
- Andy Schleck profile at the Cycling Website
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| NAME | Schleck, Andy |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Road bicycle racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1985-06-10 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luxembourg (city), Luxembourg |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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