Andy Schleck

Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Andy Schleck

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image_caption = Schleck at the 2007 Tour de Romandie
fullname = Andy Schleck
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1985|6|10
country = LUX
height = height|m=1.86
weight = convert|67|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
currentteam = Team CSC Saxo Bank
discipline = Road
role = Rider
ridertype = All-rounder
amateuryears = 2004
amateurteams = Team CSC Saxo Bank "(stagiaire)"
proyears = 2005–
proteams = Team CSC Saxo Bank
majorwins = Giro d'Italia, Young rider classification (2007)
Tour de France, Young rider classification (2008)
updated = 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 the Team CSC Saxo Bank outfit in the UCI ProTour race series. Andy is the younger brother of Fränk Schleck, whom he rides alongside at Team CSC. Their father Johnny Schleck was also a road bicycle racer who rode several times as a professional in the Tour de France and Vuelta a España races between 1965 and 1974.

Career

Still an amateur rider, Schleck won the 2004 Flèche de Sud stage race at the age of 18. As the Danish national team were competing in the race, word spread to the Danish Team CSC Saxo Bank manager Bjarne Riis. Riis asked Fränk, who was already on Team CSC Saxo Bank, about his brother, and following talks during the Tour de Luxembourg, Andy started as a stagiaire for Team CSC on September 1, 2004. [ [http://www.csc.com/mms/cycling/en/ne/na/articleDetail.jsp?id=2904 Andy Schleck: Not Unlike his Brother Fränk] , "CSC", May 19, 2006] He subsequently secured himself a professional contract with CSC. He and brother Fränk shared the 2005 national championships between them, Fränk taking the road race and Andy won the individual time trial. In the 2006 spring season, Schleck crashed in the GP Cholet and had to take an eight week break before returning for the Volta a Catalunya race in May. In July, just a few days after his brother won the famous Alpe D'Huez stage of the Tour de France, Schleck won the major mountain stage in the Sachsen Tour, which he followed with a stage win in 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 also finished fourth at the Giro di Lombardia after helping his brother Fränk, who crashed with six kilometres to go. [ [http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/oct07/lombardia07/?id=results 101st Giro di Lombardia - ProT] , "Cyclingnews.com", October 20, 2007]

Schleck's success continued in 2008 when he won the young rider classification in the Tour De France, holding off a strong challenge from Roman Kreuziger. During the tour Schleck was exceptional in the mountain stages, working tirelessly for Team CSC Saxo Bank and team leader Carlos Sastre and elder brother Fränk. His efforts helped CSC to victory in the team classification and Carlos Sastre to the maillot jaune in the general classification (GC).

Results

;2004: 1st, Overall, Flèche du Sud;2005: LUX National Time Trial Championship;2006: 1st, Stages 3 and 5, Sachsen Tour: 1st, Mountains classification, Tour of Britain;2007: 2nd, Overall, Giro d'Italia ::: 4th, Giro di Lombardia;2008: 4th, Liege-Bastogne-Liege: 6th, Overall, Tour de Suisse: 12th Overall, Tour de France:::: 3rd, Stage 17: 5th, Olympic Road Race

References

External links

* [http://www.schleck.lu/ Fanclub for the Schleck brothers] .
* [http://www.team-csc.com/person_profiles.asp?p_id=70 Team CSC profile]
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Persondata
NAME= Schleck, Andy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH= 1985-06-10
PLACE OF BIRTH= Luxembourg (city), Luxembourg
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=