Andy Schleck
Schleck at the 2013 Tour de Suisse
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Andy Raymond Schleck |
| Nickname | Andy torticolis (Andy Torticollis) |
| Born |
10 June 1985 Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2004 | VC Roubaix |
| 2004 | Team CSC (stagiaire) |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2005–2010 | Team CSC |
| 2011–2014 | Leopard Trek |
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Andy Raymond Schleck (pronounced [ɑndi ʀɑɪ̯mond ʃlæk]; born 10 June 1985) is a former Luxembourgish former professional road bicycle racer. He won the 2010 Tour de France, being awarded it retroactively in February 2012 after Alberto Contador's hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. He has also been the runner-up at the Tour twice; in 2009 and 2011. He is the younger brother of Fränk Schleck, also a professional rider for Trek Factory Racing. Their father Johny Schleck rode the Tour de France and Vuelta a España between 1965 and 1974.
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 was also a cyclist on Trek Factory Racing, 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.
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