Fränk Schleck
Schleck at the 2011 Tour de Suisse.
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Fränk René Schleck |
| Born |
15 April 1980 Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber/Puncheur |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 1999 | ACC Contern |
| 2000 | De Nardi |
| 2001 | Festina (stagiaire) |
| 2002 | Chateauroux |
| 2002 | CSC–Tiscali (stagiaire) |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2003–2010 | Team CSC |
| 2011–2016 | Leopard Trek |
| Major wins | |
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Fränk René Schleck (born 15 April 1980) is a Luxembourgish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2016, for Team Saxo Bank and Trek–Segafredo. Schleck is the older brother of Andy, winner of the 2010 Tour de France. Their father, Johny Schleck, was a professional road bicycle racer between 1965 and 1974, as was their grandfather, Gustave Schleck, who contested events in the 1930s.
Schleck's greatest achievements include five national road race championships, winning a blue riband mountain stage in the 2006 Tour de France which finished on the Alpe d'Huez, the 2006 edition of the Amstel Gold Race classic, and an alpine stage of the 2009 Tour de France, finishing in the sole company of his brother Andy and Alberto Contador. On 30 January 2013, Schleck was suspended for 12 months following a positive test for xipamide at the 2012 Tour de France. The ban, backdated to the date of the positive test, expired on 13 July 2013.
After riding for the Luxembourg military sports programme, he moved to Italy to ride for De Nardi–Pasta Montegrappa. In 2001, he tried out as a stagiaire for Festina, but when the team folded after the season, Schleck was left with no contract. He contacted Team CSC manager Bjarne Riis through their common youth coach Marcel Gilles of the ACC Contern amateur team. Schleck rode 2002 as a stagiaire on Team CSC and signed to a pro contract by Riis in 2003.
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