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Fränk Schleck

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Luxembourgish cyclist

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Key facts

1999
ACC Contern
2000
De Nardi
2001
Festina (stagiaire)
2002
Châteauroux
Full name
Fränk René Schleck
Born
( 1980-04-15 ) 15 April 1980 (age 46) , Luxembourg City , Luxembourg
Height
1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight
65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb)
Current team
Retired
Discipline
Road
Role
Rider
Rider type
Climber , Puncheur
2003 2010
Team CSC
2011 2016
Leopard Trek

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Encyclopedic overview

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 the Queen stage of 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fränk Schleck” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.