Fränk Schleck (born 15 April 1980 in Luxembourg) is a Luxembourgish professional road bicycle racer riding for Team Saxo Bank. At the start of 2005, Schleck was joined by his younger brother Andy on Team CSC, as Saxo Bank was then known, and they split the 2005 national championships between them, with Fränk winning the road race and Andy winning the time trial. Their father, Johny Schleck, was also a professional road bicycle racer between 1965 ...
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Fränk Schleck (born 15 April 1980 in Luxembourg) is a Luxembourgish professional road bicycle racer riding for Team Saxo Bank. At the start of 2005, Schleck was joined by his younger brother Andy on Team CSC, as Saxo Bank was then known, and they split the 2005 national championships between them, with Fränk winning the road race and Andy winning the time trial. Their father, Johny Schleck, was also a professional road bicycle racer between 1965 and 1974.
Fränk's greatest achievements include 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.
He is known for riding knock-kneed and riding a high cadence when climbing.
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...
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