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Fränk Schleck

Key Stats

Team: Saxo Bank
Nationality: Luxumbourger
Born: April 15, 1980
Residence: Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg
Height: 6-foot-1
Weight: 148 pounds
Turned Pro: 2003
Hobbies: hunting, fishing

Palmares

Career Highlights:

4th, 2007 world championship
1st, 2006 Amstel Gold Race
1st, stage 15 2006 Tour de France
Luxembourg road champion 2005

2009
1st, stage 8, Tour of California

2008
2nd, Amstel Gold Race
10th overall, Pays Vasco
9th, stage 1, Critérium International
7th, stage 2, Critérium International
6th overall, Critérium International

2007
1st, stage 4 Tour of Switzerland
1st, Giro dell'Emilia
2nd, Coppa Sabatini
3rd, Liège-Bastogne-Liège
3rd overall, Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana
4th, Bayern Rundfahrt
4th overall, Drei Länder Tour
4th, world championship
7th overall, Tour of Poland
7th overall, Tour of Switzerland
7th, Flèche Wallonne
8th overall, Vuelta al Pais Vasco
8th overall, Paris-Nice
10th, Criterium International
10th, Amstel Gold Race

2006
1st, Amstel Gold
1st, stage 15, Tour de France
2nd, Luxembourg championship
2nd, LUK Challenge Chrono Bühl
3rd, Drei Länder Tour
4th, Flèche Wallonne
5th, Trofeo Soller
5th overall, Paris-Nice
6th overall, Tour of Switzerland
6th, Trofeo Pollenca
6th, Liège-Bastogne-Liège
7th overall, Giro di Lombardia

2005
1st, Luxembourg championship
2nd, Züri Metzgete
2nd overall, Tour Méditerranéen
3rd overall, Giro di Lombardia
4th overall, Tour of Switzerland
7th overall, Paris-Nice
8th, Etoile de Besseges

2004
2nd, stage 2 Critérium International
3rd, stage 7 Tour of Switzerland
4th, Grand Prix Città di Camaiore
4th, Cholet-Pays De Loire
5th, GP Kanton Aargau
9th overall, Paris-Nice
10th, World championships

2003
6th, Milano-Torino

Biography

Older brother of Andy Schleck, Fränk went pro in 2001 with Festina. CSC has a contract with him through 2010; CSC team boss Bjarne Riis knows he’s got his hands on a true all-round who can win the biggest one-day races and hold his own in stage races.