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No. 13 - Frank Schleck

Team: Saxo Bank
DOB: 4/15/1980
Nationality: LUX
Residence(s): Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg
Height: 6'1' | Weight: 150
Pro Since: 2003
Speciality: All Around
Past Pro Teams: CSC (2003-2008)
 

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Career Highlights

2008 1st Luxembourg National Championships - 2nd KOM competition Tour de France, 2nd Stage 10, 3rd Stage 6 & 5th Overall Tour de France 3rd Liège-Bastogne-Liège - 3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
2007 1st Giro dell'Emilia - 2nd Coppa Sabatini - 3rd Liège Bastogne - Liège - 4th World Championships
2006 1st Amstel Gold Race - 1st Stage 15 Tour de France - 5th Paris - Nice - 10th Overall Tour de France
2005 1st Luxembourg National Road Race Championships

Interesting Facts

Frank Schleck went pro in 2001 with Festina, and his breakthrough came in 2005, when he achieved three podium places in the last month of the season. He is a two-time national champion, and in the 2008 Tour de France he wore the Yellow jersey and in the end finished in 6th overall. 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 the Grand Tours. He enjoys hunting and fishing as hobbies
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