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{{Short description|Luxembourgish former road bicycle racer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2011}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name          = Andy Schleck
| image         = Andy Schleck 2013.JPG
| caption       = Schleck at the [[2013 Tour de Suisse]]
| fullname      = Andy Raymond Schleck
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1985|6|10}}
| birth_place   = [[Luxembourg City]], [[Luxembourg]]
| height        = {{height|m=1.86}}<ref name="tdf-profile">{{cite web|title=Andy Schleck profile|url=http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/riders/radioshack-leopard/schleck-andy.html?xtmc=andy+schleck&xtcr=1|access-date=December 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227094725/http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/riders/radioshack-leopard/schleck-andy.html?xtmc=andy+schleck&xtcr=1|archive-date=December 27, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| weight        = {{convert|68|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}}<ref name="tdf-profile" />
| currentteam   = Retired
| discipline    = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]]
| role          = Rider
| ridertype     = [[Climbing specialist|Climber]]
| amateuryears1 = 2004
| amateurteam1  = VC Roubaix
| amateuryears2 = 2004
| amateurteam2  = {{UCI team code|SAX|2004}} ''(stagiaire)''
| proyears1     = 2005–2010
| proteam1      = {{UCI team code|SAX|2005}}
| proyears2     = 2011–2014
| proteam2      = {{UCI team code|RLT|2011}}
| majorwins     = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]'''
:'''[[Tour de France]]'''
::'''[[General classification in the Tour de France|General classification]]''' ([[2010 Tour de France|2010]])
::[[Young rider classification in the Tour de France|Young rider classification]] ([[2008 Tour de France|2008]], [[2009 Tour de France|2009]], [[2010 Tour de France|2010]])
::3 individual stages ([[2010 Tour de France|2010]], [[2011 Tour de France|2011]])
:'''[[Giro d'Italia]]'''
::[[Young rider classification in the Giro d'Italia|Young rider classification]] ([[2007 Giro d'Italia|2007]])
'''[[Classic cycle races|One-day races and Classics]]'''
:{{nowrap|[[Luxembourgish National Time Trial Championships|National Time Trial Championships]] (2005, 2010)}}
:[[Luxembourgish National Road Race Championships|National Road Race Championships]] (2009)
:[[Liège–Bastogne–Liège]] ([[2009 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|2009]])
}}

'''Andy Raymond Schleck''' ({{IPA|lb|ˈɑndi ˈʀɑɪ̯mont ˈʃlæk|pron}}; born 10 June 1985) is a [[Luxembourg]]ish former professional [[road bicycle racer]]. He won the [[2010 Tour de France]], being awarded it retroactively in February 2012 after [[Alberto Contador]]'s hearing at the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]].<ref name="TDF2010"/> He has also been the runner-up at the Tour twice; in [[2009 Tour de France|2009]] and [[2011 Tour de France|2011]]. He is the younger brother of [[Fränk Schleck]], also a professional rider between 2003 and 2016. Their father [[Johny Schleck]] rode the [[Tour de France]] and [[Vuelta a España]] between 1965 and 1974.

==Early years and family==
Andy Schleck was born in [[Luxembourg City]], Luxembourg, and is the youngest of Gaby and Johny Schleck's three sons. His older brother [[Fränk Schleck]] was also a cyclist on Trek Factory Racing, and his oldest brother Steve Schleck is a politician in Luxembourg. Andy's father, [[Johny Schleck]], is a former professional cyclist and rode the [[Tour de France]] at the service of 1968 winner [[Jan Janssen]] and 1973 winner [[Luis Ocaña]], and also managed to finish in the top 20 twice: 19th in [[1970 Tour de France|1970]] and 20th in [[1967 Tour de France|1967]]. He won a stage in the [[1970 Vuelta a España]] and the Luxembourg National Championships. Johny's father, Gustav Schleck, also contested events in the 1930s.<ref name=CN_feature_2007>
{{cite news |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=/features/2007/giro_andy_schleck07 |title=Giro d'Italia: The rise of another Schleck |date=4 June 2007 |publisher=cyclingnews.com  |access-date=4 February 2009}}</ref>

==Career==
===Amateur career===
Andy Schleck joined the VC Roubaix cycling club in 2004, and caught the attention of [[Cyrille Guimard]], a sports director who became famous as the [[directeur sportif]] for several [[Tour de France]] winners, including [[Bernard Hinault]], [[Laurent Fignon]], [[Lucien Van Impe]] and American [[Greg LeMond]]. Guimard described Schleck as one of the biggest talents he had seen and compared him to Laurent Fignon.<ref name=CN_feature_2007/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishcycling.com/publish/exec/view.cgi?archive=9&num=2602 |title=Schleck Brothers Confirmed For Tour Of Ireland |publisher=Irishcycling.com |date=17 August 2007 |access-date=26 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713060607/http://www.irishcycling.com/publish/exec/view.cgi?archive=9&num=2602 |archive-date=July 13, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Still an amateur, Schleck won the 2004 [[Flèche du Sud]] stage race at 18. As the Danish national team were in the race, word spread to the [[Denmark|Danish]] {{UCI team code|SAX|2004}} manager [[Bjarne Riis]]. Riis asked Fränk, already on Team CSC, about his brother, and Andy started as a [[Bicycling terminology#stagiaire|stagiaire]] for Team CSC on 1 September 2004.<ref>[http://www.csc.com/mms/cycling/en/ne/na/articleDetail.jsp?id=2904 Andy Schleck: Not Unlike his Brother Fränk, 19 May 2006] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061016122726/http://www.csc.com/mms/cycling/en/ne/na/articleDetail.jsp?id=2904 |date=October 16, 2006 }}</ref>

===Team CSC (2005–2010)===
====2005–2008====
Schleck secured a professional contract with {{UCI team code|SAX|2005}} in 2005, and made his debut in a ProTour race at age 19, in the [[2005 Volta a Catalunya]].
[[File:Tour de France 2008, andy schleck (21592924473).jpg|thumb|left|Schleck at the [[2008 Tour de France]]]]
He and Fränk shared the 2005 National Championships, Fränk taking the [[Luxembourgish National Road Race Championships|road race]] and Andy the [[Luxembourgish National Time Trial Championships|individual time trial]]. In 2006, Schleck crashed in the [[Cholet-Pays de Loire|GP Cholet]] and took an eight-week break before returning for the [[2006 Volta a Catalunya|Volta a Catalunya]] in May. In July, a few days after his brother won the [[Alpe d'Huez]] stage of the [[2006 Tour de France|Tour de France]], Andy won the major mountain stage in the [[Sachsen Tour]], followed by the final stage, finishing 23rd overall.

In 2007, he won the [[young rider classification in the Giro d'Italia]] and was second in the general classification behind [[Danilo Di Luca]]. He finished fourth at the [[2007 Giro di Lombardia|Giro di Lombardia]] after helping his brother Fränk, who crashed with six kilometres to go.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/oct07/lombardia07/?id=results |title=www.cyclingnews.com presents the 101st Giro di Lombardia |publisher=Autobus.cyclingnews.com |date=2007-10-20 |access-date=2012-02-23}}</ref>

In 2008, Schleck finished 4th in the [[2008 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]. His success continued in the [[2008 Tour de France|Tour de France]], in which he finished 12th overall, winning the [[Young rider classification in the Tour de France|young rider classification]] ahead of [[Roman Kreuziger]] and helping CSC win the team classification and [[Carlos Sastre]] the [[General classification in the Tour de France|maillot jaune]].

====2009====
In 2009 he achieved the biggest victory of his career at that point, when a strong April culminated with an impressive victory in [[2009 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]], as he became the first winner of the race from Luxembourg since Marcel Ernzer in 1954.<ref name = "Liege win">{{cite news| title = Schleck impresses with Liege win | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/8019468.stm| access-date =27 April 2009 |publisher=BBC News  | date=26 April 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090427012441/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/8019468.stm| archive-date=April 27, 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> A few days before he had finished runner-up in [[2009 La Flèche Wallonne|La Flèche Wallonne]].

[[File:Mt Ventoux TdF2009 (cropped).JPG|thumb|left|Schleck wearing the [[Young rider classification in the Tour de France|white jersey]] at the [[2009 Tour de France]]; he leads [[Lance Armstrong]] and [[Alberto Contador]] during the climb of [[Mont Ventoux]].]]
In the [[2009 Tour de France|Tour de France]], he finished the race in second place, behind [[Alberto Contador]] and ahead of [[Bradley Wiggins]], along with finishing Stage 17 in 3rd place behind his brother Fränk Schleck, who won the stage, and Contador. He again won the [[Young rider classification in the Tour de France|young rider classification]] in the process.

====2010====
[[File:Andy Schleck, 2010 Tour de France, Stage 9.jpg|thumb|upright|Schleck at the [[2010 Tour de France]]; he is wearing the white jersey of the [[Young rider classification in the Tour de France|young rider classification]] leader.]]
In the [[2010 Tour de France|Tour de France]], he was much closer to the victory&nbsp;– against Alberto Contador again&nbsp;– but took what was at the time second place (by 39 seconds) and won the [[Young rider classification in the Tour de France|young rider classification]] for the third time in a row. Schleck was involved in a controversial incident on the [[Port de Balès]] during stage 15 while wearing the [[maillot jaune]] and attempting to extend his lead. He was riding with incredibly good form and with 24&nbsp;km to go Schleck attacked at the front of the group of favorites dropping some riders but the main favorites contained this initial attack. With 22&nbsp;km to go he attacked again and initially there was no response from his rivals but almost immediately his chain fell off.<ref>
{{cite web
| title      = Contador in yellow as Schleck suffers untimely mechanical at the Tour. France's Voeckler wins the stage.
| url        = http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/07/news/contador-in-yellow-as-schleck-suffers-untimely-mechanical-at-the-tour-frances-voeckler-wins-the-stage_129933
| access-date = 28 July 2010
| work       = velonews.com
| date       = 19 July 2010
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100724054255/http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/07/news/contador-in-yellow-as-schleck-suffers-untimely-mechanical-at-the-tour-frances-voeckler-wins-the-stage_129933| archive-date=July 24, 2010 | url-status= live}}
</ref> His main rival for the Tour, Alberto Contador, did not stop even though he likely knew that Schleck had a mechanical issue and had not [[Glossary of cycling|cracked]]. [[Samuel Sánchez]] and [[Denis Menchov]] attacked as well leaving Schleck behind as Contador took the lead from Schleck. Some sections of the media saw Contador's behaviour as unsporting and felt he should have allowed Schleck to regain the lost time. However, some sections of the media and members of the peloton did not have a problem with Contador's attack. The incident also produced the iconic quote "If you draw your sword and you drop it, you die", from Ryder Hesjedal.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.velonews.com/2010/07/news/opinion-its-wrong-to-vilify-contador_130268|first=Neal|last=Rogers|work=[[VeloNews]]|title=Opinion: It's wrong to vilify Alberto Contador|date=20 July 2010|access-date=28 February 2017}}</ref> Schleck lost 39 seconds on that stage in the mountains, the same number of seconds by which he eventually lost the Tour de France. Schleck was only the second man to ever win the white jersey for best young rider 3 times; the first was [[Jan Ullrich]] who won between 1996 and 1998. He also won two mountain stages, and rode in the [[General classification in the Tour de France|yellow jersey]] for six days.

In February 2012 after Contador's CAS hearing Schleck was retroactively awarded the 2010 Title.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cas-sanction-contador-with-two-year-ban-in-clenbuterol-case |title=CAS Sanction Contador With Two Year Ban In Clenbuterol Case |date=February 6, 2012 |publisher=Cyclingnews.com |access-date=2012-02-23}}</ref>

===Leopard Trek (2011–2014)===
On 29 July 2010, Schleck and his brother [[Fränk Schleck|Fränk]] announced their departure from {{UCI team code|SAX|2010}} at the end of 2010. They formed a brand-new Luxembourg-based team with former Saxo Bank director [[Kim Andersen (cyclist)|Kim Andersen]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Devaney |first=Jason |url=http://www.universalsports.com/blogs/blog=shiftinggears/postid=485983.html |title=Cycling Road Schleck's confirm departure from Saxo Bank |publisher=Universal Sports |date=2011-08-31 |access-date=2012-02-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304024947/http://www.universalsports.com/blogs/blog%3Dshiftinggears/postid%3D485983.html |archive-date=March 4, 2012 }}</ref> [[Alberto Contador]] was hired to replace Andy Schleck as part of a two-year contract signed with Team Saxo Bank.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/8880854.stm |publisher=BBC News  | title=Contador signs for Saxo Bank team | date=3 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Richard Moore |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/aug/03/alberto-contador-saxo-bank |title=Alberto Contador to leave Astana and replace Andy Schleck at Saxo Bank &#124; Sport |work=The Guardian |date= August 3, 2010|access-date=2012-02-23 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Greg Johnson |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/alberto-contador-suspended-over-traces-of-clenbuterol-from-tour-de-france-test |title=Alberto Contador Suspended Over Traces of Clenbuterol From Tour de France Test |publisher=Cyclingnews.com |date=30 September 2010 |access-date=26 January 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110227122911/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/alberto-contador-suspended-over-traces-of-clenbuterol-from-tour-de-france-test| archive-date=February 27, 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> In October 2010, the management of the new Luxembourg team revealed the team's website, labeled Leopard True Racing, leading to speculation that the team would race under that name.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/6134/Could-the-Luxemburg-team-of-Schleck-brothers-be-named-Leopard-True-Racing.aspx |title=Could the Luxembourg team of Schleck brothers be named Leopard True Racing? |publisher=Velonation.com |access-date=26 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://leopard.lu |title=leopard.lu |publisher=leopard.lu |access-date=2012-02-23}}</ref> The team's name, was later announced by [[Jakob Fuglsang]] as {{UCI team code|LEO|2011}}.<ref>{{cite web|author=Daniel Benson |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/luxembourg-team-to-be-called-team-leopard |title=Luxembourg Team To Be Called Team Leopard |website=Cyclingnews.com |date=13 December 2010 |access-date=26 January 2011}}</ref>

====2011====
[[File:Andy Schleck (5977455937).jpg|thumb|left|upright|Schleck at the [[2011 Tour de France]]]]
In April 2011, Schleck finished third in [[2011 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]. He then won the mountains classification of the [[2011 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]]. In the [[2011 Tour de France|Tour de France]], Schleck had a slow start but came to the mountains 5th overall. Through the Pyrenees Andy moved up to 4th overall. After losing almost 2 minutes on Stage 16, he finally won the mountainous 18th stage of the race on the [[Col du Galibier]] with a long solo breakaway ride. The day after, he finished 9th overall in the 19th stage of [[Alpe d'Huez]] to take the yellow jersey from [[Thomas Voeckler]], but he was overtaken by [[Cadel Evans]] in the penultimate stage of the tour, an individual time trial, placing Schleck in second place going into the final stage in Paris once again. His brother, Frank, also made the podium making them the first siblings ever to both make the podium in Tour history.

====2012====
For the 2012 season, {{UCI team code|LEO|2011|nolink=yes}} merged with {{UCI team code|RSH|2011}} to create {{UCI team code|RNT|2012}}, with [[Johan Bruyneel]] becoming team manager. In May, Schleck was awarded the overall classification win at the [[2010 Tour de France]] after original winner [[Alberto Contador]] lost his legal battle relating to a doping offence. The ceremony was held in his home country of Luxembourg.<ref name="TDF2010">{{cite news|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11981/Andy-Schleck-awarded-yellow-jersey-for-2010-Tour-de-France.aspx|title=Andy Schleck awarded yellow jersey for 2010 Tour de France9|work=Velo Nation|publisher=Velo Nation LLC|date=29 May 2012|access-date=24 December 2012|author=Shane Stokes}}</ref> At the [[2012 Critérium du Dauphiné|Critérium du Dauphiné]] prologue, Schleck criticized Bruyneel for having spoken critically to the media of both Schleck brothers, saying that those matters should be dealt with internally, not in the media.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/andy-schleck-has-a-dig-at-bruyneel-at-dauphine-prologue|title=Andy Schleck has a dig at Bruyneel at Dauphiné prologue|website=[[Cycling News]]|date=3 June 2012|access-date=10 June 2012}}</ref> In the race itself, Schleck had to abandon after losing a significant amount of time on the general classification and crashing heavily on the fourth stage [[individual time trial]], worsening a knee injury and suffering a fracture of the sacrum.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/andy-schleck-abandons-criterium-du-dauphine|title=Andy Schleck abandons Critérium du Dauphiné|website=[[Cycling News]]|date=9 June 2012|access-date=10 June 2012}}</ref> He stated that he still had ample time to prepare adequately for the coming [[2012 Tour de France|Tour de France]], as it occurred often in recent years that he did not perform well in the races leading to the Tour.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/andy-schleck-you-can-do-a-lot-in-three-weeks|title=Andy Schleck: You can do a lot in three weeks|website=[[Cycling News]]|date=10 June 2012|access-date=10 June 2012}}</ref> On 13 June Schleck announced that he would not start in the Tour de France because of the injuries sustained at the Critérium du Dauphiné.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.radioshacknissantrek.com/news/andy-scheck-sacral-fracture-out-tour-de-france |title=Andy Scheck with sacral fracture out for Tour de France |work=radioshacknissantrek.com |date=13 June 2012 |access-date=13 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814082037/http://www.radioshacknissantrek.com/news/andy-scheck-sacral-fracture-out-tour-de-france |archive-date=August 14, 2012 }}</ref>

In October he attempted a comeback in the [[2012 Tour of Beijing|Tour of Beijing]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/10/news/despite-quitting-tour-of-beijing-and-losing-team-boss-andy-schleck-happy-to-be-racing_261289 |title=Despite quitting Tour of Beijing and losing team boss, Andy Schleck happy to be racing |work=Velonews |date=2012-10-13 |access-date=2013-04-02}}</ref>

====2013====
Schleck competed in the [[2013 Tour Down Under|Tour Down Under]], but had to withdraw on the final stage due to mechanical issues. He was nearly 40 minutes behind the leader in the general classification, and as such, would have finished last.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/cycling/andy-schleck-snubs-post-race-presentation/story-fn8sc2wz-1226563049557|title=Andy Schleck snubs post-race presentation|first=Peter|last=Kogoy|work=[[The Australian]]|publisher=[[News Limited]]|date=28 January 2013|access-date=29 January 2013}}</ref> Finishing 91st at the [[Gran Premio Città di Camaiore]] in February,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioshackleopardtrek.com/calendar-results/gran-premio-citta-di-camaiore|title=Gran Premio Città di Camaiore at RadioShack-Leopard-Trek|date=28 February 2013|access-date=8 April 2013|author=RadioShack-Leopard-Trek}}</ref> Schleck completed his first UCI-categorised race since the [[2012 Liège–Bastogne–Liège]], a little less than a year later.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/14035/Schleck-heading-in-right-direction-as-rider-completes-first-full-UCI-race-since-last-April.aspx|title=Schleck 'heading in right direction' as rider completes first full UCI race since last April|work=VeloNation|date=28 February 2013|access-date=14 March 2013|author=Shane Stokes}}</ref> Schleck, however, withdrew again at [[2013 Tirreno–Adriatico|Tirreno–Adriatico]], the [[Tour Méditerranéen]], and the [[2013 Tour of Oman|Tour of Oman]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/04/news/desperate-for-race-miles-schleck-to-start-paris-roubaix_280117|title=Desperate for race miles, Schleck to start Paris–Roubaix|work=[[VeloNews]]|date=1 April 2013|access-date=1 April 2013|author=Manny D'Enef}}</ref> but managed to finish 57th at the [[2013 Critérium International|Critérium International]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.letour.fr/2013/CRI/LIVE/us/300/classement/index.html |title=Critérium International&nbsp;– 2013 |publisher=Letour.fr |date=1994-12-01 |access-date=2013-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328042411/http://www.letour.fr/2013/CRI/LIVE/us/300/classement/index.html |archive-date=March 28, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Following the Critérium International, Schleck was again unable to finish at the [[2013 Amstel Gold Race|Amstel Gold Race]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/04/news/2013-amstel-gold-race-results_281922 |title=2013 Amstel Gold Race results |access-date=April 14, 2013 |archive-date=April 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130417084715/http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/04/news/2013-amstel-gold-race-results_281922 |url-status=dead }}</ref> although he later finished 86th at [[2013 La Flèche Wallonne|La Flèche Wallonne]],<ref>{{Cite web|title = La Flèche Wallonne 2014|url = http://www.letour.fr/2013/FWH/LIVE/us/100/classement/index.html|website = La Flèche Wallonne 2014|access-date = 2015-12-16|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130420014541/http://www.letour.fr/2013/FWH/LIVE/us/100/classement/index.html|archive-date = April 20, 2013|url-status = dead|df = mdy-all}}</ref> 41st at [[2013 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Liège - Bastogne - Liège 2015: Results {{!}} Cyclingnews.com |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/liege-bastogne-liege/results |website=Cyclingnews.com |access-date=2015-12-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110164412/http://www.cyclingnews.com/liege-bastogne-liege/results |archive-date=January 10, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref> and 25th at the [[2013 Tour of California|Tour of California]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Results: 2013 Amgen Tour of California, stage 8 - Page 2 of 6 - VeloNews.com|url = http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/05/news/road/results-2013-amgen-tour-of-california-stage-8_287714/2|website = VeloNews.com|access-date = 2015-12-16|language = en-US}}</ref> Schleck then rode the [[2013 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]] in preparation for the [[2013 Tour de France|Tour de France]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Andy Schleck happy with form at Tour de Suisse {{!}} Cyclingnews.com|url = http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/andy-schleck-happy-with-form-at-tour-de-suisse|website = Cyclingnews.com|date = June 13, 2013|access-date = 2015-12-16}}</ref> While only finishing 40th in Switzerland,<ref>{{Cite web|title = Tour de Suisse 2013: Stage 9 Results {{!}} Cyclingnews.com|url = http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-suisse-2013/stage-9/results|website = Cyclingnews.com|date = June 16, 2013|access-date = 2015-12-16}}</ref> Schleck rode a season best of 20th at the Tour de France.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Classifications stage 21 – Versailles > Paris Champs-Élysées|url = http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/stage-21/classifications.html|website = Tour de France 2013|access-date = 2015-12-16|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150719045231/http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/stage-21/classifications.html|archive-date = July 19, 2015|url-status = dead|df = mdy-all}}</ref>

==Retirement==
Schleck abandoned the [[2014 Tour de France]], suffering with injuries sustained as a result of a crash during stage three.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/tour-de-france/andy-schleck-abandons-tour-de-france-129526#KVgkC0X6gY33uMM2.99| title=Andy Schleck abandons Tour de France|date=8 July 2014| access-date=24 July 2015}}</ref>

In October 2014, Schleck announced his retirement, citing a knee injury.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/andy-schleck-retires-professional-cycling-139253|title=Andy Schleck retires from professional cycling|work=[[Cycling Weekly]]|publisher=[[IPC Media]] Sports & Leisure network|date=9 October 2014|access-date=9 October 2014|author=Nigel Wynn}}</ref> In March 2015 Schleck announced plans to open a bike shop and café in
[[Itzig, Luxembourg|Itzig]], Luxembourg.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/news-shorts-andy-schleck-to-open-bike-shop |title=News shorts: Andy Schleck to open bike shop|date=3 March 2015 |website=[[cyclingnews.com]]|access-date=4 March 2015}}</ref> The shop opened in February 2016, and also includes a small museum with souvenirs from Schleck's racing career.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/andy-schlecks-bike-shop-finally-opens-and-hell-be-working-there-full-time-211129 |title=Andy Schleck's bike shop finally opens and he'll be working there full time|date=9 February 2016 |website=[[Cycling Weekly]] |access-date=23 February 2016}}</ref>

==Equipment==
Schleck used 172.5mm [[crank arm]]s on his bike, which were considered small for a man of his height.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/photos/pro-bike-andy-schlecks-leopard-trek-trek-madone-6-9-ssl/154164 |title=An SRM Power Meter Is Mounted Up With Dura-Ace 7900 Chainrings. Surprisingly Given Andy Schleck's (LEOPARD TREK) Height, The Crankarms Measure Just 172.5mm In Length. Photos |date=January 12, 2011 |publisher=Cyclingnews.com |access-date=26 January 2011}}</ref>

==Career achievements==
===Major results===
[[File:Schleck gif.gif|thumb|Schleck's signed Yellow Jersey from [[2011 Tour de France|2011]]]]
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;2002
: 4th [[Classique des Alpes]]
: 5th Overall [[Grand Prix Rüebliland]]
: 8th Overall [[Grand Prix Général Patton]]
;2003
: 1st [[File:MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG|20px]] [[Luxembourgish National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Junior Road Championships
: 2nd Overall [[Circuit de Lorraine|Tour de Lorraine Juniors]]
::1st [[File:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] Mountains classification
: 3rd [[Classique des Alpes]]
: 6th [[Brabantse Pijl (men's race)|Vlaams-Brabantse Pijl–Korbeek-lo]]
: 9th Overall [[Grand Prix Général Patton]]
;2004
: National Under-23 Road Championships
::1st [[File:MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG|20px]] [[Luxembourgish National Road Race Championships|Road race]]
::1st [[File:MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG|20px]] [[Luxembourgish National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]]
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Flèche du Sud]]
: 3rd Overall [[Grand Prix Guillaume Tell]]
: 7th Overall [[Circuit des Ardennes (cycling)|Circuit des Ardennes]]
: 10th [[Eschborn–Frankfurt|Rund um den Henninger Turm]]
;2005
: National Road Championships
::1st [[File:MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG|20px]] [[Luxembourgish National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]]
::3rd [[Luxembourgish National Road Race Championships|Road race]]
: 7th [[Grand Prix de Wallonie]]
: 9th Overall [[Four Days of Dunkirk]]
;2006
: [[Sachsen Tour]]
::1st Stages 3 & 5
: 3rd [[Luxembourgish National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 8th Overall [[2006 Tour of Britain|Tour of Britain]]
::1st [[File:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] Mountains classification
: 10th [[GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano]]
;2007
: 1st Stage 2 ([[Team time trial|TTT]]) [[2007 Deutschland Tour|Deutschland Tour]]
: National Road Championships
::2nd [[Luxembourgish National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]]
::5th [[Luxembourgish National Road Race Championships|Road race]]
: 2nd Overall [[2007 Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
::1st [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] [[Young rider classification in the Giro d'Italia|Young rider classification]]
: 4th [[2007 Giro di Lombardia|Giro di Lombardia]]
: 8th Overall [[2007 Tour de Romandie|Tour de Romandie]]
;2008
: 1st Stage 1 ([[Team time trial|TTT]]) [[2008 Tour de Pologne|Tour de Pologne]]
: 1st [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] [[Young rider classification in the Tour de France|Young rider classification]], [[2008 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
: 4th [[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|Road race]], [[2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
: 4th [[2008 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]
: 5th [[Luxembourgish National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 6th Overall [[2008 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]]
: 9th [[Eschborn–Frankfurt|Rund um den Henninger Turm]]
;2009
: 1st [[File:MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG|20px]] [[Luxembourgish National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 1st [[2009 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]
: 1st Stage 2 [[2009 Tour de Luxembourg|Tour de Luxembourg]]
: 2nd Overall [[2009 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] [[Young rider classification in the Tour de France|Young rider classification]]
: 2nd [[2009 La Flèche Wallonne|La Flèche Wallonne]]
: 4th [[2009 UCI World Ranking|UCI World Ranking]]
: 8th [[2009 Monte Paschi Strade Bianche - Eroica Toscana|Monte Paschi Strade Bianche]]
: 10th [[2009 Amstel Gold Race|Amstel Gold Race]]
;2010
: National Road Championships
::1st [[File:MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG|20px]] [[Luxembourgish National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]]
::2nd [[Luxembourgish National Road Race Championships|Road race]]
: 1st [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[2010 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px]] [[Young rider classification in the Tour de France|Young rider classification]]
::1st Stages 8 & 17
: 5th [[2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]
: 8th [[2010 La Flèche Wallonne|La Flèche Wallonne]]
: 9th [[2010 UCI World Ranking|UCI World Ranking]]
;2011
: 1st [[RaboRonde Heerlen]]
: 1st [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px]] Mountains classification, [[2011 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]]
: 2nd [[Luxembourgish National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
: 2nd Overall [[2011 Tour de France|Tour de France]]
::1st Stage 18
::Held [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] after Stage 19
::[[File:Jersey red number.svg|20px]] [[Combativity award in the Tour de France|Combativity Award]] Stage 18
: 3rd [[2011 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]
: 8th Overall [[2011 Tour of California|Tour of California]]
;2014
: 3rd [[Luxembourgish National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships
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===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]]
! scope="col" | 2005
! scope="col" | 2006
! scope="col" | 2007
! scope="col" | 2008
! scope="col" | 2009
! scope="col" | 2010
! scope="col" | 2011
! scope="col" | 2012
! scope="col" | 2013
! scope="col" | 2014
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]]
| —
| —
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[2007 Giro d'Italia|'''2''']]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]]
| —
| —
| —
| [[2008 Tour de France|12]]
|  style="background:#ddf;"  |[[2009 Tour de France|'''2''']]
|  style="background:yellow;"|[[2010 Tour de France|'''1''']]{{efn|Awarded retroactively by the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]] (CAS)}}
|  style="background:#ddf;"  |[[2011 Tour de France|'''2''']]
| —
| [[2013 Tour de France|20]]
| [[2014 Tour de France|DNF]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey gold.svg|20px|link=General classification in the Vuelta a España|alt=Gold jersey]]/[[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=General classification in the Vuelta a España|alt=Red jersey]] [[General classification in the Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| [[2009 Vuelta a España|DNF]]
| [[2010 Vuelta a España|DNF]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
|}

===Monuments results timeline===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
![[Cycling monument|Monument]]
! scope="col" | 2005
! scope="col" | 2006
! scope="col" | 2007
! scope="col" | 2008
! scope="col" | 2009
! scope="col" | 2010
! scope="col" | 2011
! scope="col" | 2012
! scope="col" | 2013
! scope="col" | 2014
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Milan–San Remo]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| [[2009 Milan–San Remo|128]]
| [[2010 Milan–San Remo|DNF]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Tour of Flanders (men's race)|Tour of Flanders]]
| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=10 rowspan=2|Did not contest during his career
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Paris–Roubaix]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Liège–Bastogne–Liège]]
| —
| —
| [[2007 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|46]]
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[2008 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|4]]
| style="background:gold;"   |[[2009 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|'''1''']]
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[2010 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|5]]
| style="background:#C9AE5D;"|[[2011 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|'''3''']]
| [[2012 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|50]]
| [[2013 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|41]]
| [[2014 Liège–Bastogne–Liège|DNF]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | [[Giro di Lombardia]]
| [[2005 Giro di Lombardia|63]]
| —
| style="background:#ddf;"   |[[2007 Giro di Lombardia|4]]
| —
| —
| [[2010 Giro di Lombardia|DNF]]
| —
| —
| [[2013 Giro di Lombardia|DNF]]
| —
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend
|-
! scope="row" | —
| Did not compete
|-
! scope="row" | [[Did not finish|DNF]]
| Did not finish
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Andy Schleck}}
* {{UCI}}
* {{Cycling Archives}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|andy-schleck}}
* {{COSL profile|schleck-andy}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515145720/http://andyschleckofficial.com/ |date=dmy |title=Official website}}

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