Andy Schleck

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Andy Schleck – the man who just might be proclaimed winner of the Tour de France – says he believes Alberto Contador and his claims that his positive test from clenbeturol came from eating contaminated meat.

German veteran Jens Voigt will be riding for the yet-unnamed Luxembourg-backed team next season.

Frank and Andy like the look of the 2011 parcours, and with a little luck, they think one of them could win

Andy Schleck says he considers Alberto Contador the winner of the 2010 Tour de France adding that he wouldn't want the jersey if the Spaniard loses his doping case.

The team with no name has signed three sport directors to lead the Luxembourg-based program centered around the Schleck brothers.

The Schleck brothers have announced that Mercedes-Benz Luxembourg will provide their as-of-yet unnamed team with a fleet of vehicles next season.

Brice Feillu, who will leave Vacansoleil, hopes to relaunch his career with the team switch.

A late-night beer Monday evening cost Andy Schleck and Stuart O’Grady dearly. The pair was sent home by an angry Saxo Bank team boss Bjarne Riis, who spotted them walking back into the team hotel.

The Saxo Bank team has prevented Andy Schleck and Stuart O'Grady from starting the 10th stage of the Vuelta a España on Tuesday, citing an unspecified "rules violation," according to Danish news reports.

But Van Garderen, Danielson and Frank Schleck are still in the hunt.

The Saxo rider says he's fully recovered from his Tour de France crash and ready to challenge for the win, with the help of brother Andy

The third and final grand tour of the season gets underway in Spain on Saturday, with several leading riders eyeing their chances amid the absence of the world's top road racer Alberto Contador.

Now VeloNews.com readers will get training tips and advice from the same folks who advise Contador, the Schlecks, Fabian Cancellara, Taylor Phinney and others.

The Luxembourg cycling federation announced Tuesday that Tour de France runner-up Andy Schleck will not race the world road championships

An October criterium in the Mexican state is expecting Vino', Basso, the Schleck brothers, Sammy Sanchez and more. But the Vuelta a Chihuahua will not be held.

Now that the Schleck brothers and Alberto Contador have announced their plans for 2011, it's worth asking where key support riders will land.

Brothers Andy and Frank Schleck have confirmed that they will be leaving Saxo Bank to join a new team based in Luxembourg.

Alberto Contador probably won't show, but the third-best man in the Tour, Denis Menchov, is signed up.

Every year, a dozen or so riders hope to make the podium in Paris. But crashes, sickness and poor form thin the herd.

Fränk Schleck is more than a brother and a podium threat — he's also Andy's roommate and mentor.

Behind at the first time check, Contador rallies to finish the day with a 39-second GC lead on Andy Schleck. Early-starter Fabian Cancellara wins the stage.

Aerobar inventor Boone Lennon flies to Bordeaux to help Schleck; Saxo Bank boss Riis declines

Defending champ Alberto Contador concedes that Saturday's time trial is one for the strongest man after three tough weeks, and Andy Schleck has yet to wave the white flag.

They said that Andy Schleck needed to win Stage 17 by a big margin to capture the Tour de France. Just don’t tell that to Schleck, or his team.

The Luxembourger pulls the Spaniard to the line, but can't shake the race leader.

The Tourmalet suits Andy Schleck's steady pace, and given the bad weather it's possible to find the time he needs.

Andy Schleck promises to attack race leader Alberto Contador in a bid to reclaim the yellow jersey on the Tourmalet

Even Andy Schleck admits he needs a head start going into Saturday’s time trial if he has any chance of winning the Tour.

Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador have buried the hatchet, but promise to fight to the death up the Col du Tourmalet on Thursday.

It takes more than a front flat at 70 kph to keep the Saxo strongman from finishing a stage.

It’s wrong for cycling fans, the media or riders to vilify Alberto Contador for “The Chain of Events” situation between Contador and Andy Schleck on the hors categorie Port de Balès Monday.

Lennard Zinn has ideas as to why Andy Schleck's chain came off on Monday's stage in the Tour de France.

Spanish polls find support for Contador's response, but VeloNews.com readers have a different take.

Armstrong, Vino, Hunter and others weigh in on Contador's reaction to Schleck's problem.

To wait or not to wait — that was never the question when race leader Andy Schleck dropped his chain on the Port de Balès in Monday’s wild ride over the Pyrénées.

Schleck had them right where he wanted them ... until he dropped his chain.

The battle between the two climbers is at stalemate, their GC difference the result of the prologue and the cobbles

Armstrong says he's not playing favorites, but Contador looks strongest.

The first day in the Pyrenees produce a standoff between Contador and Schleck but a Hail Mary win for Ag2r's Christophe Riblon.

The defending champ warns, however, one bad day can ruin months of hard work and preparation.

Denied Friday, Vino strikes out on a dramatic late-race solo attack

For someone who lost 10 seconds to his most dangerous rival, Andy Schleck was both confident and defiant following stage 12.

Ten seconds might not mean much by the time the Tour hits Paris, but they meant the world to Alberto Contador on Friday.

Joaquin Rodriguez takes the stage as Contador surprises by grabbing 10 seconds back from the race leader.

Cavendish wins his 13th career Tour stage, but his lead-out man Renshaw is thrown out of the race for head-butting Julian Dean.

Sergio Paulinho out-duels Vasil Kiryenka for the win from a long breakaway. The GC leaders have a mellow (if hot) day.

A look at Andy Schleck's Specialized Tarmac SL3 and its unusual paintjob.

Casar wins the stage as Schleck and Contador shake off all the GC contenders; Evans cracks, Armstrong bounces back.

The Tour has quickly become a two-man race. The question is who has the upper hand.

Sunday’s stage 8 winner Andy Schleck said he’s happy about his stage win, but re-emphasized that he has bigger ambitions at this Tour.

Schleck outkicks the favorites in the final kilometer, Evans takes over the jersey as Armstrong is involved with three crashes and loses nearly 12 minutes.

Andy Schleck is calculating how he can win this Tour. Wearing yellow at the start of the stage 19 time trial is the key.

Contador said he's content with stage 8, but didn't have the punch to match Schleck in the final k

Saxo Bank's Andy Schleck is used to the white jersey, but he wants the yellow one.

"There will be a selection tomorrow," predicts Lance Armstrong.

Cadel Evans and Andy Schleck expect attacks from Lance Armstrong as the ground tilts upward.

2009 Tour runner-up Andy Schleck doesn't think world champ Cadel Evans can stick with the other favorites in the mountains.

“The mountains are coming so I know it will be over for me,” says race leader Fabian Cancellara.

Graham Watson's photos from Tuesday's cobbles as the 2010 Tour enters France for the first time.

Prologue time differences may be small, but they are a good indicator of overall success at the Tour..

Lance Armstrong was happy to have a good ride in Saturday's Tour prologue — and even happier to put some time on his rivals.

Brushing off rumors of the immenent departure of his two star riders, Saxo Bank's Bjarne Riis says his team's focus is solely on winning this Tour de France.

Andy Schleck crashes, but OK for Tour

Andy Schleck won the time trial title at the Luxembourg national championships on Thursday, nearly a minute ahead of his brother Frank.

With the Tour de France on the horizon, VeloNews editor at large John Wilcockson visited the Ardennes Classics to witness firsthand how this year's Tour contenders were shaping up. At the Amstel Gold Race Belgian Philippe Gilbert used his impressive power to win a difficult uphill sprint ahead of Ryder Hesjedal. At Flèche Wallonne Cadel Evans jumped past Alberto Contador on a steep summit finish for a cagey win. And at Liège-Bastogne-Liège Alex Vinokourov launched a perfect counterattack to outwit Evans, Contador and the Schleck brothers for victory. Any of these three scenarios could have been epic battles at the Tour de France — only RadioShack's Lance Armstrong, Andreas Kloden and Levi Leipheimer were missing. But regardless of who wasn't there, the Ardennes were telling of what's to come in July.

Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) rarely has the opportunity to catch up on the chit-chat in the latter kilometers of mountain stages. He did Tuesday, however, when a touchy stomach sent him looking for the gruppetto on the four-climb, 182km third stage at the Amgen Tour of California.

Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) has been one of the enigmas of the 2010 season.

Andrew Hood takes a look at what's sure to be one of the busiest weeks of the year.

Alberto Contador is skipping the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya in favor of the Critérium International — where Lance Armstrong is also slated to race.

Healthy at last, Andy Schleck will make his season debut on Wednesday at the Giro del Friuli in Italy.

Luxembourg's Franck Schleck said Friday he wanted to continue to race in the same team as his 2009 Tour de France runner-up brother Andy despite doubts over the future of their Saxo Bank team.

Andy Schleck escapes serious injury in a collision with a car while training near his home in Luxembourg.