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Preview of Cancellara, Schleck brothers and RadioShack's bikes
Trek has unveiled a special collection of Madone 6.9 SSLs which will be used by the RadioShack and Leopard Trek teams during the upcoming Tour de France.
Andy and Fränk Schleck, Fabian Cancellara and the entire RadioShack team will ride bikes with colours "inspired by the riders themselves". That means Spartacus-inspired graphics for Cancellara - also applied to his Speed Concept 9.9 time trial bike - a Luxembourg theme for the Schlecks and a clean white, red and black look for the American squad.
Each colour scheme will be available to buy through Trek's Project One custom bike programme from 1 July. Check out the gallery for a closer look at the designs.
Fabian Cancellara's "Spartacus" Madone 6.9 SSL.
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Andy Schleck
2nd GC, Tour de France 2009, 2010, 2011
Best Young Rider, Tour de France, 2008, 2009, 2010
1st Tour de France Stages: 8 & 17, 2010; 18, 2011
2nd Giro d’Italia 2007
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège 2009
2nd Flèche Wallonne 2009
3rdLiège–Bastogne–Liège, 2011Looking ahead to 2012
The big question about Andy Schleck in 2012 will be how his move to a team run by Johan Bruyneel will affect his racing. Schleck has lacked the competitive edge that Bruyneel is famous for – Schleck’s statement that he’d rather end up in second place on the Tour de France podium with his brother Fränk in third than win the race certainly doesn’t fit the Bruyneel philosophy! But Bruyneel’s attention to detail should aid Andy through this year’s Tour – and with 96km of individual time trialling, notoriously Schleck’s weak spot, he’ll need all the help he can get, if he wants to take that elusive win.
Away from the Tour, look for Andy in the Ardennes Classics, and then aiming to become the World Champion, on the hilly Valkenburg course.
Fabian Cancellara
Age: 29
Team: Leopard Trek
Nationality: Swiss
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2011 UCI status: ProTeam
Sponsor: American bicycle manufacturer
Team Nationality: Luxembourg
Website: www.leopardtrek.luGeneral Manager: Brian Nyggard
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Directeurs sportifs: Adriano Baffi, Luca Guercilena, Torsten Schmidt
Team RadioShack
2011 UCI status: ProTeam
Sponsor: Electronic goods retail chain
Team Nationality: USA
Website: www.livestrong.com/teamradioshackTeam Manager: Johan Bruyneel
Directeurs sportifs: José Azevedo, Dirk Demol, Viatcheslav Ekimov, Alain Gallopin