The team's directeurs (Image credit: Daniel Simms)
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Andy Schleck answers questions as Cancellara and Bennati look on (Image credit: Daniel Simms)
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Frank and Andy Schleck's father watches from the sidelines (Image credit: Daniel Simms)
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Team Leopard-Trek (Image credit: Daniel Simms)
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Andy Schleck talks Tour de France while team boss Nygaard looks on (Image credit: Daniel Simms)
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Frank Schleck will look for better luck in 2011 after crashing out of the Tour de France in 2010 (Image credit: Daniel Simms)
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Frank Schleck (Team Leopard-Trek) (Image credit: Daniel Simms)
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The Team Leopard-Trek riders on stage at the presentation (Image credit: AFP)
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Team Leopard (Image credit: AFP)
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The start of the Leopard-Trek presentation (Image credit: Daniel Simms)
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The press gather for the start of the presentation (Image credit: Daniel Simms)
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Brian Nygaard and Kim Andersen were the first on stage (Image credit: Daniel Simms)
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The press were shown a promotional video at the start of the presentation (Image credit: Daniel Simms)
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The Leopard-Trek team for 2011 (Image credit: Daniel Simms)
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Maxime Monfort walks to the stage (Image credit: Daniel Simms)
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Jakob Fuglsang will hope to shine in stage races (Image credit: Daniel Simms)
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Brian Nygaard is the team manager (Image credit: Daniel Simms)
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Frank Schleck greets the press after the team presentation (Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Team Leopard-Trek has begun its two-part official presentation in Luxembourg, with a press conference and photo opportunity highlighting the team’s powerful line-up.
Team manager Brian Nygaard presented the riders and team staff on stage and confirmed the team will be called Team Leopard-Trek. The riders were dressed in suits and scarves. The team’s much awaited new jersey will be unveiled during the public presentation later today in front of 4,000 people. It is expected to have a plain black and white design.
“We have developed our new team, aiming for a fresh and innovative style. Of utmost importance, though, is to take cycling back to its proper roots: It’s all about the racing,” Nygaard said.
“With riders on the roster who can win from the first race of the season to the final, we are looking to be competitive in a lot of races. We are not going to win every race, but we are certainly here to make our mark in the biggest events”.
According to the UCI’s sporting criteria used to award ProTeam licences for 2011, Team Leopard-Trek is the best ranked team in the peloton thanks to the huge haul of points scored by riders in the last two seasons. In 2010 Fabian Cancellara won the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix, while Andy Schleck finished second in the Tour de France.
After the evening presentation, the riders will head to Mallorca for a training camp, while a team of riders travels to Australia for the Tour Down Under.
There will be further interviews and reports from the presentation later on Cyclingnews.
The full Team Leopard-Trek roster: Daniele Bennati, Fabian Cancellara, Will Clarke, Stefan Denifl, Brice Feillu, Jakob Fuglsang , Linus Gerdemann, Dominic Klemme, Anders Lund, Maxime Monfort, Martin Mortensen, Giacomo Nizzolo, Stuart O'Grady, Martin Pedersen, Bruno Pires, Joost Posthuma, Andy Schleck, Frank Schleck, Tom Stamsnijder, Davide Vigano, Jens Voigt, Robert Wagner, Fabian Wegmann, Wouter Weylandt, and Oliver Zaugg.
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