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Andy Schleck Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Andy Schleck? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Andy Schleck won the Tour de France by attacking on the final stage in Paris.

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Easy
✗ FALSE

The final stage is a ceremonial procession into Paris; decisive attacks happen in the mountains or time trials, not the Champs-Élysées.

2.

Andy Schleck was primarily a time trial specialist known for his power on flat roads.

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Easy
✗ FALSE

He was a climber and GC contender, famously weak in time trials, which cost him multiple Tour wins against Contador.

3.

Andy Schleck won the Tour de France in 2010 after Contador was disqualified.

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Medium
✓ TRUE

He was awarded the 2010 title in 2012 when Contador lost his win due to a doping ban, making Schleck the official champion.

4.

Andy Schleck never won a single stage of the Tour de France.

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Medium
✗ FALSE

He won two stages: the 2010 Col du Tourmalet stage and the 2011 Galibier stage, both iconic mountain finishes.

5.

Andy Schleck is the youngest rider ever to win the Tour de France.

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Medium
✗ FALSE

That record belongs to Henri Cornet (1904) at 19, or in modern times, Egan Bernal (2019) at 22; Schleck was 25 in 2010.

6.

Andy Schleck and his brother Fränk both finished on the Tour de France podium in the same year.

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In 2011, Andy came second and Fränk third, the only brothers to share a Tour podium in modern history.

7.

Andy Schleck once crashed on the descent of the Col de la Madeleine but remounted and finished second in that Tour.

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✓ TRUE

In the 2010 Tour, he crashed badly on stage 9, lost over a minute, but fought back to ultimately win the overall title.

8.

Andy Schleck retired from professional cycling at age 29 due to a knee injury.

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A persistent patellar tendon issue forced him to quit in 2014, cutting short a career that peaked with his 2010 Tour win.

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