24 hours after his stage win Andy Schleck (Leopard Trek) was in yellow(Image credit: Sirotti)
The Schlecks were strong but Evans was up to the task in 2011.(Image credit: Graham Watson)
Andy Schleck has been named male athlete of the year in Luxembourg for the third year in a row. His brother Fränk finished behind him again in second place. It was the ninth consecutive year that a cyclist has won the award.
Andy Schleck has now won in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Fränk Schleck took the honours in 2006, while Kim Kirchen was best male athlete in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008.
The Tour de France second and third place finishers could not attend the ceremony, but were ”virtually” there via a video conference.
The 26-year-old younger Schleck brother this year finished second in the Tour de France, 1:34 behind winner Cadel Evans. He won the 18th stage and wore the leader's yellow jersey for one stage.
Schleck also won the Tour de Suisse mountains classification, was third in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, and eighth overall in the Tour of California.
Fränk Schleck was the national road champion, and won the overall title in the Critérium International, also winning the first stage. He was second in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, and third overall in the Tour de France.
Andy Schleck won with 391 votes ahead of Fränk with 280. Tennis player Gilles Muller was third with 201.
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Tennis player Mandy Minella was named female athlete of the year, ahead of Judoka Marie Muller. Cyclist Christine Majerus of Team GSD Gestion was third. Majerus won the road, time trial and cyclo-cross national titles, as well as the Coupe de France and the Kasseien Omloop Exloo.
