The Leopards stock up on fuel for the four-hour training ride(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Leopard Trek time trial bikes pre-ride(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Smash and grab: Frank Schleck and his teammates(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Fabian Wegmann has a pre-ride snack(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
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In one: Cancellara (Leopard Trek) (Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Linus Gerdemann (Leopard Trek) looks excited about the four-hour training ride that's about to start(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
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Fabian Wegmann makes a quick call before the ride starts(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Jens Voigt loads up with bottles(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Daniele Bennati checks his bike(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Fabian Cancellara and Andy Schleck(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Frank Schleck (Leopard Trek)(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Kim Andersen gives out the orders for the day(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
The riders listen in as Andersen talks(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Leopard Trek before their training ride(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Maxime Monfort chats with Oakley rep and former ONCE rider Inigo(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Jens Voigt joined up with the team after his wife had a baby(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Fabian Cancellara arrives for training(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
The Schlecks and Cancellara will ride Trek bikes in 2011(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Mercedes and Trek team up to provide some of the best support in the peloton(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Only the best will do: Nygaard has worked hard on prodiving the best for his riders(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
The Leopard Trek time trial bikes before the riders swap from their road bikes(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Bontrager provide the wheels(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
The Leopard Trek bike bus(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Frank Schleck (Leopard Trek) makes his way to the team bus(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Frank Schleck arrives for training with his kit bag(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
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Andy Schleck in his new Leopard Trek team kit(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
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Daniele Bennati is more than just a sprinter and can work for the team too(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Germany's Linus Gerdemann signed from Milram(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Brice Feillu could be crucial when it comes to Schleck glory at the Tour de France(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
The Leopard Trek riders at the team bus(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Frank Schleck: Luxembourg national road champion(Image credit: Daniel Simms)
Leopard Trek is in Mallorca, Spain for the team's first training camp of 2011. It is the first time the rider's get to ride on their official team bikes and in the new kit that was first unveiled at the recent team presentation.
The Luxembourg registered squad line-up includes Andy and Frank Schleck, Fabian Cancellara and Daniele Bennati. They will train on the Spanish island for the next week while seven of their riders, including Stuart O’Grady, compete in the Santos Tour Down Under.
The Spanish camp is the third chance for the squad to bond before the start to the season. Team boss Brian Nygaard organised a mountain get together in Switzerland during the winter and the team gathered again for the team presentation in Luxembourg.
The squad marks Nygaard’s first soiree into team management having previously worked as a press officer for Saxo Bank and briefly at Team Sky. Along with the Shlecks and Cancellara, he has hired some of the top professionals in the peloton in a quest that will see the team compete in both grand tours, week long races and one-day events.
Nygaard departed for the Tour Down Under late on Friday evening, leaving Kim Andersen, his chief directeur sportif, in charge of organising the riders. On today’s menu was a brief photo shoot before a four-hour training ride through the Mallorca hills. The riders are set to stop at a certain point with some of them then switching over to the team’s time trial bikes.
Stay tuned to Cyclingnews over the coming days for more in-depth coverage from the team camp.
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Daniel Benson was the Editor in Chief at Cyclingnews.com between 2008 and 2022. Based in the UK, he joined the Cyclingnews team in 2008 as the site's first UK-based Managing Editor. In that time, he reported on over a dozen editions of the Tour de France, several World Championships, the Tour Down Under, Spring Classics, and the London 2012 Olympic Games. With the help of the excellent editorial team, he ran the coverage on Cyclingnews and has interviewed leading figures in the sport including UCI Presidents and Tour de France winners.
