Schlecks pass first Tour de France mountain test

The Schleck brothers tag-teamed the yellow jersey group with Fränk ultimately able to ride away to finish alone in third place.

The Schleck brothers tag-teamed the yellow jersey group with Fränk ultimately able to ride away to finish alone in third place. (Image credit: Sirotti)

Leopard Trek passed the first Pyrenean stage of the Tour de France with both Fränk and Andy Schleck putting time into Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank) and manager Brian Nygaard claiming that the performance had gone some way to silencing critics that doubted Andy Schleck's form after the Tour de Suisse.

Daniel Benson

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.