Luis León Sánchez
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| Full name | Luis León Sánchez Gil | ||
| Born | November 24, 1983  Spain |
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| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Weight | 74 kg (160 lb) | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Rabobank | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | All-Rounder | ||
| Professional team(s) | |||
| 2004–2006 2007–2010 2011– |
Liberty Seguros Caisse d'Epargne Rabobank |
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| Infobox last updated on 5 January 2012 |
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Luis León Sánchez Gil (born 24 November 1983 in Mula) is a Spanish road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Rabobank.[1] He is also known as Lulu Sanchez. He rode for team Liberty Seguros from 2004 until 2006, when he moved to the Caisse d'Epargne team following the collapse of the Liberty Seguros-Würth team in the wake of the Operación Puerto doping case. He is a time trial specialist and over the last years has improved his climbing skills.
Leon is not his surname but he carries it as a middle name/second surname as a mark of respect to his Grandfather originally, but since late 2006 also as a tribute to his eldest brother, Leon Sanchez, who died in a motorbike accident. His younger brother, Pedro León Sánchez Gil, is a professional footballer, playing for Real Madrid as of 2010. His other brother, Antonio Leon Sanchez, plays indoor football.
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[edit] Palmarès
- 2004
- 1st Stage 3 Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Asturias
- 2005
- 1st
Overall Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Young rider's competition
- 1st Stage 3 Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas
- 2006
- 1st Young riders Competition winner, Paris–Nice
- 2nd Overall Tour Down Under
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2007
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Mallorca
- 3rd Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 6
- 2008
- 1st
Spanish National Time Trial Championships - 1st Stage 7 Tour de France
- Combative rider for Stage 7
- 5th Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 7
- 2009
- 1st Stage 8 Tour de France
- 1st Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 7
- 1st Stage 1 Tour du Haut Var
- 5th Overall Vuelta al País Vasco
- 1st Stage 1
- 2010
- 1st Spanish National Time Trial Championships
- 1st Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Clásica de San Sebastián
- 2nd Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 1st Stage 5 (ITT)
- 2nd Overall Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 5
- 2nd Overall Paris–Nice
- 4th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 10th Overall Vuelta a España
- 11th Overall Tour de France
- 2011
- 1st Spanish National Time Trial Championships
- 1st Stage 9 Tour de France
- 6th Overall Tour of Beijing
[edit] Grand Tours overall classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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 Giro |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 Tour |
108 | - | - | 62 | 26 | 11 | 57 |
 Vuelta |
- | WD | 72 | - | - | 10 | 53 |
[edit] References
- ^ "Rabobank Cycling Team (RAB) - NED". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. http://www.uciworldtour.com/Modules/SUCI/TEAMS/TeamDetails.asp?id=MTg&RefDate=05.01.2012&MenuId=MTYzMDE&LangId=1&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMTYzMDE%26LangId%3D1. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
[edit] External links
- Cicloweb.it Palmarès
- Luis León Sánchez at Trap-Friis.dk
- clasica-ciclista-san-sebastian
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Iván Gutiérrez Alberto Contador |
Spanish National Time Trial Champion 2008, 2010 |
Succeeded by Alberto Contador Incumbent |
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