Hurt knee forces Andy Schleck to retire at 29
LUXEMBOURG’S Andy Schleck called time on his short cycling career yesterday, forced to retire at 29 by a knee injury sustained in the Tour de France this year.
“I’m obviously disappointed to end my career like this,” Schleck said in a statement released by his Trek team. “I would have liked to keep on fighting but my knee just doesn't allow it. Since my crash in the UK there has hardly been any progress. While the ligaments have healed, the damaged cartilage is another story.”
The highlight of his career came when he won the 2010 Tour de France, being promoted from second after Spain’s Alberto Contador was stripped of the title for doping. A gifted climber, Schleck, the younger brother of his Trek teammate Frank, claimed another prestigious win in the 2009 Liege-Bastogne-Liege one-day race. He collected his last win in 2011 at the end of an impressive solo ride on the 18th stage of the Tour.
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