{"id":186528,"date":"2024-12-26T19:39:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T19:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyclist.co.uk\/?p=186528"},"modified":"2024-12-26T19:43:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T19:43:11","slug":"andy-schleck-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyclist.co.uk\/news\/andy-schleck-podcast","title":{"rendered":"Cyclist Magazine Podcast episode 121: Andy Schleck on Chaingate, Contador, Bruyneel, doping and the brotherhood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclist.co.uk\/cyclist-magazine-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cyclist Magazine Podcast<\/a> James and Will are joined by Andy Schleck, Tour de France winner, brother to Fr\u00e4nk and victim in the infamous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclist.co.uk\/in-depth\/tour-history-chaingate-rocks-the-tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">chaingate<\/a> affair, in which Alberto Contador rode past a stricken Schleck \u2013 the yellow jersey wearer having suffered a dropped chain \u2013 to snatch the 2010 Tour de France top step. Two years later, Schleck was retroactively awarded the win after Contador was banned for doping, but how does that sit with the 39-year-old Luxembourger today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a wonderfully candid chat, Schleck explains his thoughts then and now, plus what it meant to race with his brother, his special bond with teammates forged off the road, the doping scene in the early 2000s, his stunning 2009 Tour and his bittersweet experience in 2011, the injuries that led to retirement, the personal crisis he faced once he hung up his wheels, and what he really thinks about Bjarne Riis, Johan Bruyneel, Chris Froome and, of course, Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Andy Schleck runs several successful cycling shops in Luxembourg and is ambassador for the <a href=\"https:\/\/kitzbueheler-radmarathon.at\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Kitzb\u00fcheler Radmarathon<\/a>, a gruelling sportive that takes place in Austria in September 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/$\/618e52740da782001471efbe\/121-andy-schleck-chaingate-contador-bruyneel-doping-and-the-?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"110px\" allow=\"autoplay\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/shows.acast.com\/cyclist-magazine-podcast\/episodes\/121-andy-schleck-chaingate-contador-bruyneel-doping-and-the-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Cyclist Magazine Podcast episode 121 now on Acast<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Check out&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/shows.acast.com\/618e52740da782001471efbe\/episodes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">all episodes<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Also available wherever you get your podcasts<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Did you know&nbsp;Cyclist&nbsp;is also stunning monthly print magazine? 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