Andy Schleck announced his retirement from cycling in a press conference on Thursday, October 9, in his hometown of Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg.
The 29-year-old blamed his premature retirement on a knee injury that he sustained during the third stage of this year鈥檚 Tour de France. 鈥淪ince my crash in the UK, there has hardly been any progress,鈥 he said. 鈥淲hile the ligaments have healed, the damaged cartilage is another story.鈥澛
Schleck was awarded the 2010 Tour de France win after Alberto Contador lost the title for doping. He also had two second-place finishes, in 2009 and 2011, and won the 2009 Li猫ge-Bastogne-Li猫ge. But Schleck鈥檚 performance has suffered from injuries since 2012, when he sustained a broken sacrum in the Crit茅rium du Dauphin茅. His last win came in 2011, on the 18th stage of the Tour de France.