He and Contador gave me a childhood memories which I still can't forget

@jimsonjohnson3761

Ай бұрын

All brought to you by EPO or mechanical doping.

Andy has two bike shops near where I grew up. I have met and chatted with him. He is a very friendly and open guy.

Andy's climb on the Tourmalet in 2010 and the Galibier in 2011 still remain two of my favorite stages in TDF history. Too bad he couldn't time-trial at a really top level. And its sad that his knee injury ended his pro career.

Genuinely my favorite cyclist of all time and I cry whenever I think of 2011 and his retirement

@4runningaway417

Ай бұрын

Wow

Always love a good “WTF happened to…” video on KZread in any genre. Very cool you decided to do it with cycling.

He really was my fav when I got into cycling

Incredible climber this rider. His TT ability let him down in 2011 against cadel. It was lovely to watch his attacks

@carlosgaspar8447

11 ай бұрын

which is why he was no laurent fignon.

@gideonmthembu8693

9 ай бұрын

@@carlosgaspar8447 you should appreciate laurent in his capacity and image. My admiration had nothing to do with that great french rider. I admire Andy in what he could do on the climbs with no comparisons😏

Pog vs jonas reminds me of contador vs schleck white Jersey vs. Yellow jersey just a joy to watch

Cracking WTF Happened recap!!! I really enjoyed watching Andy and Frank racing, sorry to see him retire so early…… but I really do wonder how well he would have got on in his 30s!!

The Road Uphill!! A must watch as well!!

The quality of these has gone up and they've grown on me quite a bit! Great video.

Another great video, Scott. Cheers!!

I understand you're a big fan, but it would be fair to mention that Andy's decline really started after his older brother Frank tested positive and got suspended. After that Andy couldn't get in his top shape anymore... Anyway, thanks for this video, I forgot that Andy was not only riding in TdF but was pretty good in Ardennes classics as well

@DavidStacey-tx7on

Жыл бұрын

The Schlecks and that CSC team in 2008-2010 were clearly doping hard. Andys imlrovement from 2009-2010 tdf was insane

@williambardsley7540

Жыл бұрын

This is the correct answer, he was doping hard, brother got banned and he had to stop doping or he would ruin his career and get sued. So he stopped and as a result his performances fell off completely. He went from 2nd 1st 2nd in the tour to no ride 20th dnf, in leige bastone leige he went from 4th 1st 5th 3rd to 50th 41st and dnf. Its the exact profile of a dopper, we was a bang average pro rider who started doping. Id be surprised if he or his brother won anything major clean.

@charlyf9521

11 ай бұрын

@@williambardsley7540 he was already dominating all his races as a teenager. So I guess you’re saying he started doping as a toddler. Here is another theory for you - he never got back in shape after his accident. And another one: losing his team mate wouter in 2011 and his accident in 2012 was making him question what risks he still wanted to take. He was always afraid of riding downhill btw Given that you don’t have any evidence my theories are as good as yours

@carlosgaspar8447

11 ай бұрын

there was also the disgraced stuart o'grady with saxo bank.

@mowvu5380

11 ай бұрын

exactly this. no beef to OPs video but the schleck's are cheaters lol. i completely discredit them

He was always my favourite as a kid. His battles with Contador were something else

Andy was the Class of cycling.

Andy Schleck is not the uncelebrated Tour Champion because he is still in the results. The uncelebrated champ is Lance Armstrong. Or Jan Ulrich if you want to look at it that way too.

Love the vid man. But just turn on eng subtitles at 04:58. KEK I can't

@thecyclingdane

Жыл бұрын

Hahahahahhahahahahaha thats amazing

He was a climber no doubt his battles ive fond memories of.

Just when he was at the peak of his powers he was nipped. He would have destroyed the Sky trains of the mid 2010's

@thecyclingdane

Жыл бұрын

That would have been brilliant to see tbh

@TheSteinbitt

Жыл бұрын

No he wouldn’t, he was never a true champion like Contador or Froome. He was more a cadel evans type, or a sastre.

@alexandreboyenval3140

11 ай бұрын

« A true champion like Froome »…?? Lol.

@kloschuessel773

11 ай бұрын

@@TheSteinbittlike froome, yeah

@TheSteinbitt

11 ай бұрын

@@kloschuessel773 Who would you rate above froome as a GT rider the last 20 years?

The Schlecks were wonderful. Huge fan!

Very cool

The "Schleckshoot" just popped into my mind after years!

I was more a Cadel Evans fan, (especially in 2011) and I really hated all the CSC Team of 2008 :D as I read it once "Andy Schleck the cyclist died in Grenoble in 2011", it was sadly true he was never totaly the same after that. I really regret a never won a TDF in a normal way. His biggest problem was also his biggest advantage, his brother, he tried too much to help him ( Ventoux 2009 for example) and not trying to win, he was perhaps not a too much killer for this nice video thank you

It’s too bad injuries derailed his career, it’s crazy seeing all these comments about andy doping. There was never any accusations or proof that he did, his brother got caught but that doesn’t mean andy is guilty by association.

1:34 That's the old guy from the movie "Up"

Well, what actually did happen? Maybe you want to change the title to “summary of Andy Schleck’s career” as you are not going into the opening question at all.

Loved him, esp when riding with his bro

Andy Schleck is a goat 🇱🇺🇱🇺🇱🇺🇱🇺

@leondarcy7367

Ай бұрын

No he's'not. No discipline (winter training...), no tactical skill, bad at descending and time trials. A huge wasted potential

@F1kimiraikkonenfan7

Ай бұрын

@@leondarcy7367 and yet he podiumt the tour few times and Won one , goated

Talent is never enough. It never is.

@darringrey4329

11 ай бұрын

That's because it's a fairy tale , God given talent , throw in gifted, genetics , practice makes perfect or a champion

Lots of athletes from all sports have been criticised by fans for “chasing the money” but any pro athlete is only ever one injury away from never earning another dollar again, very abruptly. And many need ongoing physical therapy for all the injuries they sustained, and specialist medical care isn’t cheap. It’s always a shame when an athlete has to retire early 🙁

Still my favorite rider to this day

Specialized did a promo in 2010. When Andy rode into the yellow jersey, he did so on a bike with my name (and about 99 others) decorating the frame. I thought that he should have re-ridden that bike after he lost the yellow with Chain-gate, just for the good vibes it carried, but maybe better he didn't, since as it stands the only day it was ridden, was a day that the rider earned the yellow jersey. Don't know what happened to the bike in the end.

@herrensaar1989

Ай бұрын

Had mine too. It was 500 if I remember in total. 250 on his and 250 on Contadors bike. You got send an email with pictures on where on the bike your name were. Still have it saved somewhere :)

@lorenwillis425

Ай бұрын

@@herrensaar1989 My name was just in front of the seatpost.

seperation from bjarne riis hurt he was so smooth one of those two brothers had Luxemberg National jersey I think just about every year :) People forget he only got a ride because Bjarne asked Frank if he had any siblings knowing how cycling is in the blood as you explained. Bjarne couldnt believe how lucky he got. That pic in thumb from 2013 Galibier attack was legendary but so was Cadels ability to claw him back with no help fro large grou he towed to that stages finish. I think had Bjarne been in his ear he might have got that Tour. Sastre, Frank , rime Fabian that Saxo team was loaded. Great video miss seeing him climb he was great in 2011 tour de suisse I think it was. TT let leipheimer take race from cunego who I also miss!

@DavidStacey-tx7on

Жыл бұрын

Andy was lucky to even be in contention in 2011. Stage 2 when he and many others crashed on a wet sketchy decent he was left standing losing many minutes. Fabian Cancelara, believing he was some type of cycling god tried to have peloton sit up and wait, something they werent prepared to do. Fabian went back to refs car telling them the peloton wants to neutralise the stage due to high amount of crashes, he thsn went back to the front and told the other teams the ref has decided to neutralise the race.

Andy didn't have a mechanical issue in the 2010 tour of France, that was a rookie mistake instead. He intended to change gears while he was standing on pedals, a professionals know you can't do that.

Andy owns a , surprise, a bike shop and a POND to fish in. 😁

He got screwed by Contador's lack of good sportsmanship when he dropped a chain in 2010. End of story.

@robertcatuara5118

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, his TT cost him the Tour and the next one also.

@DjDeepfry1

Жыл бұрын

If they were riding tempo and Andy dropped a chain then you wait. In this case Andy went on the attack and at that point the race is on. Dropped chain or not Contador was justified in pressing the attack and not waiting. The bike is part of the race. Would Lewis Hamilton wait for Verstappen or Alonso if they had a mechanical, no?

@twinpiperzed7222

11 ай бұрын

So schleck starts the attack and than everyone is supposed to sit up and wait when he has a problem and in the heat of battle everyone is supposed notice was happened ,Ya OK 😳

@cycleoflife565

11 ай бұрын

Not end of story. Let him learn how to properly use his bike. It’s a race not a no-drop group ride.

A class act in group of less than classy people!

It makes me sad to revisit this time of high doping

How about that LANCE ARMSTRONG and his 33 Stage Wins at TDF !

Uncelebrated, because even he himself didn't celebrate too hard on 2010 tour victory, receiving it as he did, much later when Bertie was scratched.

How about Peter Sagan?

Andy Schleck was an incredible cyclist but I think the era he rode in is an era which has been brushed under the carpet because of the rampant cheating culture and fallout. Frank Schelck was banned, Alberto was banned, Lance did an Oprah exclusive, all around this time, and several team directors and coaches mentioned in this video were also implicated and banned. There are 7 TDF's which do not have a winner because almost everyone in the top ten tested positive at one time or another and Andy has a title because the winner that year tested positive. There are so many great cyclists like Andy who will be forgotten because of a terrible culture in cycling and most likely they were all doping. I'm glad to forget about cycling from the late 90's and early 2000's and I feel sorry for the cyclists whose legacy will always be doubted or tarnished.

Beating Riccardo Ricco says it all....a guy who got caught not once, not twice, but trice for doping abuse.

Reise was a doper. His brother Frank was a doper. Team lead Sastre was a doper. Csc as a team were dopers. Top competition Contador was a doper. After injuries he couldn’t compete clean in a sea of dopers if Andy was indeed clean.

Why the chipmunk music??

After Fränk tested positive, he had to stop too - hard take.

so many extra words...

Good as he is he wasn't my type or kinda of rider. I liked his brother Frank.

That peddale

Great guy, probably a lot of fun to go fishing with. WTF happened? His pharmacist shut him off, cold turkey!

He was an incredible climber, but he lost on time trial.

what happened? LA was exposed, and all the other dopers go spooked.

@_powerrranger

Жыл бұрын

It's hard to overlook this 😬

first 1

Doper. No respect due.

You will probably never need it, but the German Bundesland is pronounced like "Zucksn"

Get doping out of sports since the 90s it's ruined it. Still going on and Andy of course was.

A bit like the Yates brothers.

You spelled Judas wrong.

*Promo sm* 💕

Nice guy, but no winner instinct. Insufficient discipline during winter, bad tactics, never improved his descending and time trials skills. He did not have what it takes to be a truly great.