Luis León Sánchez

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Luis León Sánchez Road cycling
Luis León Sánchez (2012)
Luis León Sánchez (2012)
To person
Full name Luis León Sánchez Gil
Nickname LL Sánchez
Date of birth November 24, 1983
nation SpainSpain Spain
discipline Street
To the team
Current team Astana
function driver
Team (s)
2004–2006
2007–2010
2011–2013
2014
2015- 		Liberty Seguros
Caisse d'Epargne
Rabobank / Belkin
Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
Astana Pro Team
Most important successes
Last updated: January 5, 2019

Luis León Sánchez Gil (born November 24, 1983 in Murcia ) is a Spanish cyclist .

Athletic career

Sánchez began his international career in 2004 with Liberty Seguros, where he was a stagiaire in 2003 . He won his first race on the international calendar for this team with a stage of the Clásica Alcobendas and his first international stage race with the Tour Down Under in 2005 . In 2007 he moved to Caisse d'Epargne and was able to win his first UCI ProTour race in 2007 with a stage from Paris – Nice . In 2008 he also won a part of the day in this race .

Due to his overall success at Paris – Nice 2009 , Sanchez was able to establish himself among the world's best. His other successes at the highest level of the cycling calendar (UCI ProTour and UCI WorldTour ) included the two victories in the one-day race Clásica San Sebastián in 2010 and 2012 (the latter for the Rabobank team , for which he rode from 2011 to 2013).

By 2012, Sánchez had won a total of four stages of the Tour de France . In 2008 he secured the victory of the seventh stage of the Tour de France . At the Tour de France 2009 he prevailed on the eighth stage from Andorra to Saint-Girons in the final sprint against Sandy Casar and won the stage. In 2011, Sánchez achieved his third day win in the Tour de France on the ninth stage to Saint-Flour. He was able to prevail against Sandy Casar and Thomas Voeckler at the finish from an escape group . In 2012 he decided the seventh stage for himself.

He achieved further victories in the ProTour and WorldTour races on one stage each of the Tour of the Basque Country in 2009 and 2016 (the latter for the Astana Pro Team , to which he switched in 2015), the Tour Down Under 2010 , from Paris – Nice 2012 and the Tour de Suisse 2019 , as well as two stages of the Tour de Romandie 2012 .

In 2008, 2009 and 2011 Sánchez was the Spanish champion in the individual time trial .

In 2012, Sánchez started at the Olympic Games in London . He finished 14th in the road race and 32nd in the individual time trial.

At the Vuelta a España 2014 , Luis León Sánchez won the mountain classification .

Doping rumors

Sánchez has been linked to the Fuentes doping scandal on various occasions by the Spanish media , but denied any contact with Fuentes. As a result, Sánchez had to admit that he worked with the also controversial Michele Ferrari in 2007 . However, he denied that doping played a role in this context . After the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad reported in detail in January 2013 about Sanchez's connections to Fuentes, he was temporarily suspended from his Belkin Pro Cycling Team until May . This suspension was lifted because, according to the team, there were no indications of connections to Fuentes. Nevertheless, Sanchez was bought out of his contract, which ran until 2015, in October 2013, which was justified by a team spokesman as follows: "His name appears in too many cases."

Others

Luis León Sánchez Gil is an older brother of the football player Pedro León . Another brother of the two, León Sánchez Gil, a former cyclist, was killed in an accident with a quad on October 30, 2005 . Since then, both athletes have dedicated their victories and goals to their deceased brother.

successes

2004
2005
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

Grand Tours placements

Grand Tour 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia - - - - - - - - - - 35 - 43 25th -
Yellow jersey Tour de France 108 - - 62 26th 10 57 64 - - - 48 - DNF DNF
Red jersey Vuelta a España - DNF 72 - - 9 53 - DNF 56 33 26th 32 - 23
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Web links

Commons : Luis León Sánchez  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Team Blanco suspend Luis Leon Sanchez. In: Cycling News. February 2, 2013, accessed November 27, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Belkin buys out under contract with Luis Léon Sanchez. radsport-news.com, October 9, 2013, accessed October 9, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Susan Westemeyer: León Sánchez Gil dead in accident. In: Cycling News. November 1, 2005, accessed February 5, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Los cuatro hijos de Pedro León. In: El Periódico de Aragón. Retrieved February 5, 2017 (Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME Sánchez, Luis León
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sánchez Gil, Luis León (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Murcia