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Luis Leon Sánchez

Key Stats

Nationality: Spanish
Born: November 24, 1983
Height: 6-foot-1
Weight: 160 pounds
Turned Pro: 2004

Palmares

Career Highlights:

1st, stage 7, Tour de France, 2008
1st overall, Tour Down Under, 2005

2008
1st, stage 7, Tour de France
8th overall, Tour Down Under
4th, stage 3, Critérium International
3rd overall, Critérium International

2007
1st overall, Vuelta a Mallorca
1st, stage 6, Paris-Nice
2nd, Spanish time trial championship
2nd, Trofeo Soller
2nd, best young rider, Paris-Nice
3rd overall, Paris-Nice
4th, prologue, Paris-Nice
7th overall, Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana

2006
1st, best young rider, Paris-Nice
2nd overall, Tour Down Under
2nd overall, Vuelta a Castilla y León
2nd, stage 1, Tour Down Under
2nd, stage 1, Vuelta a Castilla y Leon
3rd overall, Three Days of De Panne, 2006

2005
1st overall, Tour Down Under (plus stage 3)
1st, stage 3, Clásica Internacional Alcobendas
2nd, stage 5, Tour Down Under
3rd, stage 1, Three Days of de Panne
4th, Spanish time trial championship
4th overall, Three Days of de Panne

2004
1st, stage 1, Vuelta Asturias
2nd, Spanish time trial championship

Biography

Sanchez went pro in 2003 with ONCE-Eroski as a stagiaire. He moved to Liberty Seguros in 2004, and joined Caisse d’Epargne in 2007.