Luis León Sánchez

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Luis León Sánchez

Sánchez in the 2005 Paris-Nice
Personal information
Full name	Luis León Sánchez Gil
Date of birth	November 24, 1983 (1983-11-24) (age 24)
Country	Spain
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Weight	74 kg (160 lb)
Team information
Current team	Caisse d'Epargne
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time trial specialist
Professional team(s)
2004–2006 2007–	Liberty Seguros Caisse d'Epargne
Major wins
Tour Down Under (2005) Vuelta a Mallorca (2007)
Infobox last updated on:
2007-08-31

Luis León Sánchez Gil (born 24 November 1983 in Mula) is a Spanish road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Caisse d'Epargne. He had been at Liberty Seguros-Würth from 2004 until 2006, and moved to Caisse d'Epargne following the collapse of the Liberty Seguros team in the wake of the Operación Puerto doping case. He is a time trial specialist and over the last years he has improved on his climbing skills. His brother is a professional footballer, Pedro León Sánchez Gil.

[edit] Palmarès

[edit] External links

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• Palmarès at Trap-Friis.dk

v • d • e Riders on Caisse d'Epargne David Arroyo | Anthony Charteau | Arnaud Coyot | Mathieu Drujon | José Vicente García | Iván Gutiérrez | Joan Horrach | Vladimir Karpets | Pablo Lastras | David López | Alberto Losada | Daniel Moreno | Luis Pasamontes | Fabrice Patanchon | Óscar Pereiro | Marlon Perez Arango | Francisco Pérez | Mathieu Perget | Nicolas Portal | Joaquim Rodríguez | José Joaquín Rojas | José Rujano | Luis León Sánchez | Rigoberto Urán | Alejandro Valverde | Xabier Zandio | Manager: Eusebio Unzue

Persondata
NAME	Sánchez, Luis León
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sánchez Gil, Luis León
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH	1983-11-24
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mula, Spain, Spain
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH