Hours before the official team presentation, the name of the Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project has finally been revealed: Leopard-Trek, with the bike company stepping up as co-sponsor for Andy and Frank Schleck's new squad.
Interest in the sponsor's name has been high, given that with a questionmark hanging over Alberto Contador's immediate future, Andy Schleck is currently the key favourite or the 2011 Tour de France. And the same will go for Schleck's team-mate Fabian Cancellara, in the Spring Classics and virtually any time trial he feels like racing in.
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