Fränk Schleck will return to pro cycling with the squad he left nine years ago, Lidl-Trek , but this time in the team car rather than on the bike.

The 45-year-old retired from pro cycling at the end of 2016, after riding for the various iterations of Trek since 2011. Now, he will be a DS for Lidl-Trek's women's team, working under Ina-Yoko Teutenberg.

Schleck was a pro cyclist for 14 years, rising to the top of the sport alongside his brother, Andy, and finished on the podium of the Tour de France in 2011. He served a doping ban for a year in 2012 after testing positive for the diuretic Xipamide during the Tour, returning in 2014. You may like

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