Luis León Sánchez
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| Sánchez in the 2005 Paris-Nice | |
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Luis León Sánchez Gil |
| Date of birth | November 24, 1983 |
| Country |  Spain |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 11⁄2 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) |
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| 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
- 2003 - ONCE-Eroski (stagiare)
- 2004 - Liberty Seguros
- Clásica Internacional Alcobendas
- Stage 3 - 1st (individual time trial)
- Vuelta a Asturias
- Stage 1 - 1st
- National Time Trial Championship - 2nd
- Circuit de Getxo - 5th
- 2005 - Liberty Seguros-Würth
- Tour Down Under
- Overall winner
- Young rider's competition - winner
- Stage 3 - 1st
- Stage 5 - 2nd
- Three Days of De Panne
- Stage 1 - 3rd
- Clásica Internacional Alcobendas
- Stage 3 - 1st
- Euskal Bizikleta
- Stage 4 - 3rd
- 2006 - Astana-Würth
- Paris-Nice - Young riders' competition winner
- Tour Down Under
- Overall - 2nd
- Stage 1 - 2nd
- Vuelta a Castilla y León
- Overall - 2nd
- Stage 1 - 2nd
- Three Days of De Panne - 3rd
- 2007 - Caisse d'Epargne
- Vuelta a Mallorca
- 3rd overall 2007 Paris-Nice
- 1st, stage 6
- 2008 - Caisse d'Epargne
- stage 7, Paris-Nice
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| 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 | |
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