 The 2011 season for Leopard Trek / ˈleɪoʊpɑːrd trɛk / , its first , began in January at the Tour Down Under and ended in October at the Giro di Lombardia . As a UCI ProTeam , they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every race in the UCI World Tour . The team formed for 2011 as a Luxembourgian national project and boasts that nation 's two premier riders , Andy and Fränk Schleck . Several riders from the Schleck brothers ' former Team Saxo Bank joined the new team . 
