Jan Ullrich
Jan Ullrich
Jan Ullrich; born 2 December 1973) is a German former professional road bicycle racer. Ullrich won a gold and a silver in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He won the 1999 Vuelta a España and the HEW Cyclassics in front of a home crowd in Hamburg in 1997. He had podium finishes in the hilly classic Clásica de San Sebastián. His victorious ride in the 1997 Tour de France led to a bicycle boom in Germany. He retired in...
ProfessionCyclist
Date of Birth2 December 1973
cycling together helping
Whoever still can't put one and one together about what happened in cycling is beyond my help.
winner riders
I have seen many lean riders in the peloton, but very few Tour winners
fighting victory doubt
To me there's no doubt I will be fighting for victory.
good start tour
It is a good Tour to start with as it is not too demanding.
legs power season start
You start to feel that the power missing. The season has been long, and the legs start to get heavy.
july paris reckon wear yellow
I want to wear yellow in Paris in July and I reckon I am on the right track,
afraid body broken compete fact glad good hospital legs means morning race stand
I went to hospital for x-rays this morning because I was afraid something was broken but I'm glad it's not. My legs feel very good and I know I can compete as long as my body is in shape. The fact I'm still the race means I can stand the pain.
course greatest maybe time trying
If it's true, I would of course be disappointed. Lance is the greatest of our time and maybe somebody's trying to put him down. I don't know what it's about, so all of this is very speculative.
course felt finishing held knee small victory
The knee held up well and I felt like I made progress. Just finishing the course was a small victory for me.
confident work
I have the motivation, but not the legs. I still have a lot of work to do, but I'm confident in myself.
distance eliminate hesitate opportunity
In the Tour, it's important to use every opportunity to distance or eliminate adversaries and if there's a chance, I won't hesitate to attack.
head pull reduce sheet
I'm going to try every day to reduce this 55-second split. I could go to my room, get into bed, pull the sheet over my head and cry, but I won't.
few general keen key legs looking test
I'm not looking at the general classification but I will be keen to test my legs on a few key stages.
absolute power team tour
The distribution of power! Jan has the absolute power in the team - like Lance Armstrong...in the years of his Tour victories.