Jan Ullrich

Jan Ullrich (born the December 2nd 1973 with Rostock) is an old runner cyclist professional German. He measures 1m83 for 73 kg.

Marital status

He married in September 2006 with his second partner Sara Steinhauser (the sister of the former racing cyclist Tobias Steinhauser). He announced on May 10th, 2007 besides on his Internet site that this one was pregnant of a child who should be born in September 2007.

He has already a girl, Sarah Maria (born the 7/1/03), who lives in the south of Germany with her mother, Gaby, from which Ullrich separated at the end of 2005.

Biography

His/her father, former mason, left the family hearth whereas Jan was yet only one child. It is thus his/her mother who raised it with her two brothers.

Jan Ullrich practices cycling since 1983 in the club of Rostock Dynamo with as trainer Peter Saager.
It begins in 1987 in a formation from the future athletes from GDR at the national school from the sports from the SC Berlin Dynamo with as trainer Peter Becker.

He lived most of his life in the small village of Merdingen. In 2004, it moves in Switzerland, with Kreuzlingen at the edge of the Lac of Constancy, where it always saw.

Career

It gains its first title in 1988 like champion of GDR of the young people over road. In 1993, he becomes World champion Amateur with Oslo in Norway.

But Jan Ullrich appears in 1996 by finishing 2nd Tour de France for its very first participation in the Grande Boucle in the team Deutsche Telekom.

It is classified this year behind Bjarne Riis, its leader within the German team. Confirming its extraordinary potential, it climbing incredibly rise of Arcalis, by leaving even on the spot Richard Virenque and Marco Pantani. Thereafter it takes the yellow jersey to bring back it to Paris, it thus easily gains the Tour de France in 1997 in spite of the opposition of Richard Virenque. The old runner of ex-Germany of the East then seems promised with many victories over the Lathe.

But sometimes not very professional in its winter preparations, thus taking much weight, Jan is initially beaten in 1998 by the Italian runner Marco Pantani following punctures and with a large failure on the Col Galibier. Then the reign of Lance Armstrong in 1999 starts: for this year, all the times where Ullrich took part in the Turn, it have made better only 2nd behind the American champion. Only not beaten by Lance Armstrong, also beaten by its shade, its own fellow-member of luxury and friend, the German runner Andreas Klöden, 2nd at the time of the Tour de France 2004. What makes of it finally the German Poulidor, because it finished 2nd with five recoveries since 1996, once 3rd and 4th. Whereas one saw it at the time more like one potential winner.

But Jan Ullrich too just on the Tour de France, always was always outdistanced on the first stage of mountain, taking along large gear ratios on its bicycle at the time of the stages of mountain and of against the watch. It is a " diesel" : it climbs the mountain in power and supports the changes of rate/rhythm badly.

Jan Ullrich, on the other hand, disputed its best Tour de France in 2003 (in addition to its victory of 1997). L´allemand indeed was near to beating Lance Armstrong on the Lathe for the only time of its career. Whereas the Tour 2002 had refused with him because of physical problems and suspension for doping, it begins the Grande Boucle with court from competition, with the new whole TEAM Bianchi, transferee of the TEAM Coast. Initially outdistanced without surprised in the Alps, Ullrich largely beats Armstrong at the time of the against-the-watch of Cape Découverte, where it takes again more than one minute and half with the American. It will again release its rival in the rise towards Bonascre, the following day. to find itself at 15 seconds of the yellow jersey in the morning of the stage of Luz - Ardiden. In the Tourmalet, Ullrich again slightly releases the American, the Tour de France then seems to rock. In the final rise, Armstrong however will carry a blow of bludgeon by gaining the stage as a recluse, Ullrich being relegated to more than one minute with the general. At the time of the last stopwatch Nantes has, Ullrich falls under the rain and loses hope of final victory definitively. It will finish second with Paris.

The October 19th 2006, it cancels its Swiss license of professional cycling while ensuring not to put a term at its career. After several unfruitful tests to find a team, he announces the February 26th 2007 to put a term at his career.

Results

Excel wheeler and effective in mountain, it centers the essence of its seasons on the Tour de France (where, in addition to its victory in 1997, it finished with five recoveries in the second place, in 1996,1998,2000,2001 and 2003), which did not prevent it from also gaining a Turn of Spain (1999), two Turn of Switzerland (2004 and 2006), two championships of the world of the against-the-watch (1999 and 2001) and a gold medal on road with the OJ of Sydney (2000) (and Olympic vice-champion of the against-the-watch in 2000). In addition Champion of Germany on road 1997 and 2001, of the against-the-watch 1995, Turn of Cologne 2003, Regio Turn 1996, Grand Prix of Frankfurt 1997, Hew Cyclassics Hamburg 1997, Turn of Berlin 1998, Copa Agostini 2000, Turn of Emilie 2001, Classic Dortmund 2001 and World champion amateur on road in 1993. He was thus recognized 2nd of the classification UCI in 1997, and Vélo of Gold in 1997 (2nd: 1999; 3rd: 2000).

Now resident in Bade Wurtemberg, Jan always dreams to gain the Turn again. Fourth in 2004, it will not beat Armstrong in 2005 since the German finishes in the 3rd place (behind Basso) after having gone up general classification during the against-the-watch of Saint-Etienne. He also dreams to gain his national turn, of which he finishes second in 2005.

Winner of against the watch with Pontedera at the time of the 11th stage of the Turn of Italy 2006, it precedes Italian Ivan Basso of 28" , it thus gained at least a victory of stage in each large Turn.

Businesses of doping

Its prize list is tarnished by several business of doping. Indeed, it is implied in the Puerto business into 2006 which will prevent it from disputing the Turn. Laid off by its T-Mobile team, it had then put search for a team, but not having found any team to engage it, it announced on February 26th, 2007 that it put a term at its career.

Positive with the amphetamines

During the summer 2002, it is controlled positive with the Amphétamines whereas it is wounded, without however admitting a bond with an attempt at doping. He will say:

  • For me, it is not a question of doping. Never in my career, I did not try to improve my performances by prohibited substances.

Ullrich will explain to have taken two pills of “entertaining drugs” out of nightclub in the weeks of depresses which followed a heavy operation to the knee depriving it of the Tour de France 2002. The runner will be suspended during six months by the disciplinary commission of the German Federation and will bail out of a door amends. It is only starting from the March 23rd 2003 that it will be authorized to take again the competition.

Puerto business

Radio operator Cadena Ser stated that the name of Jan Ullrich is reproduced on the list of the patients of Doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, that one even which is implied in a gigantic network of doping in Spain, dismantled in 2006 ......

In July 2006, it is excluded from its team T-Mobile with her fellow-member Oscar Sevilla, and this the day before the departure of the Tour de France cyclist. Its name appeared in a business of doping in Spain, the Affaire Puerto.
Following a complaint of the former athlete, professor at the university of Bielefeld, Britta Bannenberg, the parquet floor of Bonn files proceedings against him (like against its team-member, Spanish Oscar Sevilla and against its sport director, the Belgian Rudy Pevenage) for swindle. He is laid off the July 21st 2006 of the team cyclist T-Mobile.

In August 2006, following the Business Puerto, the director of the team Coast (employer of Ullrich at the time of the season 2003), Günther Dahms stated to want to obtain the refunding of the wages paid with the German cyclist because the contract binding the team Coast and Ullrich indicated that the recourse to doping was prohibited.

The September 4th 2006, the German public television channel ARD announced that as of the end of the year 2006, it would put a term at its collaboration with Jan Ullrich. The chain paid Ullrich up to 195.000 euros for interviews and analyzes.

The September 8th 2006, the parquet floor of Bonn declares that the Spanish police reports contain elements indicating that the racing cyclist would have gotten products prohibited as of the year 2003.

Tour de France 1997

The German weekly magazine Focus revealed the November 19th 2007 that Jan Ullrich, Yellow jersey of the Tour de France 1997, had been doped with EPO during this period. The magazine had access to recordings of conversations between Rudy Pevenage, mentor of Jan Ullrich, and Jef d' Hont, former welfare man of the Telekom team, which had revealed in spring 2007 that the use of the EPO was generalized in the German formation Telekom in the Années 1990.

Its teams

  • 1995 to 2002: Deutsche Telekom

  • 2003 : Coast (until May), then TEAM Bianchi
  • 2004 at July 21st, 2006: T-Mobile
  • July 21st, 2006: the T-Mobile team lays off it with the Spaniard Oscar Sevilla following the mention of her name in the operation Puerto

Prize list

Places of honor

Results on the Tour de France

Results on the Lathe of Spain

Results on the Lathe of Italy

Results on the Lathe of Switzerland

See too

  • * Official site

  • Jan Ullrich in the Tour de France

  • List of German sportsmen by discipline

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