Jan Ullrich Retires
Jan Ullrich, a rider that never finished lower then 4th in a Tour De France ( 1997 Tour De France Winner, 5 time second place finisher in the Tour De France (once to Bjarne Riis, once to Marco Pantani, and three times to Lance Armstrong), 2005 3rd place TDF finisher, 2004 4th place TDF finisher, 1999 Vuelta Winner, 2 Time Tour of Suisse Winner (2004, 2006), dual 2000 Olympic Medalist (Gold in the Road Race, Silver in the Time Trial)), announced his retirement today. He will become a consultant with Team Volksbank and help to develop young riders. Ullrich says that he is still fit enough to compete, that he turned down seven offers to ride this year, including some from Pro Tour Teams, and could have gotten a pro license. In the 42 minute announcement, Ullrich continued to defend his record and career. He says that he was always clean when he was racing and that he was railroaded / unfairly accused by the powers that be within cycling.
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