Contador's reign just beginning, Armstrong says Jul 28, 2009
"Before leaving, I knew I had to be ready both physically and mentally. At the end of each stage, I said 'one day less'. There were tensions, but the situation has normalized. And I am very happy with the result.'' Even if Armstrong returns in 2010 with a strong team fully dedicated to his ambitions, Contador's greatest rival in the future could just as well be Andy Schleck of Luxembourg. At only 24 years old, the climber finished second, 4 minutes, 11 seconds behind Contador. He has now twice... (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
New king at Tour de France Jul 28, 2009
He has now twice won the Tour de France's white jersey awarded to its best rider under 25 and became the first rider to take the shirt twice since 1997 tour winner Jan Ullrich, who won it three times between 1996 and 1998. "I'm coming back to take the yellow jersey," Schleck said. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Armstrong More Human In Third Place Jul 27, 2009
Goodbye Implacable Old Lance Armstrong; Hello To The More Human Version Who Finishes Third. (AP) Well, well, there's a sight you don't see every day at the Tour de France: Lance Armstrong on the podium in Paris without _ hold the presses _ the race winner's garish yellow jersey on his back. (CBS News)
Opinion: When it counted, Armstrong came through Jul 27, 2009
Theirs could become the next great rivalry in cycling, as absorbing as Armstrongs was with German Jan Ullrich. Is Contador a more formidable rival than Ullrich. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Armstrong has no regrets about Tour Jul 26, 2009
He added that the Spaniard was even better than Jan Ullrich, one of Armstrong's biggest rivals during the years that he won the Tour. "Absolutely," he said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Tour de France Terms Jul 20, 2009
den, a support rider with Team T-Mobile outpaced his captain, Jan Ullrich, finishing third overall to Ullrich's fourth. Exactly who will be the frontrunner and who will play support is largely a matter of who finds himself with the lower overall time as the end of the Tour nears. (Suite101.com)
BetrayalgivesArmstrong focus Jul 12, 2009
Just ask Rudy Pevenage, who once directed Armstrong's longtime German rival Jan Ullrich. Armstrong struggled to save his yellow jersey in the 2003 Tour de France, as Ullrich inched steadily closer to it when the race entered the Pyrenees. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Gyngell's red-haired gaffe gets public's ginger up Jul 11, 2009
The riders' helmets make it hard to tell, although we do know Germany's Jan Ullrich, who won in 1997, is a redhead. send photos, videos ffs to 0424 SMS SMH (+61 424 767 764), or us. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Lance Armstrong gives Tour de France new juice Jul 4, 2009
In 2006, a Spanish investigation including top contenders Italian Ivan Basso and Jan Ullrich of Germany on the eve of the Tour. Winner Floyd Landis, an American, was later disqualified for using synthetic testosterone a charge he spent $2 million contesting in a bitterly fought case. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Tour de France: So who is No. 1 team's No. 1 rider? Jul 4, 2009
The Tour has not had such debate over a team leader since 1997, when defending champion Bjarne Riis ended up playing a secondary role and having to work for teammate Jan Ullrich, who wound up winning the race. Astana likely will not have to reveal its strategy for a week, perhaps not even until the final days of the Tour, when the peloton hits the Alps. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Cycling aiming to clean image Feb 14, 2009
One cited doping cases as having "greatly reduced" interest in Germany, where cycling became mainstream when countryman Jan Ullrich won the Tour in 1997. Ullrich would challenge Lance Armstrong in subsequent years, but would later be linked to the Spanish blood-doping scandal. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Valverde summoned to Italian doping hearing Feb 12, 2009
Germany's Jan Ullrich, who won the 1997 Tour de France, was prevented from competing in the 2006 Tour because of suspicions of a link with the case. He retired in February 2007. (MSNBC -- Sports)
