Jan Ullrich

**Jan Ullrich** (born 2 December 1973 in Rostock, Germany) is a retired German bicycle rider. He was very good in riding in the mountains. In Individual time trials he was one of the best cyclists at his time. He won the Tour de France in 1997. Jan Ullrich is the only German athlete who has won this event.

## Beginning

Jan Ullrich started cycling early. When he was ten years old, he won his first race. After Germany's reunification he went to a club in Hamburg. In 1993, when Ullrich was 19 years old, he won the World Amateur Road Race championship in Oslo, Norway. In this year Lance Armstrong won the Professional World Race championchip. The year after, he became third in the Individual Time Race championchip. After this succes he became a professional member of the German Team "Team-Telekom".

## Tour de France

Jan Ullrich first rode the Tour de France in 1996. There he won a stage and became overall second, after his teammate Bjarne Riis. Some experts say, Jan Ullrich could have won the Tour the France that year, but he did not because he helped his team-mate over the Tour.

In 2007 Bjarne Riis said that he used drugs to win the 1996 Tour. In 1997 Jan Ullrich won the Tour the France, when he was 23 years old (fourth youngest winner of the Tour since 1947). During this year he won the Tour de Suisse, German-Tour and HEW-Cyclassics. At the end of the year, he was elected as the "sports person of the year" in Germany.

## Doping

Many of Jan Ullrichs Team-members said, he was taking drugs in the 90. In 2002 he tested positive for amphetamine. He said he took pills in a disco, without knowing that they were an illegal substance. He was suspended for 6 months. In 2006, Ullrich was suspected to be a client of Fuentes. In 2007, a DNA-test gave the evidence that he was one, and that he was planning to use the illegal blood doping. Ullrich denied using drugs for a long time. In 2013, Ullrich decided to tell the truth. He admitted he used illegal substances during his career.

## Palmarès

- 1993
- Amateur World Road Race Cycling Champion
- 1995
- National Time Trial Champion
- 1996
- Tour de France
    - 2nd place overall
    - Winner white jersey
    - Winner stage 20
- Regio Tour
- 1997
- Tour de France
    - Winner yellow jersey
    - Winner white jersey
    - Winner stages 10 and 12
- National Road Race Champion
- Luk Cup, à Bühl
- HEW Cyclassics
- 1998
- Tour de France
    - 2nd place overall
    - Winner white jersey
    - Winner stages 7, 16 and 20
- Rund um Berlin
- Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
- 1999
- World Time Trial Cycling Champion
- Winner Vuelta a España
- 2000
- Summer Olympics Road Race Champion
- Tour de France: 2nd place
- Coppa Agostini
- 2001
- World Time Trial Cycling Champion
- National Road Race Champion
- Tour de France: 2nd place
- Giro dell'Emilia
- Versatel Classic
- 2003
- Tour de France
    - 2nd place
    - Winner stage 12
- Rund um Köln (Tour of Cologne)
- 2004
- Tour de France: 4th place
- Tour de Suisse: winner
- Coppa Sabatini
- 2005
- Tour de France: 3rd place
- 2006
- Tour de Suisse: winner

## Other websites

- Official Homepage
- Jan Ullrich at the Internet Movie Database

## Infobox (cyclist)

- **name**: Jan Ullrich
- **image**: Jan Ullrich 2016 01.jpg
- **caption**: Ullrich in 2016
- **fullname**: Jan Ullrich
- **nickname**: Der Kaiser, Der Jan, Der Junge, The Yoyo
- **birth place**: Rostock, East Germany
- **currentteam**: Retired
- **discipline**: Road
- **role**: Rider
- **ridertype**: All-rounder
- **amateuryears1**: 1987
- **amateurteam1**: SG Dynamo Rostock
- **amateuryears2**: 1987–1989
- **amateurteam2**: SC Dynamo Berlin
- **amateuryears3**: 1991
- **amateurteam3**: SC Berlin
- **amateuryears4**: 1992–1994
- **amateurteam4**: RG Hamburg
- **proyears1**: 1995–2002
- **proyears2**: 2003
- **proteam2**: Team Coast
- **proyears3**: 2003
- **proteam3**: Team Bianchi
- **proyears4**: 2004–2006
- **majorwins**: **Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours**
:**Tour de France**
::**General classification in the Tour de France, General classification** (1997 Tour de France, 1997)
::Young rider classification in the Tour de France, Young riders classification (1996 Tour de France, 1996, 1997 Tour de France, 1997, 1998 Tour de France, 1998)
::7 individual stages (1996 Tour de France, 1996, 1997 Tour de France, 1997, 1998 Tour de France, 1998, 2003 Tour de France, 2003)
:**Vuelta a España**
::**General classification in the Vuelta a España, General classification** (1999 Vuelta a España, 1999)
::2 individual stages (1999 Vuelta a España, 1999)
**Race stage, Stage races**
:Tour de Suisse (2004)
**Classic cycle races, One-day races and Classics**
:UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial, World Time Trial Championships (1999, 2001)
:
:German National Time Trial Championships, National Time Trial Championships (1995)
:Cycling at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Road Race (2000)
:HEW Cyclassics (1997)
:Giro dell'Emilia (2001)
:Rund um Köln (2003)
- **show-medals**: no