cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Twenty years ago, on November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall opened, and for the first time in decades, citizens of East Germany were able to enter West Berlin legally and easily. Cycling was not unaffected by political matters, with East Germans Jan Ullrich and Erik Zabel among those making the move to the west and going on to stardom. Jan Ullrich, future Tour de France winner and a native of Rostock,...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
More details about Jan Ullrich's relationship with Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes, centre of Spanish doping investigation Operación Puerto , have emerged. The former Tour de France winner knew the code names and telephone numbers for Fuentes and his assistant Merino Batres, according to news magazine Focus . The German federal police (BKA) found a CD with telephone numbers during a search of Ullrich's...
VeloNews (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich on Tuesday brushed off the latest doping allegations against him and repeated his position that he will speak only when he is ready. On Monday, German magazine Der Spiegel cited a police investigation report which states Ullrich went to Madrid 24 times between 2003 and 2006 to see doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, the Madrid gynecologist at the center of the Spanish...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Rome - Joseph Blatter wants a fourth term as president of football's ruling body FIFA. I have not yet achieved my mission in football, I need more time, Blatter told Tuesday's La Gazzetta dello Sport Italian newspaper. ...
France24 (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
Germany's retired former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich, pictured here in 2008, consulted Eufemiano Fuentes, the Spanish doctor at the centre of the Puerto drugs affair, 24 times between 2003-6, Der Spiegel said in a report to appear on Monday.
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich visited Doctor Eufemiano Fuentes in Madrid 24 times from 2003 to 2006, according to the German news magazine Spiegel . The visits are said to have been organised by Rudy Pevenage, former Team T-Mobile director, and the evidence for them was found on his computer. Pevenage, considered to be Ullrich's mentor when the German was racing, told German investigators...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
Jan Ullrich consulted doctor at the centre of the Puerto drugs affair 24 times between 20036 says report.
VeloNews (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich consulted Eufemiano Fuentes, the Madrid gynecologist at the center of the Operación Puerto doping case, 24 times between 2003 and 2006, Der Spiegel said in a report to appear on Monday. Der Spiegel's report was based on a 2,219-page investigation into Ullrich by German police which concluded that the rider "used Dr Fuentes doping system to improve...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
Linus Gerdemann of Team Milram has denied reports that he used doping products in 2006. A German television programme had charged that it has reports that his blood values indicated manipulation. The "Sportschau" programme also claimed that Jan Ullrich had questionable blood values in 2006. Ullrich declined to comment on the report, according to his attorney. The retired rider has consistently...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 04/09/2009
Vuelta overall leader André Greipel may have missed out on his third stage win of this year's race on Friday in Xàtiva, but the German sprinter has already carved out his own slice of history. Not only did he also take possession of his first Grand Tour leader's jersey on Thursday in Vinaròs, he also became the first German rider to wear the Vuelta's Golden jersey since Jan Ullrich...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
A decade ago, cycling fans were treated to a most intriguing Vuelta a España with a rebounding Jan Ullrich and race revelation Igor González de Galdeano doing battle through to the decisive stage 20 time trial. While very few of the riders contesting the 1999 Vuelta are back this year, many of the riders who competed 10 years ago set career firsts in that year's Spanish Grand Tour, whether...
cyclingnews.com (Free subscription) | 02/08/2009
German prosecutors are investigating if Jan Ullrich lied under oath in an August 2006 court hearing in Hamburg, Germany. The former Tour de France winner denied he paid money to Doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, centre of doping investigation Operación Puerto . The Hamburg prosecutor's investigation started two weeks ago "because of the suspicion of giving a false statement." The investigation...
Murky.org (Free subscription) | 30/07/2009
We went to see 'Pedal Pusher', a play based on the Tour de France
BBC News (Free subscription) | 27/07/2009
Tour de France winner Alberto Contador launches a stinging attack on Astana team-mate Lance Armstrong.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 27/07/2009
Former champion Lance Armstrong believes Alberto Contador could have beaten him in his own heyday following the Spaniard's second Tour de France win.
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