Jan Ullrich
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Jan Ullrich (German pronunciation: [jan ˈʊlʁɪç] ⓘ; born 2 December 1973) is a German former professional road bicycle racer. Ullrich won gold and silver medals in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He won the 1999 Vuelta a España and the HEW Cyclassics in front of a home crowd in Hamburg in 1997. He had podium finishes in the hilly classic Clásica de San Sebastián. His victorious ride in the 1997 Tour de France led to a bicycle boom in Germany. He retired in February 2007.
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Full name | Jan Ullrich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Der Kaiser, Der Jan, Der Junge, The Yoyo[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1973-12-02) 2 December 1973 (age 50) Rostock, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1987 | SG Dynamo Rostock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1987–1989 | SC Dynamo Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991 | SC Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992–1994 | RG Hamburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1995–2002 | Team Telekom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003 | Team Coast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2006 | T-Mobile Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 2006, Ullrich was barred from the Tour de France amid speculation of having doped. In February 2012, Ullrich was found guilty of a doping offence by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. He was retroactively banned from 22 August 2011, and all results gained since May 2005 were removed from his palmarès.[2][3] He admitted to blood doping in 2013, and to using performance enhancing substances in 2023.[4]