Jan Ullrich, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jan Ullrich

German cyclist

Date of Birth: 02-Dec-1973

Place of Birth: Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Profession: sport cyclist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Jan Ullrich

  • Jan Ullrich (German pronunciation: ['jan '?lr?ç]); 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. 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.
  • He admitted to blood doping in 2013.

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