End of the road for Ullrich 28 February, 2007
Sad to see that one of my heroes, cyclist Jan Ullrich, has announced his retirement from the sport. In a discipline dominated for so long by the machine perfection of Lance Armstrong, Ullrich represented the more human, fallible side of cycling. His annual battle with weight and fitness to prepare for the new season resonated with many amateurs. And in an event as competitive and as controversial as The Tour de France, Jan showed his sportsmanship by waiting for Armstrong to catch up after Lance had been unseated. The Tour wasn’t the same without Ullrich last year and he will be sorely missed in the future.