"I'm on the right path and people are finally forgiving me" - Jan Ullrich believes his doping confession will lead him to inner peace
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After numerous low blows, the 1997 Tour de France winner and two-time world champion Jan Ullrich believes he is on the right path thanks to his late doping confession.
"I'm on the right path and people are finally forgiving me," Ullrich said in an interview with Bild. "I eat healthily, I haven't drunk alcohol for five years and I try to ride my bike for two hours four times a week. Only not when it's sleeting," explained the 1997 Tour winner, who has confessed to doping last year.
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Ullrich contested his last professional race in 2006 before his career was effectively ended by the Fuentes doping scandal. "Of course the doping thing was a huge mistake, and I can only strongly advise everyone against it. But the pressure in sport and in society was different back then," he said.
It took him "until now to find my center again and be with myself," said the 2000 Olympic champion and two-time time trial world champion. Now he's doing "everything very calmly, unlike before."
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- Rota is an excellent rider to get in a break with because he always does his turnchapmanesque04-11-2026
- That 3000 extra that the Tour de France is built up in the flat stages
Rafionain-Glas04-11-2026 - maybe this is something else they can protest in the streets of France.mij04-11-2026
- his Roubaix win was amazing. not to take anything away from him - arguably one of MVDP's wins was at the expense of a WVA flat - but so many things need to line up to get one of these. He had a perfect race with fewer bike issues on an attritional course. And crazy strong as usual. Glad he got this done.mij04-11-2026
- Orts was a super smart signing with the new rules regarding cross and UCI pointsmij04-11-2026
- yeah... you're right...PogiSloFans04-11-2026
- Podcast sounds great. Two so called experts stating the f*cking obvious.wrsty04-11-2026
- A mindset that reminds me of Tim Declerq. I loved watching that guy just pound away the kilometers, hours at the front, holding an entire breakaway in check on his own. Bjerg seems like a similar guy. Curling, the team sport.RidesHills04-11-2026
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Curioso ver que Jan Ullrich ganó el campeonato alemán de 2001 con unas zapatillas Time Equipe Pro. Semanas después, en el Tour, volvería a lucir Adidas.
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