Jan Ullrich still has it!!!

[thehook]

Good to see Jan with a smile. Hope he enjoying his retirement.

 

[chiocciolis_calves]

Picture is taken last december. To me he looks like he is in his best condition since years. Check his facebook page and you will see a quite fit looking 41 year old guy.

Looks extremely fit. Only in a sport of eating disorders would anyone characterize the man as fat.

 

[Franklin]

Looks extremely fit. Only in a sport of eating disorders would anyone characterize the man as fat.

QFT

As I met him when everyone was screeching how the man was a whopping 5kg's overweight I can only shrug. The notion he was guzzling bratwurst and beers was just preposterous. Even when 10kg overweight a TdF contender is extremely thin.

The evergoing notion that only if he should have kept his diet he would have crushed the Armstong/UCI block is just a hypothesis. Indeed nobody came ever closer than this seemingly obese lazy guy, so I guess the others were guzzling whipped cream and drinking tequila.

 

[nobilis]

Der Kaiser is having a great time

Are those pics from the Alpine Skiing WCH? It think on his right are Slalom Specialists Felix Neureuther and Fritz Dopfer.

 

[May0maniac]

Are those pics from the Alpine Skiing WCH? It think on his right are Slalom Specialists Felix Neureuther and Fritz Dopfer.

Yes, the other 2 guys are Stefan Luitz and Linus Stra?er.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Yes, the other 2 guys are Stefan Luitz and Linus Stra?er.

Philip schmid not Stefan Luitz.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Jan still has better legs than 99% of the peleton

 

[No_Balls]

Updates. Time for the wrong sorts of trial for Ulle.

BERLIN (AFP) — Former top cyclist Jan Ullrich will go before a Swiss judge on charges of drunk driving dating from May 2014 when he caused an collision in which two people were injured.

"It’s inexcusable to have driven in the state I was in. It was a terrible mistake, and I deeply regret it,” said Germany’s Ullrich, the 1997 Tour de France winner.

Ullrich, 41, risks a fine and jail sentence of up to three years if found guilty.
His car raced through an intersection and hit a parked car before skidding and hitting another car head-on in the region of Thurgovie.

http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/05/news/ullrich-to-go-on-trial-for-drunk-driving-crash_372177

 

[sienna]

I remember seeing Jan in the now defunct Commonwealth Bank Cycle Classic last century - before he broke onto the world stage. From memory he helped Jens Voigt to a race win - feel free to correct me.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Ulle starts preparations for this year's Ötzthaler cycling marathon

 

[Billie]

nice he's in better shape than he generally was during june when he was still a pro

 

[markene2]

Im happy for Jan, he seems to be enjoying the sport now.

 

[Marco Pantani]

Still time for him to find a team for July, Bio Passport shouldn't be an issue.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Ulle just won the "Night of Hengelo" in front o Freire

 

[Bavarianrider]

 

[Carols]

Ulle

 

[burning]

Is this race fixed like other criteriums? Anyway, It is great to see him and Freire in good shape. (Btw, I'd love to see Freire in Vitalicio Seguros jersey)

 

[Bavarianrider]

For those of you who speak German.
A new and pretty interesting interview by Jan.
Especially one point is very interesting. True Ullrich followers no this, but to the rest it might be a bit surprisng.
In this interview he explains that his biggest challenge was to avoid underweight. That was his biggest challenge for him in GTs. When he fell below a certain weight he simply had no power anymore. That was particularly a problem in the 98 tour. The day he cracked on the Galinier was the only time in his pro career he fell below 70 kilos.
Makes you wonder how todays skeleton GT riders, who are much skinnier than Ullrich ever was, can keep their power over 3 weeeks while being utra light.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8QfiGyLyhw

 

[fantomas]

For those of you who speak German.
A new and pretty interesting interview by Jan.
Especially one point is very interesting. True Ullrich followers no this, but to the rest it might be a bit surprisng.
In this interview he explains that his biggest challenge was to avoid underweight. That was his biggest challenge for him in GTs. When he fell below a certain weight he simply had no power anymore. That was particularly a problem in the 98 tour. The day he cracked on the Galinier was the only time in his pro career he fell below 70 kilos.
Makes you wonder how todays skeleton GT riders, who are much skinnier than Ullrich ever was, can keep their power over 3 weeeks while being utra light.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8QfiGyLyhw

Because they are not big by nature. Not really a mystery,

But thanks. Ullrich, unlike ie. Armstrong and Riis, always struck me as a very sympathetic guy, and this interview only adds to that.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Ullrich and Pevenage at today's "Rund um Köln"

 

[Nick C.]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/jan-ullrich-comes-in-from-the-cold

 

[Shame]

"Still has it"
I thought you meant his TdF 'victory'.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Got to blow the dust of this thread. This interview is a year and a half old though just found it and saw no one else posted it.

https://cyclingtips.com/2016/11/a-chat-with-jan-ullrich-the-cyclingtips-interview/

 

[Valv.Piti]

Re:

Got to blow the dust of this thread. This interview is a year and a half old though just found it and saw no one else posted it.

https://cyclingtips.com/2016/11/a-chat-with-jan-ullrich-the-cyclingtips-interview/

I read it all, that was a great interview. Getting pretty nostalgic, I have always loved Der Kaiser, such a humble and down to earth guy.

 

[GraftPunk]

Re: Re:

Got to blow the dust of this thread. This interview is a year and a half old though just found it and saw no one else posted it.

https://cyclingtips.com/2016/11/a-chat-with-jan-ullrich-the-cyclingtips-interview/

I read it all, that was a great interview. Getting pretty nostalgic, I have always loved Der Kaiser, such a humble and down to earth guy.

Man, I would ride with Ulle any day. I talked to him a couple of times and he seemed solid despite the bad old days.