Ullrich's brother

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It just says something I didn't know, that Jan's mechanic is his brother, Stefan, who at some
point was RDA's 800m champion.

Wow, that is great to see. Maybe, when we have seen a larger rider on the bike, it was really Stefan
instead of Jan.

For real cycling entertainment, run the Google translator on this article and you will have plenty
of laughs. I specially like the "Lathe of France cyclist..' line. Of course, I bet some of the
riders have actually felt like they've been turned on a lathe for the last 3 weeks.

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The life of Jan Ullrich on the Lathe of France cyclist is a business of family and organization:
when the day of the winner of 1997 stops, starts that of his/her brother Stefan, its first
admirateur, but also especially, his mechanic within the Bianchi team. At 32 years, the elder one
of the four Ullrich brothers is the spit portrait of its 29 year old junior. To the gold ring in
the left ear. Its professional course on the other hand is less brilliant, even if Jan knew these
last seasons more bottom than tops. When Jan joined Bianchi in spring, after an unfruitful turning
at fire TEAM Coast, the elder one of the brothers originating in Rostock is with unemployment.
However, extremely of one experiment to the German Federation of cycling, Jan discharges it. Since,
it prepares with love the bicycles of his brother, demolishes and remakes the luggage, bichonne the
machines until the middle of the night. "It is a mecano of first order", known as besides of him
the double champion of against-the-shows 1999 and 2001. Last Friday, at the time of
against-the-shows between Gaillac and Cap' Découverte, flown over by Ullrich in front of its
American rival Lance Armstrong, Stefan, until a little "stressed there" by the environment of the
Turn, had the feeling to have done its work to perfection. On arrival, the two brothers fell
themselves into the arms, in tears.

"During against-the-shows, I always hear it howl behind in the car of the team. Afterwards, it is
enroué all the evening ", tells the captain of Bianchi. Former champion of GDR junior of the 800 m,
Stefan remembers to have dreamed of a career champion cycle with Jan, the second, before Thomas and
Felix. "We divided the same room with Jan. One always spoke about bicycle. I am happy and proud that
it achieved our dream of child ", tells
it.

Jan Ullrich measures well the importance of this situation. "It is pleasant to be in family within
the team. Ca often does not arrive in the bicycle ". On the roads all the year, it joined the family
cocoon only at the time of the festivals of Christmas.

There is only one step to cross to affirm that Stefan is not foreign with the good performance of
his/her brother, when this one states "to surprise myself in this Turn".

I think it was Stefan who had a knee injury yet continued to race, thereby ending his career. If I
recall, Jan cited this as why he was careful not to resume racing too soon after his own knee
injury in 1999.