About Jan Ullrich
Jan Ullrich is considered one of the greatest athletes the country has ever seen. In 1997, he became the first and only German to win the Tour de France. In the years that followed, he sparked unprecedented cycling euphoria, with millions of people glued to their screens to follow every race. But his meteoric rise was followed by a deep fall. Following doping allegations in 2006, Ullrich was banned from the Tour de France. The story of Jan Ullrich is the story of an exceptional athlete who had to push beyond all his limits – in order to finally rediscover his center and his zest for life.
