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Ullrich’s Off to South Africa; Kohl Speaks Out

By Jessica | Permalink | No Comments | November 17th, 2006 | Trackback

Jan Ullrich might not have a team, but he hasn’t lost his ability to ride a bike. He’s not only been training, he’s reportedly flying to South Africa for a training camp.

In other news, he’s also got a new attorney… Who happens to have specialized in “representing former Stasi workers (Stasi being the former East German secret police) and former East German athletes and trainers who have been accused of doping. For example, in 2005 he represented track and field trainer Thomas Springstein, who was accused of having assisted in doping of under-age athletes.” How handy.

Austrian cyclist Bernhard Kohl has come out in support of Ullrich and the others implicated in the Operacion Puerto investigation:

“The doping accusations against Jan Ullrich and the others have done a lot of damage to our sport. It’s time now for those who made the accusations to present their evidence. But obviously they don’t have any. That’s character assassination.”

Kohl went on to say that the outcry over the “doping crisis” hanging over cycling were overrated: “You could tell at the World Championships in Salzburg that cycling isn’t at all in a crisis.” As someone who was at the World Championships this year, I can definitely say that the cycling fans in Salzburg didn’t seem too depressed…

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