Former Tour winner Ullrich retires

Former Tour de France champion Jan Ullrich announced his retirement from competitive cycling yesterday. The 33-year-old German, who won the sport's most prestigious race in 1997, said at a presentation in Hamburg he would work as an adviser to the...

Former Tour de France champion Jan Ullrich announced his retirement from competitive cycling yesterday.

The 33-year-old German, who won the sport's most prestigious race in 1997, said at a presentation in Hamburg he would work as an adviser to the small Austrian Volksbank team.

"I will continue my involvement in cycling, but I'm ending my active career as a professional cyclist," Ullrich said. "I will continue as an adviser at the Volksbank team."

Ullrich was withdrawn from the T-Mobile team just before last year's Tour de France after being linked with a massive doping investigation in Spain.

He was suspended and then dropped by his team despite his insistence that he was not involved in doping.

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