Do you WANT Jan Ullrich to Win the Tour??

marlboro man

Not whether you think he can or not, the question is whether you want him to win or not.

Lee · Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 4:34 pm Post subject:

Definately. But I have for several years now.
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Roy Gardiner · Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 4:34 pm Post subject:

He is without doubt one of the most talented stage race riders in history. He, like but not as much as Raymond Poulidor, has been unlucky both in the races and in coming up against a superchampion.
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legro · Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 4:34 pm Post subject:

what about whether we want him to not win or not?
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marlboro man · Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 4:36 pm Post subject:

legro · Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 4:37 pm Post subject:

thank you
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Dan Souf · Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 4:38 pm Post subject:

Patrick · Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 4:48 pm Post subject:

Deffo.
Avatar update. Cool

De Rosa · World Champ Joined: 04 Dec 2002 Posts: 10485

I really want him to win. He has been a great rider from a very young age and despite coming up against Armstrong at his peak has always got stuck in and not just ridden for second place without a fight. He has also won several other major races (Olympic Champion aint bad) and until recently had never finished worse than 2nd in a Grand Tour. But most of all he seems human as well. He is fallible and wants to live his life as well. What surprises me is everyone saying he is fat. Life is relative - I saw him at the Merckx dinner last year and he is not fat at all - he just carries more weight than some of your 6% fat cyclists and his photos make him look fat when he is not. he is also a great person - he took time out to chat to lots of fans and the thing that struck you most when you met him was how normal he was. He is a great ambassador for T Mobile and I really hope he wins this tour and then coasts towards a well earned retirement in a couple of years when he can go skiing - which he loves but is not really allowed to do - and eat a few pies and some of the pork scratchings I will send him.

Patrick · Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 5:02 pm Post subject:

OK , who voted NO?

Mardy gits.

legro · Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 5:04 pm Post subject:

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Tony Bell · T de F Winner Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 25203

I'd love to see him win it. Cool

Patrick · Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 5:29 pm Post subject:

legro · Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 5:30 pm Post subject:

he's German
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Patrick · Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 5:33 pm Post subject:

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scoobydoo · Div 3 Pro Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 3879

Yes as i do jest about him he is a talented rider. And would be good for his career.

AndyWalsh · Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 5:44 pm Post subject:

Sorry I am a mardy git, I don't reallly want to see him win. I don't think that he ever came to the tour in the best of condition against Armstrong and I can't help but feel that if he finally pulls out all the stops and comes to the Tour with the form of his life, in many ways it will be a shame. He should of done it when faced with the best Tour rider of a generation. Whatever happens this year he will never have shown his true potential.

See....a right mardy git

scoobydoo · Div 3 Pro Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 3879

See....a right mardy git[/quote]

Agreed you are

Tony Bell · T de F Winner Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 25203

I was always ambivalent about Jan, but over the last four or five years he's really grown on me. I like his attitude, and the fact that he has a 'colourful' background, but most of all it's the way he always does a storming ride in the mountains in the Tour.
He is The Jan! Worship at his bottom bracket and beg for forgiveness for all the pie-related gags you have made at his expense!

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