FILE: Germany's T-Mobile cycle team sack former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich by fax after he became embroiled in a doping investigation

Record ID: 723381

  • Title: FILE: Germany's T-Mobile cycle team sack former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich by fax after he became embroiled in a doping investigation
  • Date: 22nd July 2006
  • Summary: STRASBOURG, FRANCE (JUNE 30, 2006) (REUTERS) JAN ULLRICH OF T-MOBILE ARRIVONG AT CONGRESS BUILDING FOR MEDICAL AND SURROUNDED BY REPORTER ULLRICH GETTING UNDRESSED ANMD SITTING ON TABLE
  • Embargoed: 6th August 2006 13:00
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  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA5N9T7JFBBV3EBF3AWWFIVVJMS
  • Story Text: Germany's T-Mobile Team has sacked former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich by fax after he became embroiled in a doping investigation, the rider's management said in a statement on Friday.
    The statement said Ullrich, who received the fax on Thursday, did not accept the decision.
    "I am very disappointed about the fact the decision was not communicated to me personally but by T-Mobile's lawyers in a fax," Ullrich was quoted as saying. "The dismissal by T-Mobile is not acceptable for me."
    T-Mobile withdrew the 32-year-old German from this year's Tour and suspended him following a doping investigation in Spain.
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