1997_Tour_de_France Jan_Ullrich
ullrich teammate udo bölts crossing vosges mountains during 1997 tour de france.
ullrich had 2 wins before 1997 tour; stage in tour de suisse , national road race championship week before tour. became favorite in 1997 tour de france. started strongly, finishing second in prologue behind chris boardman. on stage 9, first mountain stage won laurent brochard, ullrich worked riis. on last ascent when richard virenque attacked did ullrich react. riis struggled keep , finished 30 seconds behind virenque, marco pantani , ullrich. on stage 10 luchon andorra arcalis, riis again falling back, ullrich dropped teamcar ask permission attack. returned lead group , pushed climb leaving pantani , virenque. finished minute ahead earned first yellow jersey leader of general classification. l Équipe, greeted ullrich voilà le patron ( here boss ). ullrich won stage 12 time trial 3 minutes between himself , second placed rider, virenque, had started 3 minutes in front of him.
marco pantani attacked on stage alpe d huez. ullrich, 9 minutes ahead of pantani overall, limited losses 47 seconds. pantani attacked again on morzine stage , won, while ullrich again limited losses. in final time trial, won abraham olano, ullrich extended lead on virenque , following day became first german win tour de france. @ 23, ullrich fourth youngest winner of tour since 1947. 2 weeks later, won hews cycling classic in hamburg. further 2 weeks later ullrich beaten davide rebellin in sprint in gp suisse. chosen sports person of year in germany in 1997.
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