Jan Ullrich is a hospital after an accident. This reports “Eurosport”, citing the management of the Tour-de France winner in 1997. The 51-year-old is said to have been hit by a car that is said to have taken away the right of way during training with the racing bike.
Jan Ullrich is said to have suffered a broken collarbone, bruises and skin abrasions in the collision, according to “Eurosport”. The German cycling legend is said to have been in the hospital on Friday evening. The “picture” also reports on the accident.
Ullrich should have commented on what is happening on the “Eurosport” after the broadcasts of the Giro d’Italia in 2025, which started on Friday. The Olympic champion of 2000 now had to cancel the appearances in the live show.
On May 17th and 18th in Bad Dürrheim in the Black Forest, the “Jan Ullrich Cycling Festival” is also due to increase. Icons of sport are handing the handle into their hands. In addition to Ullrich’s long-time competitor and friend Lance Armstrong, other former tour greats such as Bradley Wiggins, Mario Cipollini, Udo Bölts, Simon Geschke, Didi Thurau or Andreas Klöden are said to be at the start.
In the future, Ullrich tends in this direction
In any case, Ullrich, who, like Armstrong had been discredited due to a doping past, wants to devote itself more to cycling again.
“I am partially on the road as a TV expert. This is also the direction in which I tend in the future. What I do not see for myself is an activity as a sporting director because I have other projects much more fun,” he recently said in an interview with the “SID”. “I rather see myself working with children and young people who still need help to stay up and to absorb cycling fever”. The “picture” also explained Ulrich that he will soon hope to be able to put his status as a “undesirable person” at the Tour de France.
The 1999 Vuelta winner had spoken publicly about his doping past in the past few months after lavating around for the first time. The native of Rostock also left alcohol and drug capades behind.
Now, however, a quick recovery should be in the foreground.