There are great and reassuring pictures of Jan Ullrich: The former Radstar side by side with his former rival and today’s friend and “lifesaver” Lance Armstrong (51). The 1997 Tour de France winner is happily cycling through Mallorca with the American. Together in a team with Armstrong, Ullrich (48) is again taking part in a hobby race on Mallorca.
“Perfect weather and beautiful routes – this year I have again followed @lancearmstrong’s personal invitation and will be with him and a fantastic team at #THEMOVE #Mallorca 2022 for a few days,” Ullrich writes on Instagram for a picture , which shows him with his buddy on the bike in front of a breathtaking backdrop.
But not only that: it also shows a man who is obviously further on the sunny side of life.
We want to see such pictures of one of the most tragic sports heroes in the nation!
Jan Ullrich fought his way out of the swamp of addiction again and again
About a year ago there were rumors that the ex-bike star, who had fallen so deeply in sport and, above all, privately, had experienced a relapse into drug and alcohol addiction. But his hospitalization was due to blood poisoning.
“I’ve escaped death again!” Ullrich said at the time.
Escaping death seems to be deeply engraved in Jan Ullrich’s life program. He always had a very special helper at his side in Lance Armstrong, with whom he fought the most bitter and epic fights when he was still active in cycling. Armstrong, whose five Tour de France titles were all annulled for doping offenses, took good care of his buddy and kept helping him out of the swamp he had created himself.
Brothers in spirit – on so many levels. Now they are on the move again on a sporty level, as confident as they used to be – with a big grin. May it always be so…