Jan Ullrich

Jan Ullrich

Jan Ullrich: The Best There Never Was is the first biography of Jan Ullrich, arguably the most naturally talented cyclist of his generation, and also one of the most controversial champions of the Tour de France.In 1997, Jan Ullrich announced himself to the wo......
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<p><b><i>Jan Ullrich: The Best There Never Was </i>is the first biography of Jan Ullrich, arguably the most naturally talented cyclist of his generation, and also one of the most controversial champions of the Tour de France.</b><br><br>In 1997, Jan Ullrich announced himself to the world by obliterating his rivals in the first mountain stage of the Tour de France. So awesome was his display that it sent shockwaves throughout the world of cycling and invited headlines such as <i>L’Équipe</i>’s ‘The New Giant’. He went on to become Germany’s first ever Tour winner, storming to victory in that edition by almost ten minutes, a result that was greeted as an era-defining changing of the guard. Everyone agreed: Jan Ullrich was the future of cycling. He was soon also voted Germany’s most popular sportsperson of all time, and his rivalry with Lance Armstrong defined the most controversial years of the
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<p><b><i>Jan Ullrich: The Best There Never Was </i>is the first biography of Jan Ullrich, arguably the most naturally talented cyclist of his generation, and also one of the most controversial champions of the Tour de France.</b><br><br>In 1997, Jan Ullrich announced himself to the world by obliterating his rivals in the first mountain stage of the Tour de France. So awesome was his display that it sent shockwaves throughout the world of cycling and invited headlines such as <i>L’Équipe</i>’s ‘The New Giant’. He went on to become Germany’s first ever Tour winner, storming to victory in that edition by almost ten minutes, a result that was greeted as an era-defining changing of the guard. Everyone agreed: Jan Ullrich was the future of cycling. He was soon also voted Germany’s most popular sportsperson of all time, and his rivalry with Lance Armstrong defined the most controversial years of the Tour de France.<br><br>Now, Daniel Friebe – who has covered twenty-one editions of the Tour de France – has gone in search of the man who was said in 1997 would go on to dominate his sport for a generation, but never quite managed it.<br><br>Just what did happen to the best who never was?<br><br>This is a gripping account of how unbearable expectation, mental and physical fragility, the effects of a complicated childhood, a morally corrupt sport and one individual – Lance Armstrong – can conspire to reroute destiny.<br><br><b>Daniel Friebe takes us from the legacy of East Germany’s drugs programme to the pinnacle of pro cycling and asks: what price can you give sporting immortality?</b></p>

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Oppdag Jan Ullrich: Legenden innen sykling

Jan Ullrich: The Best There Never Was er en fengslende biografi om Jan Ullrich, som regnes som en av de mest talentfulle syklistene i sin generasjon og samtidig en av de mest omdiskuterte Tour de France-mesterne. I 1997 ble han en global sensasjon da han fullstendig overkjørte sine rivaler i den første fjell etappen av Tour de France. Hans fantastiske prestasjon skapte overskrifter og ble en skarp overgang i sykkelsportens historie!

En legende med uventede vendinger

Jan Ullrich ble Tysklands første Tour de France-vinner, med en seiersmargin på nesten ti minutter. Dette øyeblikket ble ansett som en historisk vending, og Ullrich ble umiddelbart udrøpt som fremtidens stjerne innen sykling. Men hva skjedde med denne talentefulle syklisten som alle trodde ville dominere sporten i mange år fremover?

  • Forfatter: Daniel Friebe, med over 21 år med erfaring fra Tour de France
  • Tematikk: En dypdykk i forventninger, mentale utfordringer, og kampen med en kompleks barndom
  • Kritisk blikk: Hvordan omstendigheter kan endre en skjebne

Jan Ullrichs arv – et prisverdig epilog

Friebe tar leseren med på en reise fra FDDRs dopingprogram til toppen av profesjonell sykling. Han stiller spørsmålet: Hva er prisen for sportslig udødelighet? Jan Ullrich: The Best There Never Was gir en gripende og tankevekkende opplevelse som tar for seg både triumfer og tragedier, og gir et unikt perspektiv på hva det innebærer å være idrettsutøver i en tid preget av press og forventninger.

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