Another fright for Ullrich

By Hedwig Kröner in Mulhouse

The fortunes of T-Mobile turned quickly today when Jan Ullrich, designated race captain, crashed on the descent of the very first climb on his way to Mulhouse. "I was on a pretty sharp twist of the road, doing about 60 km/h, when I caught a gust of wind which brought me to the right hand side," Ullrich related post-stage. "So I went off into this ditch and somersaulted three or four times. I have a couple of bruises but I'm fine." Team doctor Lothar Heinrich is also "95 percent" sure that Ullrich has suffered no broken bones, but will nevertheless take the 31 year-old to hospital for x-rays.

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