Next on the hit-list for Ullrich: Deutschland Tour

Having completed the first round of post-Tour criteriums, T-Mobile leader Jan Ullrich has now switched his focus on the Deutschland Tour (Tour of Germany), which runs from August 15-23. "I am preparing intensively in Switzerland for this race; I still have my good form from the Tour and hope to maintain it between now and the Deutschland Tour. It is a very important race, both for me and for the team," said Ullrich on t-mobile-team.com.

"The Deutschland Tour will be really tough this year," he added. "The mountain stages look really demanding - the climb to Sölden is even steeper than the Galibier. That will be a hard test."

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