Ullrich's manager blasts Deutschland Tour organizers

By Susan Westemeyer

As might be expected, Jan Ullrich's manager doesn't think much of comments that his client shouldn't be invited to the Tour of Deutschland next year. "If it weren't for Jan, the Deutschland Tour, as it is now, wouldn't exist," Wolfgang Strohband told www.radsport-aktiv.de. "It's an insult to the fans to discriminate against one of the most successful German athletes simply because of speculation, and to want to deny him a start" in the tour.

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