German court upholds Ullrich injunction against Franke

By Susan Westemeyer

A court in Hamburg, Germany, has upheld an injunction preventing anti-doping crusader Werner Franke from claiming that Jan Ullrich spent 35,000 Euros in a year on illegal doping products. "This decision meets all our expectations. Franke can't get out of it," said Ullrich's attorney, Dr. Ulrich Theune, in a press release.

Franke made the claim this past summer, in light of the Operacion Puerto doping scandal. The court issued an injunction prohibiting further statements such as those made in August and has now twice rejected Franke's appeal of the injunction.

"I am happy that the Hamburg court has put a stop to these groundless claims. Whoever says false things about me must reckon with consequences," said Ullrich.