"Gobsmackingly Brilliant" rides of 2000

HP Laser Jet Women's Challenge

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Jan Ullrich's Olympic Gold.
This was the demonstration that road racing is a team game. An object lesson for all coaches.

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Elisabeth
Germany
Sun, 10 Dec

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Jan Ullrich and Co exhibiting the brilliance of German efficiency in the Olympic team time trial aka road race.

Brian Hawley
Sacramento, Ca
Sun, 10 Dec

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Ullrich in the Olympic Road Race for mine. I was there and it was as exciting as sport gets - the boy is back. And I'd also like to get the video.

Kathie Stove
Adelaide, South Australia
Fri, 8 Dec

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Jan Ullrich - The Olympics. This guy takes way too much crap from the press, he peaked when it counted, and second spot on the tour podium is not exactly a bad performance either.

Nick
Alaska, USA
Thu, 7 Dec

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Winning the Tour for Armstrong was great. Ullrich confirming he is a great champion in the Olympic Road Race also deserves top nods. And how about Zabel? But the ultimate ride for 2000 happened in Italy. Not on a bike but in a car, as Il Pirate himself managed to bang up 8 cars in one shot and walk away with clean hands. Marco proves he is still in a class by himself.

Jared Zimlin
Thu, 7 Dec

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Ullrich in Sydney

Allan
[Long .sig snipped but quite emphatically from:] Canada
Wed, 6 Dec

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Ulrich's Olympic Gold . This was the classic demonstration that road racing is a team game. An object lesson for all coaches to use - where can I buy the video?

Ian Robertson
Renfrewshire, Scotland
Monday, December 4

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Two images sum up the best rides of 2000. One is a still photo and the other is a video clip.
Look at the photo of the break in the Olympic men's race. Ulrich is composed and focused. His compatriots appear on the verge of popping the proverbial blood vessel, straining with bug eyes to stay on the wheel! Say what you will about the three Telekom riders in the break, it was only a matter of time before he rode them off his wheel.

Barry White
Chicago, IL USA
Tuesday, December 5

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Jan Ullrich winning the Olympic road race.

Scott Goldstein
USA
Friday, December 1

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Intertwined with that, the Olympics. Jan Ullrich's performances at the Olympics. We can complain how very Teutonic the whole orchestration of the finale seemed, but then again, he (and his team) ARE German and either everyone else was not be riding the same race or it was a perfectly timed manoeuvre with plenty of luck to have team-mates with him. In spite of his over-publicized weight problems, and his rather bland persona, he is a perfect adversary for the many hard men in this sport.

Regis Chapman
USA
Tuesday, November 27

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Ullrich down under.

Alexander Vogt
Germany
Tue, 12 Dec

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Ullrich, Olympic road race. Attack of the year?

Kjetil Haaland
Hamar, Norway
Wed, 13 Dec

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Ullrich - Pure Class - I was at the Olympics, I saw it for myself.

Mark Windsor
Bathurst NSW, Australia
Fri, 15 Dec
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Olympic RR: Ullrich, Vinokourov, Kloden. I wonder what Kloden said to Vinokourov as Ullrich went away? Did you see the look on Vinokourov's face? I bet he would have beat them in a three up sprint.

T Sexton
Rochester, NY
Thu, 14 Dec

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