Ullrich set for Giro test
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ByEurosport
Published 22/03/2006 at 10:41 GMT
Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich will use the Giro D'Italia as a springboard for his Grande Boucle bid the team said on Tuesday. The winner of the 1997 Tour will race in the Tour of Italy from May 6 to May 28 as preparation for this year's TDF.
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"I'll be testing my legs on a few stages," the German said. "I will not be concentrating on the GC however."
The 32-year-old Ullrich has been training in Italy since March and is yet to make his first appearance this season.
He plans on making his 2006 debut at the Circuit Cycliste Sarthe in France on April 4.
"I am ready to start racing," Ullrich told he T-Mobile website.
He added that his training this season has been "more advanced" for this season.
"I started training in November already, so I've done more than in other years."
Ullrich has made winning the first Tour de France in the post-Lance Armstrong era his main goal, and has even received the backing of the seven-time Tour winner.
Armstrong, who retired in 2005 after his seventh consecutive Tour victory, has said the Ullrich will win this year's contest by "four or five minutes."
Though his season is starting later than most, T-Mobile sporting director Rudy Pevenage has been on hand to supervise the team leaders training camp in Tuscany.
"Jan is on track and can apply his training plan here perfectly," Pevenage said of the picturesque Italian countryside.
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