FRANKFURT: It's become a Tour de France routine: Jan Ullrich (pic) emerges from winter overweight, trains hard in spring, gets injured or sick but manages somehow to rediscover his form for cycling's showcase race in July – only to finish second to Lance Armstrong.
Ullrich's lead-up hasn't been that different this year, either, only this time the German hopes to be on top of the podium when the Tour ends on Paris' Champs-Elysees on July 25.
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