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Jan Ullrich arrived on the world scene in 1993, winning the amateur world title in Oslo, Norway.
Ullrich proudly lined up with team leaders, Erik Zabel (left) and Bjarne Riis, on the Alpine rest-day of the 1996 Tour de France in Gap...
1997 saw Ullrich apparently in the service of Bjarne Riis again - here he climbs the col du Val Louron ahead of his team leader, little knowing his day was to come 24 hours later...
After his work the day before, Jan Ullrich took the 1997 Tour by storm, in winning the stage to Andorra...
Jan Ullrich's powers were never higher than in the 1997 Tour, when he was forced to defend an attack by Richard Virenque at the Alpe d'Huez.
On the eve of his triumphant entry into Paris in 1997, Ullrich relaxed enough to share the podium in EuroDisney with some well known Hollywood characters...
Ullrich seemed in command of the 1998 Tour at Plateau de Bielle, riding in pursuit of stage-winner Marco Pantani with comparitive ease...
Beaten by Pantani on the previous stage, Ullrich goes on the attack on the Col de la Madelaine during the 1998 Tour hoping to prove his apparent weakness was a mere glitch...
Jan Ullrich added the 1999 Vuelta a Espana to his laurels, showing his renowned strengths in time trialling and climbing were far from over...
Ullrich capped his 1999 season with victory in the world time trial championship in Verona, Italy.
Ullrich's attack in the 2000 Olympics Road Race took the world - and Armstrong - by surprise.
The 2000 Olympics brought Ullrich back to the big-time of cycling - he celebrated a Gold medal with Andreas Kloden in the road race.
Ullrich's desperation to beat Armstrong in the 2001 Tour came under the spotlight on stage twelve...
...having lost to Armstrong on st 12, he then found another adversary in Roberto Heras (right) on stage 13, who helped Armstrong intimidate Ullrich to another time losss at Pla d' Adet...
Ullrich's last chance in the 2001 Tour came at Luz-Ardiden, but Armstrong was easily in command.
Ullrich's 2001 campaign finally paid of with victory in the World Time Trial championship in Lisbon...
Ulllrich's season had at last been capped by victory in the Lisbon time trial...what does 2002 hold for the mysterious German star?