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Article: Ullrich Settles for Second Again
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- July 26, 2003
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Dateline: NANTES, France
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Jan Ullrich came along at the wrong time. Otherwise, he might own
a big collection of Tour de France titles.
The German could end up as the greatest cyclist to win just one Tour.
Slowed by a fall Saturday during the next-to-last stage, Ullrich lost
more time to Lance Armstrong and is almost certain to finish second
to the American once again.
Unless something odd happens in Sunday's traditionally ceremonial
final ride into the heart of Paris, Ullrich will be the runner-up
in the overall standings for the fifth time.
He was second to Bjarne Riis of Denmark in 1996, and to Marco Pantani
of Italy in 1998. In between, Ullrich won ...