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Article: Ullrich looks to break Armstrong's stranglehold on Tour de France
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- June 28, 2004
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NESHA STARCEVIC, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
06-28-2004
Dateline: FRANKFURT, Germany
It's become a Tour de France routine: Jan Ullrich 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.
The pressure on Ullrich to succeed this year is perhaps greater than ever. Hugely talented and powerful, the 30-year-old risks being remembered as one of the Tour's great ...