Article: Cycl: Ullrich humbled but unbowed by Armstrong

Article: Ullrich gives Armstrong a run for his money in 2003 ...
AP Worldstream;  July 21, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... ever come to toppling Lance Armstrong: Ullrich is probably the only opponent ... of energy and gumption, Ullrich trounced Armstrong in Friday's time trial ... this magnitude, with the Ullrich-Armstrong duel for the Tour title is ...

Article: Ullrich in a race with Armstrong to the top of the ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  July 25, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Ullrich is the opposite of Armstrong. But Ullrich is also what Armstrong might ... for the fastest sprints. Ullrich attacked, and Armstrong was forced to follow. In ... Indurain and the domination of Armstrong. Ullrich was just 23 then, an untrackable ...

Article: Ullrich in a race with Armstrong to the top of the ...
The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  July 25, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Ullrich is the opposite of Armstrong. But Ullrich is also what Armstrong might ... for the fastest sprints. Ullrich attacked, and Armstrong was forced to follow. In ... Indurain and the domination of Armstrong. Ullrich was just 23 then, an untrackable ...

Article: Armstrong-Ullrich: A clash of titans at the Tour de ...
AP Worldstream;  July 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... says he felt watching Ullrich triumph in the Pyrenees in 1997, Armstrong doesn't sound like ... The 55-second lead Armstrong built over Ullrich in two time trials this ... is to win. So far, Armstrong, Ullrich, American Tyler Hamilton ...

Article: Ullrich looks to break Armstrong's stranglehold on ...
AP Worldstream;  June 28, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... to finish second to Lance Armstrong. Ullrich's lead-up hasn't been ... have proved a handful for Armstrong. Ullrich, meanwhile, started the ... whets my appetite for more." Armstrong rates Ullrich, who tends to get stronger ...

Article: Lack of preparation cost Ullrich more Tour titles, says ...
AP Worldstream;  July 23, 2005 ;     638 words ... ... more muscular rider than Armstrong, Ullrich is also a famously slow starter ... is already too far ahead. Armstrong believes Ullrich's problems stem from a ... loss and may have tested Armstrong more. Ullrich slowly crept back to form ...

Article: Ullrich looks for change of luck in final bid to dethrone ...
AP Worldstream;  July 11, 2005 ;     674 words ... ... lost 66 seconds to Armstrong. Ullrich slowly crept back ... in 1996 _ the year Armstrong abandoned mid-race and the only time Ullrich has ever beaten him ... But since 1999, Ullrich has been in Armstrong's shadow. Beaten ...