{"id":20604,"date":"2013-06-24T10:56:36","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T08:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/1997-tdf-winner-ullrich-admits-to-blood-doping\/"},"modified":"2013-06-24T10:56:36","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T08:56:36","slug":"1997-tdf-winner-ullrich-admits-to-blood-doping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/1997-tdf-winner-ullrich-admits-to-blood-doping\/","title":{"rendered":"1997 TDF winner Ullrich admits to blood-doping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=5914\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5914\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5914 \" alt=\"Jan Ullrich. Photo: Alex Grimm, Bongarts\/Getty Images\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/94d33_8566848.jpg\" width=\"371\" height=\"248\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jan Ullrich. Photo: Alex Grimm, Bongarts\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Jan Ullrich\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jan_Ullrich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Jan Ullrich<\/a> has admitted for the first time that he received <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Blood doping\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blood_doping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">blood-doping<\/a> treatment from doctor <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Eufemiano Fuentes\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eufemiano_Fuentes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Eufemiano Fuentes<\/a> during his career.<\/p>\n<p>Ullrich had previously acknowledged having unspecified \u201ccontact\u201d with Fuentes, but went further in an interview with the weekly Focus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I received treatment from Fuentes,\u201d the retired German rider was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he engaged only in blood doping with Fuentes, Ullrich replied that \u201cthe doctor\u2019s diagnosis says that.\u201d He said he couldn\u2019t remember how many times he had received treatment from Fuentes.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2012, the Court of Arbitration for Sport banned Ullrich for two years for blood doping.<\/p>\n<p>The CAS ruled that the German was \u201cfully engaged\u201d in Fuentes\u2019 doping program, exposed in the Operation Puerto probe. The court stripped him of his third-place finish at the 2005 Tour.<\/p>\n<p>Ullrich retired from racing in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Ullrich didn\u2019t contest the CAS ruling, saying at the time that he wanted to \u201cput an end to the issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>IOC vice-president <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Thomas Bach\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Bach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Thomas Bach<\/a>, who also heads Germany\u2019s national Olympic committee, said the confession is \u201ctoo little, too late.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJan Ullrich had his chance for a creditable admission a couple of years ago and he missed it,\u201d Bach said in an emailed statement. \u201cToday\u2019s confirmation of some of the already well known and established facts does not help Jan Ullrich nor cycling.\u201d \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonjournal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Postmedia News<\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/r.zemanta.com\/?u=http%3A\/\/www.canada.com\/sports\/Tour%2BFrance%2Bwinner%2BUllrich%2Badmits%2Bblood%2Bdoping\/8566849\/story.htmla=179234092rid=2ae4f9d2-4562-44d4-92d1-b8223ea91a56e=fa1542aa74edfb816a67cc46443c9533\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/94d33_179234092_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/r.zemanta.com\/?u=http%3A\/\/www.canada.com\/sports\/Tour%2BFrance%2Bwinner%2BUllrich%2Badmits%2Bblood%2Bdoping\/8566849\/story.htmla=179234092rid=2ae4f9d2-4562-44d4-92d1-b8223ea91a56e=fa1542aa74edfb816a67cc46443c9533\" target=\"_blank\">Former Tour de France winner Ullrich admits to blood-doping<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/journaltimes.com\/sports\/report-jan-ullrich-admits-blood-doping\/article_1f41ee86-3d3a-5b1d-8d97-a285f1d66272.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/94d33_179073812_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/journaltimes.com\/sports\/report-jan-ullrich-admits-blood-doping\/article_1f41ee86-3d3a-5b1d-8d97-a285f1d66272.html\" target=\"_blank\">Report: Jan Ullrich admits blood doping<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.velonation.com\/News\/ID\/14821\/Jan-Ullrich-admits-to-doping-with-Fuentes.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/94d33_179090039_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.velonation.com\/News\/ID\/14821\/Jan-Ullrich-admits-to-doping-with-Fuentes.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Jan Ullrich admits to doping with Fuentes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/589d9_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan Ullrich. Photo: Alex Grimm, Bongarts\/Getty Images Jan Ullrich has admitted for the first time that he received blood-doping treatment from doctor Eufemiano Fuentes during his career. Ullrich had previously acknowledged having unspecified \u201ccontact\u201d with Fuentes, but went further in an interview with the weekly Focus. \u201cYes, I received treatment from Fuentes,\u201d the retired German [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[3258,830,885],"class_list":{"0":"post-20604","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-mysport","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-sport","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}