Peloton News.

Reuters has a nice profile of Jan Ullrich and examines the man's career. Ullrich has an autobiography out now and said in no uncertain terms:

This race will probable decide if I'm to be remembered years from now as a gifted talent who made life hard on himself but still got his act together for great victories or a sloppy genius.

Whether Ullrich can do it this year is certainly open to question, London bookmakers have Armstrong as the heavy favorite (although not by so much as in the past). Armstrong is 11/10 while Ullrich his closest competitor is at 5/2. Here's a link. (Why does UK Yahoo have all the odds but not US Yahoo)?

Also, here is an interesting item about how several other of cycling's greatest riders lost the Tour de France on their sixth try.
- posted by Base10 @ 3:43 PM