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1337wtfomgbbq · 1 year ago

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On this day in cycling history...

Jan Ullrich became UCI amateur world champion in Oslo. He would go on to dedicate this win to his grandfather, who sadly had passed away 14 days previously.

"He was always rooting for me and was one of my biggest fans," said Ullrich in an interview at the time, "and 14 days after he died, I became world champion in Oslo."

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#cycling history #jan ullrich #cycling stuff #cycling #uci world championship 1993 #fyi: jan learned about his grandfather passing during training for the worlds #and he was so distraught that they had to drive him home so he could be with his family #his grandfather was his biggest hero #another fyi: jan watched lance beat indurain during the men's road race #and he was absolutely stunned at lance beating indurain #Youtube #btw: thank you to the jan ullrich ultras on insta fro reminding me of this

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