Tuesday, January 16, 2007

T-Mobile take on future without Ullrich

Mallorca, Jan 16: T-Mobile cycling team unveiled their 2007 line-up on the Spanish island of Mallorca on Saturday. Following the sacking of former captain Jan Ullrich for alleged doping offences, the team have made a number of new signings for their assault on the world's major cycling races this season. Austrian Bernhard Eisel, Denmark's Jacob Piil and world under-23 road champion Gerald Ciolek will hope to push team leader Michael Rogers on to major triumphs with the Tour de France, as always, top of the priority list. The German team will look to quickly forget a troubled 2006 which turned sour on the eve of the Tour when team leader and pre-race favourite Ullrich was sacked following links between him and a Spanish doping investigation. The first big test for the team comes in two weeks' time with the Grand Prix of Doha, swiftly followed by the Tour de Qatar. Bureau Report

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