2023-09-08 15:47:44
The cycle is the hero of a four-episode documentary broadcast at the end of November on the Amazon Prime platform. He approaches his career and his life after without filter.
«I took massive amounts of cocaine, drank whiskey like water, until I was close to death“. Jan Ullrich’s revelations will make noise. The former cyclist is the star of an Amazon Prime documentary available November 28. The series, made up of four episodes, is dedicated to the winner of the 1997 Tour de France and is entitled “The hunted» («The prey“) and will return to the runner’s depression. It will be released a few days before the cyclist’s 50th birthday, on December 2.
Ullrich talks about his “huge fall“, five years ago, and his “personal Camino de Santiago». «It was life or death. I really wasn’t doing well. I took massive amounts of cocaine, drank whiskey like water, until I was close to death“, he admits.
“Test the limits”
From now on, “the most important thing for me is to no longer want to seek limits for the rest of my life, but on the contrary to find the right balance», explained the native of Rostock during the presentation of the documentary in Munich, for his first public appearance on Thursday.
He felt he hadsufficiently tested the limits, both upwards and downwards. I don’t need this anymore». «Twenty years later, we recognize the mistakes we made“, he said.
Errors
For the documentary, the cyclist got back on the bike and returned to the scenes of his great exploits in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
«The objective was for me to delve into the past, to return to the places where I won big races, but also where I made mistakes, which made me grow.», explains Ullrich, who thus reveals his whole story.
Doping
The German saw the end of his career darkened by doping. Excluded from the Grande Boucle in 2006 on the eve of the start, he was convicted of doping a year later by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and all of his results obtained after May 2005 were annulled. He will eventually recognize in 2013 having used doping products.
«It would be wrong to say that I did not deceive anyone. For me, I was focused on my opponents, but obviously the fans are part of thathe says.
Ullrich thus hopes that “the spectators, the supporters, the people who will see this, will be able to put themselves in my place». «I feel lighter and I’ve made peace with my past“, added Ullrich, who confided to having found the pleasure of cycling with his children.
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