Editing Jan Ullrich (section)

====2000–2002 Tours====
The [[2000 Tour de France]] brought Ullrich, Marco Pantani and Armstrong against each other for the first time. Armstrong proved too strong and won then and again in 2001. Ullrich crashed during a descent in 2001 and Armstrong waited for him to return to his bike.<ref name="usatoday.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/cycling/2003-07-21-tour-fall_x.htm |title=Lance's fall leads to display of Tour sportsmanship |work=USA Today  |date=21 July 2003 |access-date=2 October 2009}}</ref> Ullrich cited his failure to defeat Armstrong as why he fell into depression the following year.

Ullrich rode well in the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in Sydney, Australia. After establishing a three-man break with Telekom teammates [[Andreas Klöden]] and [[Alexander Vinokourov]], Ullrich won the gold with Vinokourov second and Klöden rounding out the all-Telekom podium. He won the silver in the time-trial, losing by only seven seconds to [[Viatcheslav Ekimov]] but beating Armstrong soundly into third.

In May 2002, Ullrich had his driver's license revoked after a [[drunk driving]] incident.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news/index.php?id=2002/may02/may06news |title=Ullrich's blood alcohol level more than 1.4 g/L|publisher=Autobus.cyclingnews.com |date=6 May 2002 |access-date=17 July 2012}}</ref> After a positive blood sample for [[amphetamine]] in June 2002,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news/?id=2002/jul02/jul04news2 |title=Ullrich tests non-negative for amphetamines |publisher=Autobus.cyclingnews.com |date=4 July 2002 |access-date=17 July 2012}}</ref> Ullrich's contract with Team Telekom was ended, and he was banned for six months. He said he had taken [[ecstasy (drug)|ecstasy]] with amphetamine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news/?id=2002/jul02/jul06news2 |title=Ullrich foregoes B test: "It was a stupidity"|publisher=Autobus.cyclingnews.com |date=6 July 2002 |access-date=17 July 2012}}</ref> He had not been racing since January due to a knee injury,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news/?id=2002/may02/may08news |title=Ullrich concedes in Battle of Jan's Knee|publisher=Autobus.cyclingnews.com |access-date=17 July 2012}}</ref> and the [[German Cycling Federation]]'s disciplinary committee agreed that he was not attempting to use the drug for [[doping (Sport)|performance enhancement]], so he was given a minimum suspension.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news/?id=2002/jul02/jul24news |title=Ullrich given six months suspension|publisher=Autobus.cyclingnews.com |access-date=17 July 2012}}</ref>

Following a disappointing 2002 season, Ullrich was looking for a new team, with interest coming from {{UCI team code|CSC|2002}},<ref>{{cite web |last1=Henry |first1=Chris |title=Ullrich confident about CSC move |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news/?id=2002/nov02/nov03news |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=23 September 2019 |date=3 November 2002}}</ref> {{UCI team code|SAE|2002}},<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Jeff |title=Saeco interested in Ullrich |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news/?id=2002/nov02/nov19news |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=23 September 2019 |date=19 November 2002}}</ref> and {{UCI team code|PHO|2003}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Jeff |title=Phonak steps up in Ullrich bidding |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news/?id=2003/jan03/jan06news |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=23 September 2019 |date=6 January 2003}}</ref>