Let’s talk about a huge clean-up. T-Mobile has spent the last years building a team around Ullrich and now, due to the Fuentes-scandal, the German was dismissed, leaving a team without their main figure. In the following winter most experienced riders, including many friends of Der Jan, were let go and the managers started to buy a new team with money from the financially strong telecom company.


Since these purchases included a bunch of mediocre riders as well, the team in total seems to hold the same quality as it used to during the Ullrich-decade. Ivanov, Klöden, Kessler and Mazzoleni ...