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אולריך לארמסטרונג (מתוך cyclingnews): Pevenage on Lance vs. Jan Jan Ullrich's personal assistant Rudy Pevenage is more confident about the prospects of his rider in the upcoming Tour de France. Before Ullrich won the Tour de Suisse on the final day by just one second, Pevenage told L'Equipe, "The Tour de Suisse wasn't really an objective, but if he can win it he'll be very happy Sunday night. It's important for the morale." With that morale booster behind him, Ullrich will enter the Tour with his best June form for years, after a final month build up that included the Tours of Germany and Switzerland. "Jan's condition is a little better than last year," Pevenage told Belgian TV channel Sporza. He hasn't had any health problems in the last month. And if there's one thing that there is no doubt about, it's his base condition. He trained in his high pressure chamber sometimes. In the afternoon he was training on the road for six to seven hours." Pevenage rued the absence of Alexandre Vinokourov, who was third in the Tour last year but injured his shoulder in a crash during the Tour de Suisse. "Vino is irreplaceable," said Pevenage. "Zabel will certainly do his sprints, but the other seven should ride in Jan's service." Pevenage hopes that T-Mobile will not lose any time to US Postal in the Stage 4 team time trial, and is also keeping an eye on Stage 3 from Waterloo to Wasquehal, which contains a long stretch of cobbles near the finish [and also a small Tour de France museum near Frasnes-lez-Anvaing en route-Ed.]. "A few will lose time there," said Pevenage. On the climbs, Pevenage still rates Armstrong as the best. "Jan cannot ride away with a blistering uphill attack," he said. "That remains the specialty of Lance. But if the condition is a little improved, he can certainly respond to such an attack, à la Indurain. As for race instinct, Lance is perhaps a bit better than Jan, but he has still reacted well in the last few years. Take Jan's attack on the Tourmalet last year. He felt good and with some luck he could have been away with someone like Mayo."
אולריך לארמסטרונג (מתוך cyclingnews): Pevenage on Lance vs. Jan Jan Ullrich's personal assistant Rudy Pevenage is more confident about the prospects of his rider in the upcoming Tour de France. Before Ullrich won the Tour de Suisse on the final day by just one second, Pevenage told L'Equipe, "The Tour de Suisse wasn't really an objective, but if he can win it he'll be very happy Sunday night. It's important for the morale." With that morale booster behind him, Ullrich will enter the Tour with his best June form for years, after a final month build up that included the Tours of Germany and Switzerland. "Jan's condition is a little better than last year," Pevenage told Belgian TV channel Sporza. He hasn't had any health problems in the last month. And if there's one thing that there is no doubt about, it's his base condition. He trained in his high pressure chamber sometimes. In the afternoon he was training on the road for six to seven hours." Pevenage rued the absence of Alexandre Vinokourov, who was third in the Tour last year but injured his shoulder in a crash during the Tour de Suisse. "Vino is irreplaceable," said Pevenage. "Zabel will certainly do his sprints, but the other seven should ride in Jan's service." Pevenage hopes that T-Mobile will not lose any time to US Postal in the Stage 4 team time trial, and is also keeping an eye on Stage 3 from Waterloo to Wasquehal, which contains a long stretch of cobbles near the finish [and also a small Tour de France museum near Frasnes-lez-Anvaing en route-Ed.]. "A few will lose time there," said Pevenage. On the climbs, Pevenage still rates Armstrong as the best. "Jan cannot ride away with a blistering uphill attack," he said. "That remains the specialty of Lance. But if the condition is a little improved, he can certainly respond to such an attack, à la Indurain. As for race instinct, Lance is perhaps a bit better than Jan, but he has still reacted well in the last few years. Take Jan's attack on the Tourmalet last year. He felt good and with some luck he could have been away with someone like Mayo."