Sep 20, 2005
Rudy’s Back by Jan’s Side
When Jan Ullrich returned to T-Mobile/Telekom in 2004 he could not allow his personal coach and assitant/guru Rudy Pevenage to join the staff. Walter Goodefrrot and Rudy Pevenage did not get along very well, so an odd arrangment was made. Pevenage could be Jan’s assitant but not part of the T-Mobile staff. This was a very odd arrangement indeed, especially since some credit Pevenage with helping Jan with his second best Tour finish in 2003 while ridig for the almost bankrupt Bianchi team.
Now that Walter Gooderoot is no longer the head of the T-Mbile team, Jan is able to bring Rudy Pevenage on the staff. This combined with a statement from T-Mobile that Jan Ullrich is the team captain for the 2006 Tour shows that Jan has the full support of the T-Mobile team for 2006.