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Published: Jun. 27, 2006
T-Mobile
T-Mobile

Team Manager: Olaf Ludwig

Jan Ullrich (G)
21. Andréas Klöden (G)
22. Giuseppe Guerini (I)
23. Serhiy Honchar (Ukr)
24. Matthias Kessler (G)
25. Eddy Mazzoleni (I)
26. Michael Rogers (Aus)
27. Patrik Sinkewitz (G)
Oscar Sevilla (Sp)

Sponsor: Mobile phone division of telecommunications company2006 budget: $18.9 millionYear current sponsor started: 2004Former title sponsors: Deutsche Telekom (1991-2003), Stuttgart (1989-90) Past Tours (as T-Mobile and Telekom): 15th participation, 27 stage wins, 2 overall wins (Riis, 1996; Ullrich, 1997), 6 green jerseys (Zabel, 1996-2001), 3 white jerseys (Ullrich, 1996-1998), 3 team classification wins (1997, 2004 and 2005) Trivia: Jan Ullrich enters the 2006 Tour as the only active rider to have won the race. Only two men in this year’s competition have won more than four stages: Ullrich has won seven, his former teammate Erik Zabel, 12.

Equipment:Bike:GiantComponents:ShimanoWheels: ShimanoClothing: adidas

T-Mobile
T-Mobile

BERNARD HINAULT'S (Pre-Tour) CALL: “This is the last chance Tour for Jan Ullrich: either he wins this year and is able to re-launch his career, or he’ll fail once again, which at 32 years of age would prove fatal. He needs to tell himself that replacements are waiting in the wings! I hope that his new team director Olaf Ludwig will help him come up with some good solutions. Unless management also grows weary and decides to go with Andreas Klöden.”

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