‘I Feel for the Young Guys Nowadays’: Tim Declercq Q&A

What connects former professional riders Lance Armstrong and Jan Ullrich? Respect, says the German. Love, the American. Now they have revealed how long the first stage of their relationship has been – emotional re-cycling.

‘I feel for the young guys nowadays’: Tim Declercq Q&A

Cyclist ‘I feel for the young guys nowadays’: Tim Declercq Q&A Cyclist: Who were your sporting idols growing up? Tim Declerq: My first was Johan Museeuw. One of my first memories of the sport was seeing him smashing up Tenbosse in the Tour of Flanders. I was also a big fan of Jan Ullrich. Those were my two idols. It was a different time in cycling; I’m very happy that it changed a lot. When did you decide that you wanted to be a professional cyc…

At the Jan Ullrich Cycling Festival in Bad Dürrheim, Stargast Lance Armstrong revels in memory of past duels with the German Tour de France winner from 1997.