Some great road racing has been taking place in Germany over the last several days - its been the Tour of Germany and Jan had vowed to win this one.

By Agence France Presse
This report filed August 22, 2005
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Ullrich did what he could... photo: Agence France Presse

T-Mobile's Jan Ullrich won the eighth stage of the Tour of Germany, 31.1km time trial from Ludwigshafen to Weinheim, on Monday, but American Levi Leipheimer managed to preserve his hold on the overall lead, conceding 54 seconds to the German.

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