Germany's 1997 Tour de France champion Jan Ullrich admitted today he had tested positive for amphetamines last month as a result of taking two pills during a night out with friends.
The 28-year-old Olympic champion added he would not ask for his B sample to be tested.
"That means that I accept the positive result from the A sample," he told a press conference.
Ullrich tested positive in an out of competition test on June 12th at a Bavarian rehabilitation clinic where he was recovering after a knee operation which had already ruled him out of this year's Tour de France.
Ullrich, a four-time runner-up in the Tour de France, said he accepted total responsibility for his 'idiotic' actions.
"It was an incredibly idiotic thing to do, which is inexcusable and I take full responsibility," the East German-born rider admitted.
AFP
