T-MOBILE'S HIGHS AND LOWS

It's the end of an era for T-Mobile, as their sponsor announces its decision to quit. After two Tour de France wins, an Ullrich-centric strategy and many comings and goings, the team that recently re-emerged as one of our strongest hopes in the fight to race clean, is no more.

Here are the highs and lows of the past 16 years...

Jan Ullrich is sacked on the eve of the Tour de France as it emerges he was involved with Dr Fuentes - the man at the centre of the Madrid blood doping ring. The sponsor ends it's relationship with Olaf Ludwig and brings in Bob Stapleton to run the team.

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