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epa03755039 (FILE) A file picture dated 12 July 2005 shows German cyclist Jan Ullrich of the T-Mobile Team racing uphill during the tenth stage of the 2005 Tour de France cycling race in Courchevel, France. A report in a German news magazine 22 June 2013 says that former professional cyclist Jan Ullrich has for the first time admitted to blood doping. In an interview made available ahead of publication, the 39-year-old, who won the Tour de France in 1997, admitted that he was a client of Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes. "Yes, I made use of Fuentes-treatments," he said in the interview in Focus. Fuentes was at the centre of a wide-ranging blood-doping scandal, which implicated several top cyclists, as well as other sportsmen. Ullrich had earlier admitted that he was involved in cycling's doping era, but had never revealed any information. EPA/GERO BRELOER *** Local Caption *** 50209076