What country does Jan Ullrich ride for?
Professional bike racing is organized by so-called “trade teams,” not by countries, so the nationality of a rider is largely irrelevant. In the trade team system, teams are named after and get a budget from their sponsors, and offer jobs (usually one- to three-year contracts) to the riders they like best. Riders are free agents, and join the teams that offer the best combination of salary, performance bonuses, and shared goals. Although a few teams like to identify strongly with their country of origin by hiring a large proportion of local riders (for example, ONCE in Spain and Deutsche Telekom in Germany), most teams are a potpourri of riders from around the world. Lance Armstrong’s U.S. Postal Service team in 2002 included riders from the United States, Canada, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway, Czechoslovakia, and Australia. The 2002 Tour de France jersey winners included an American riding for an American team, an Australian riding for a Belgian team, and a Lithuanian riding for a
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