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{{short description|American cyclist}}
{{short description|American cyclist}}
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{{Infobox cyclist
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Bobby Julich
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| proteam3 = [[Motorola (cycling team)|Motorola]]
| proteam3 = [[Motorola (cycling team)|Motorola]]
| proyears4 = 1997–1999
| proyears4 = 1997–1999
| proteam4 = {{ct|COF|1997}}
| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|COF|1997}}
| proyears5 = 2000–2001
| proyears5 = 2000–2001
| proteam5 = {{ct|C.A|2000}}
| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|C.A|2000}}
| proyears6 = 2002–2003
| proyears6 = 2002–2003
| proteam6 = {{ct|THR|2002}}
| proteam6 = {{UCI team code|THR|2002}}
| proyears7 = 2004–2008
| proyears7 = 2004–2008
| proteam7 = {{ct|SAX|2004}}
| proteam7 = {{UCI team code|SAX|2004}}
| majorwins = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]'''
| majorwins = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]'''
:'''[[Tour de France]]'''
:'''[[Tour de France]]'''
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'''Robert Julich''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|uː|l|ɪ|k}} {{Respell|JOO|lik}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2t2kSIfs7k |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/w2t2kSIfs7k |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=CTS 20th Anniversary – Bobby Julich|website=[[YouTube]]|access-date=17 June 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>), popularly called '''Bobby Julich''', (born on November 18, 1971, in [[Corpus Christi, Texas]]) is an American former professional [[road bicycle racer]] who last rode for [[Team CSC]] in the [[UCI ProTour]] racing series. He got his international breakthrough when he finished 3rd overall in the [[1998 Tour de France]], becoming only the second American to finish on the podium. He is a strong [[time trialist]] who won a silver medal at the [[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics#Road cycling|2004 Olympic Individual Time Trial]], and combined with his high versatility he has won a number of [[race stage|stage races]] on the international circuits including the 2005 edition of [[Paris–Nice]]. In September 2008, he announced his retirement as a professional cyclist.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bobby Julich to end his career at Team CSC Saxo Bank |publisher=Team CSC Saxo Bank |date=2008-09-08 |url=http://www.teamcsc-saxobank.com/ny_news.asp?n_id=2090&lang=uk |access-date=2008-09-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105223720/http://www.teamcsc-saxobank.com/ny_news.asp?n_id=2090&lang=uk |archive-date=November 5, 2016 }}
'''Robert''' "'''Bobby'''" '''Julich''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|uː|l|ɪ|k}} {{Respell|JOO|lik}};<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2t2kSIfs7k |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/w2t2kSIfs7k |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=CTS 20th Anniversary – Bobby Julich|website=[[YouTube]]|access-date=17 June 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> born November 18, 1971), popularly called '''Bobby Julich''', is an American former professional [[road bicycle racer]] who last rode for [[Team CSC]] in the [[UCI ProTour]] racing series. He got his international breakthrough when he finished 3rd overall in the [[1998 Tour de France]], becoming only the second American to finish on the podium. He is a strong [[time trialist]] who won a silver medal at the [[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics#Road cycling|2004 Olympic Individual Time Trial]], and combined with his high versatility he has won a number of [[race stage|stage races]] on the international circuits including the 2005 edition of [[Paris–Nice]]. In September 2008, he announced his retirement as a professional cyclist.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bobby Julich to end his career at Team CSC Saxo Bank |publisher=Team CSC Saxo Bank |date=2008-09-08 |url=http://www.teamcsc-saxobank.com/ny_news.asp?n_id=2090&lang=uk |access-date=2008-09-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105223720/http://www.teamcsc-saxobank.com/ny_news.asp?n_id=2090&lang=uk |archive-date=November 5, 2016 }}
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He served as a technical director for {{ct|SAX|2010}} until November 2010, when it was announced that he would move to {{ct|SKY|2011}} for the 2011 season as a race coach.<ref>{{cite web
He served as a technical director for {{UCI team code|SAX|2010}} until November 2010, when it was announced that he would move to {{UCI team code|SKY|2011}} for the 2011 season as a race coach.<ref>{{cite web
| title = Julich moves to Team Sky
| title = Julich moves to Team Sky
| publisher = SkySports
| publisher = SkySports
| date = 2010-11-10
| date = 2010-11-10
| url = http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,17553_6498336,00.html }}
| url = http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,17553_6498336,00.html }}
</ref> On October 25, 2012, Team Sky announced that Julich would part ways with the team due to his admission to [[doping in sport|doping]] in the past. This departure is therefore in line with Team Sky's policy (re-asserted in the wake of the USADA Reasoned Decision and subsequent UCI/[[Lance Armstrong]] fall-out) of asking all current team personnel to admit to any past doping offences.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/13151/Bobby-Julich-leaves-Team-Sky-after-doping-admission.aspx| title=Bobby Julich leaves Team Sky after doping admission| work=Velo Nation| publisher=Velo Nation LLC| date=25 October 2012| access-date=10 December 2012| author=Shane Stokes}}</ref> After leaving Sky Julich worked as a coach for {{ct|BMC}} in 2014 before being announced by [[Team Tinkoff–Saxo]] as the team's head coach ([[Directeur Sportif]]) for 2015,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/sean-yates-bobby-julich-head-tinkoff-saxo-2015-142479 |title=Sean Yates and Bobby Julich head to Tinkoff-Saxo for 2015 |last1=Brown |first1=Gregor|date=3 November 2014 |website=[[Cycling Weekly]]|access-date=4 November 2014}}</ref> however in August 2015 he confirmed that he would leave the team at the end of the year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/08/news/julich-to-leave-coaching-role-at-tinkoff-saxo_383287 |title=Julich to leave coaching role at Tinkoff–Saxo |last1=Hood |first1=Andrew |date=31 August 2015 |website=[[VeloNews]] |access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref>
</ref> On October 25, 2012, Team Sky announced that Julich would part ways with the team due to his admission to [[doping in sport|doping]] in the past. This departure is therefore in line with Team Sky's policy (re-asserted in the wake of the USADA Reasoned Decision and subsequent UCI/[[Lance Armstrong]] fall-out) of asking all current team personnel to admit to any past doping offences.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/13151/Bobby-Julich-leaves-Team-Sky-after-doping-admission.aspx| title=Bobby Julich leaves Team Sky after doping admission| work=Velo Nation| publisher=Velo Nation LLC| date=25 October 2012| access-date=10 December 2012| author=Shane Stokes}}</ref> After leaving Sky Julich worked as a coach for {{UCI team code|BMC}} in 2014 before being announced by [[Team Tinkoff–Saxo]] as the team's head coach ([[Directeur Sportif]]) for 2015,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/sean-yates-bobby-julich-head-tinkoff-saxo-2015-142479 |title=Sean Yates and Bobby Julich head to Tinkoff-Saxo for 2015 |last1=Brown |first1=Gregor|date=3 November 2014 |website=[[Cycling Weekly]]|access-date=4 November 2014}}</ref> however in August 2015 he confirmed that he would leave the team at the end of the year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/08/news/julich-to-leave-coaching-role-at-tinkoff-saxo_383287 |title=Julich to leave coaching role at Tinkoff–Saxo |last1=Hood |first1=Andrew |date=31 August 2015 |website=[[VeloNews]] |access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Born in Texas, Julich has resided in [[Glenwood Springs, Colorado]], since childhood, with a brief time in [[Philadelphia]], where he met his wife.<ref>[http://www.postindependent.com/article/20051119/VALLEYNEWS/111190032 Bobby Julich still calls Glenwood home] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172701/http://www.postindependent.com/article/20051119/VALLEYNEWS/111190032 |date=2016-03-03 }}, Post Independent, November 19, 2005</ref> Most of his living relatives reside in the New York area. Bobby Julich got his start in cycling winning the [[Red Zinger Mini Classics]] youth bicycle race in 1985. As an amateur cyclist Bobby Julich won the 1990 Junior National [[Cyclo-cross|Cyclo-Cross]] Championship, and as a member of the US National Team he participated in the 1991 [[Tour DuPont]]. At the time it was the biggest stage race in the United States, and Julich finished 5th overall in a race which included fellow American cyclist and 3-time [[Tour de France]] winner [[Greg LeMond]]. Bobby won the award for the Best Young Rider and was heralded as the next LeMond.
Born in Texas, Julich has resided in [[Glenwood Springs, Colorado]], since childhood, with a brief time in [[Philadelphia]], where he met his wife.<ref>[http://www.postindependent.com/article/20051119/VALLEYNEWS/111190032 Bobby Julich still calls Glenwood home] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172701/http://www.postindependent.com/article/20051119/VALLEYNEWS/111190032 |date=2016-03-03 }}, Post Independent, November 19, 2005</ref> Most of his living relatives reside in the New York area. Bobby Julich got his start in cycling winning the [[Red Zinger Mini Classics]] youth bicycle race in 1985. As an amateur cyclist Bobby Julich won the 1990 Junior National [[Cyclo-cross|Cyclo-Cross]] Championship, and as a member of the US National Team he participated in the 1991 [[Tour DuPont]]. At the time it was the biggest stage race in the United States, and Julich finished 5th overall in a race which included fellow American cyclist and 3-time [[Tour de France]] winner [[Greg LeMond]]. Bobby won the award for the Best Young Rider and was heralded as the next LeMond.


After a few "false" starts as a professional, he joined the [[Motorola (cycling team)|Motorola]] team in 1995 alongside Italian rider [[Andrea Peron (cyclist, born 1971)|Andrea Peron]] and fellow Americans [[Lance Armstrong]] and [[George Hincapie]]. In the 1996 season, Bobby Julich was diagnosed with ''re-entrant [[supraventricular tachycardia]]'' (RSVT),<ref>[http://www.bobbyjulich.com/julich/?page_id=46 Re-entrant Supraventricular Tachycardia (RSVT)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619094607/http://www.bobbyjulich.com/julich/?page_id=46 |date=June 19, 2006 }}, at [http://www.bobbyjulich.com/ BobbyJulich.com]</ref> a heart condition which meant his heart would beat much faster than normal. Julich was treated with [[radiofrequency ablation]] and was ready for the 1996 [[Vuelta a España]] late in the season, a race which showed the first glimpses of his potential in international professional cycling. There, Julich held the [[King of the Mountains]] jersey for ten stages. Despite a strong performance he relinquished the jersey but did finish 9th overall, the highest placing ever by an American in the Vuelta up until Lance Armstrong finished 4th overall in 1998. It was this performance that made other teams in the peloton take notice of Julich.
After a few "false" starts as a professional, he joined the [[Motorola (cycling team)|Motorola]] team in 1995 alongside Italian rider [[Andrea Peron (cyclist, born 1971)|Andrea Peron]] and fellow Americans [[Lance Armstrong]] and [[George Hincapie]]. In the 1996 season, Bobby Julich was diagnosed with ''re-entrant [[supraventricular tachycardia]]'' (RSVT),<ref>[http://www.bobbyjulich.com/julich/?page_id=46 Re-entrant Supraventricular Tachycardia (RSVT)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619094607/http://www.bobbyjulich.com/julich/?page_id=46 |date=June 19, 2006 }}, at [http://www.bobbyjulich.com/ BobbyJulich.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703063214/http://www.bobbyjulich.com/ |date=2007-07-03 }}</ref> a heart condition which meant his heart would beat much faster than normal. Julich was treated with [[radiofrequency ablation]] and was ready for the 1996 [[Vuelta a España]] late in the season, a race which showed the first glimpses of his potential in international professional cycling. There, Julich held the [[King of the Mountains]] jersey for ten stages. Despite a strong performance he relinquished the jersey but did finish 9th overall, the highest placing ever by an American in the Vuelta up until Lance Armstrong finished 4th overall in 1998. It was this performance that made other teams in the peloton take notice of Julich.


When Motorola ended its sponsorship at the end of the 1996 season he joined the French [[Cofidis (cycling team)|Cofidis]] team with a few fellow Motorola teammates, including Lance Armstrong. Armstrong's cancer meant that he was not able to compete with the team, while Julich went on to participate in the [[1997 Tour de France]]. He performed well in this Tour, getting stronger as it progressed taking two top 10s in late mountain stages including one where he finished only behind the podium finishers [[Richard Virenque]], [[Marco Pantani]] and [[Jan Ullrich]]. Then in the final ITT he placed 4th to finish the Tour in 17th overall.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bike Race Info |publisher=Bike Race Info |date=1997 |url=https://bikeraceinfo.com/tdf/tdf1997.html |access-date=2020-05-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505112451/https://www.bikeraceinfo.com/tdf/tdf1997.html |archive-date=May 5, 2020 }}</ref>
When Motorola ended its sponsorship at the end of the 1996 season he joined the French [[Cofidis (cycling team)|Cofidis]] team with a few fellow Motorola teammates, including Lance Armstrong. Armstrong's cancer meant that he was not able to compete with the team, while Julich went on to participate in the [[1997 Tour de France]]. He performed well in this Tour, getting stronger as it progressed taking two top 10s in late mountain stages including one where he finished only behind the podium finishers [[Richard Virenque]], [[Marco Pantani]] and [[Jan Ullrich]]. Then in the final ITT he placed 4th to finish the Tour in 17th overall.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bike Race Info |publisher=Bike Race Info |date=1997 |url=https://bikeraceinfo.com/tdf/tdf1997.html |access-date=2020-05-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505112451/https://www.bikeraceinfo.com/tdf/tdf1997.html |archive-date=May 5, 2020 }}</ref>


The embattled [[1998 Tour de France]] was a breakthrough for Julich, when he took over the team leadership from Italian [[Francesco Casagrande]]. Following the [[doping (sport)|doping]] scandal of the 1998 Tour, only 96 of 189 riders completed the race, and Julich finished third on the podium with winner Pantani and runner-up Ullrich. Julich was hailed as the next American Tour de France champion and he was once more proclaimed to follow in the footsteps of Greg LeMond.<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/cycling/1998/tourdefrance/news/1998/07/22/julich_lemond/ America's new LeMond], [[CNN/SI]], July 22, 1998</ref> The [[1999 Tour de France]] saw Julich as one of the favorites for the overall win, but a crash during an [[individual time trial]] forced him to quit the race, which was in turn won by the recovered Lance Armstrong.
The embattled [[1998 Tour de France]] was a breakthrough for Julich, when he took over the team leadership from Italian [[Francesco Casagrande]]. Following the [[doping (sport)|doping]] scandal of the 1998 Tour, only 96 of 189 riders completed the race, and Julich finished third on the podium with winner Pantani and runner-up Ullrich. Julich was hailed as the next American Tour de France champion and he was once more proclaimed to follow in the footsteps of Greg LeMond.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010618012702/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/cycling/1998/tourdefrance/news/1998/07/22/julich_lemond/ America's new LeMond], [[CNN/SI]], July 22, 1998</ref> The [[1999 Tour de France]] saw Julich as one of the favorites for the overall win, but a crash during an [[individual time trial]] forced him to quit the race, which was in turn won by the recovered Lance Armstrong.


For the 2000 season, Julich moved to another French team [[Credit Agricole (cycling team)|Credit Agricole]], joining compatriot [[Jonathan Vaughters]]. He was part of the Credit Agricole team that won the [[team time trial]] stage of the [[2001 Tour de France]]. After a move to [[Team Telekom]] of Germany in 2002, Julich rode as a [[cycling domestique|domestique]] in support of his team captain Jan Ullrich. Julich only enjoyed lacklustre results, and at the end of the 2003 season he contemplated retiring.<ref name="dp">Cathy Mehl, [http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=8912 Interview with Bobby Julich] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527171017/http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=8912 |date=2008-05-27 }}, ''DailyPeloton.com'', February 21, 2006</ref>
For the 2000 season, Julich moved to another French team [[Credit Agricole (cycling team)|Credit Agricole]], joining compatriot [[Jonathan Vaughters]]. He was part of the Credit Agricole team that won the [[team time trial]] stage of the [[2001 Tour de France]]. After a move to [[Team Telekom]] of Germany in 2002, Julich rode as a [[cycling domestique|domestique]] in support of his team captain Jan Ullrich. Julich only enjoyed lacklustre results, and at the end of the 2003 season he contemplated retiring.<ref name="dp">Cathy Mehl, [http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=8912 Interview with Bobby Julich] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527171017/http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=8912 |date=2008-05-27 }}, ''DailyPeloton.com'', February 21, 2006</ref>
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Julich's renaissance continued in 2005 with his best-ever professional season, becoming the first American to win [[Paris–Nice]]. He also won the [[Critérium International]] and the [[Eneco Tour]], making Julich the [[UCI ProTour 2005#2005 ProTour Individual Rankings|8th ranked rider]] in the [[UCI ProTour]], helping Team CSC become the [[UCI ProTour 2005#2005 ProTour Team Rankings|highest ranked team]] of 2005.
Julich's renaissance continued in 2005 with his best-ever professional season, becoming the first American to win [[Paris–Nice]]. He also won the [[Critérium International]] and the [[Eneco Tour]], making Julich the [[UCI ProTour 2005#2005 ProTour Individual Rankings|8th ranked rider]] in the [[UCI ProTour]], helping Team CSC become the [[UCI ProTour 2005#2005 ProTour Team Rankings|highest ranked team]] of 2005.


For the 2006 season, Julich planned to conserve energy for helping Team CSC captain [[Ivan Basso]] in his winning bid for both the [[2006 Giro d'Italia]] in May and [[2006 Tour de France]] in July. Even though he did not start his season as strongly compared to 2005, he managed to finish 3rd at the [[Tour of California]] in February and he won the prologue of Paris–Nice in March, results that even positively surprised Julich himself.<ref name="cnmarch">Shane Stokes, [http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/riders/2006/interviews/?id=bobby_julich_mar06 Bobby's guide to staying strong], ''CyclingNews.com'', March 9, 2006</ref> For the very first Giro d'Italia participation in his career, Julich had early aspirations of conquering the pink jersey for the leader of the [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|general classification]] early in the race to lessen the pressure on Basso.<ref name="cnmarch"/> However, Julich suffered heavily from [[pollen]] allergy throughout the race, and he did not play a major role himself, but focused on helping Ivan Basso, as Basso won the 2006 Giro. In the [[2006 Tour de France]], Julich abandoned the race after he suffered a crash on the stage 7 individual time trial. He went into a turn too fast, slid on small pebbles, and he severely injured his wrist when falling.<ref>Bobby Julich, [http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/tdf2006/news/story?id=2515505 I missed an opportunity of a lifetime, but I'll race again], [[ESPN]], July 10, 2006</ref>
For the 2006 season, Julich planned to conserve energy for helping Team CSC captain [[Ivan Basso]] in his winning bid for both the [[2006 Giro d'Italia]] in May and [[2006 Tour de France]] in July. Even though he did not start his season as strongly compared to 2005, he managed to finish 3rd at the [[Tour of California]] in February and he won the prologue of Paris–Nice in March, results that even positively surprised Julich himself.<ref name="cnmarch">Shane Stokes, [http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/riders/2006/interviews/?id=bobby_julich_mar06 Bobby's guide to staying strong], ''CyclingNews.com'', March 9, 2006</ref> For the very first Giro d'Italia participation in his career, Julich had early aspirations of conquering the pink jersey for the leader of the [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|general classification]] early in the race to lessen the pressure on Basso.<ref name="cnmarch"/> However, Julich suffered heavily from [[pollen]] allergy throughout the race, and he did not play a major role himself, but focused on helping Ivan Basso, as Basso won the 2006 Giro. In the [[2006 Tour de France]], Julich abandoned the race after he suffered a crash on the stage 7 individual time trial. He went into a turn too fast, slid on small pebbles, and he severely injured his wrist when falling.<ref>Bobby Julich, [https://www.espn.com/olympics/tdf2006/news/story?id=2515505 I missed an opportunity of a lifetime, but I'll race again], [[ESPN]], July 10, 2006</ref>


In May 2011, [[Tyler Hamilton]], the winner of the men's time trial at the 2004 Summer Olympics, confessed that he had used doping products, and returned his gold medal. On August 10, 2012, Bobby Julich was upgraded from the bronze to the silver medal.
In May 2011, [[Tyler Hamilton]], the winner of the men's time trial at the 2004 Summer Olympics, confessed that he had used doping products, and returned his gold medal. On August 10, 2012, Bobby Julich was upgraded from the bronze to the silver medal.
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==Doping==
==Doping==
On October 25, 2012, Julich admitted to "using EPO several times from August 1996 until July 1998". and resigned from the United Kingdom-based Team Sky.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,17553_8194069,00.html|title=Julich leaves Team Sky|publisher=Team Sky Pro Cycling|date=October 25, 2012|access-date=October 25, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028144514/http://www.teamsky.com/article/0%2C27290%2C17553_8194069%2C00.html|archive-date=October 28, 2012}}</ref> The team had issued a statement asking both riders and support staff to sign a document verifying that they did not use or administer performance-enhancing drugs during their careers. Julich stated that he wishes to continue to be involved in the sport to some extent, and also that he will pay the consequences for his poor decisions.
On October 25, 2012, Julich admitted to "using EPO several times from August 1996 until July 1998" and resigned from the United Kingdom-based Team Sky.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,17553_8194069,00.html|title=Julich leaves Team Sky|publisher=Team Sky Pro Cycling|date=October 25, 2012|access-date=October 25, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028144514/http://www.teamsky.com/article/0%2C27290%2C17553_8194069%2C00.html|archive-date=October 28, 2012}}</ref> The team had issued a statement asking both riders and support staff to sign a document verifying that they did not use or administer performance-enhancing drugs during their careers. Julich stated that he wished to continue to be involved in the sport to some extent, and also that he would pay the consequences for his poor decisions.


Bobby did his self-confession at CyclingNews.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/exclusive-bobby-julich-doping-confession|title=Exclusive: Bobby Julich doping confession|work=CyclingNews|date=October 25, 2012|access-date=October 25, 2012}}</ref> His open letter told that during the [[1998 Tour de France|Tour de France of 1998]] his fiancée (now wife) discovered his use from another rider's wife. She told him if it would reoccur, the relationship would be over. His name was also on the list of doping tests published by the [[French Senate]] on 24 July 2013 that were collected during the [[1998 Tour de France]] and found suspicious for [[Erythropoietin|EPO]] when retested in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/french-senate-releases-positive-epo-cases-from-1998-tour-de-france|title=French Senate releases positive EPO cases from 1998 Tour de France|date=24 July 2013}}</ref>
Julich did his self-confession at CyclingNews.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/exclusive-bobby-julich-doping-confession|title=Exclusive: Bobby Julich doping confession|work=CyclingNews|date=October 25, 2012|access-date=October 25, 2012}}</ref> His open letter told that during the [[1998 Tour de France|Tour de France of 1998]] his fiancée (now wife) discovered his use from another rider's wife. She told him if it would reoccur, the relationship would be over. His name was also on the list of doping tests published by the [[French Senate]] on 24 July 2013 that were collected during the [[1998 Tour de France]] and found suspicious for [[Erythropoietin|EPO]] when retested in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/french-senate-releases-positive-epo-cases-from-1998-tour-de-france|title=French Senate releases positive EPO cases from 1998 Tour de France|date=24 July 2013}}</ref>


==Major results==
==Major results==
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Latest revision as of 22:32, 22 November 2024

Bobby Julich
Personal information
Full nameRobert Julich
NicknameBobby J
Born (1971-11-18) November 18, 1971 (age 53)
Corpus Christi, Texas, United States of America
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeTime-trialist/Climber
Amateur team
1988–1991US National Team
Professional teams
1992Spago
1994Chevrolet
1995–1996Motorola
1997–1999Cofidis
2000–2001Crédit Agricole
2002–2003Team Telekom
2004–2008Team CSC
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 TTT stage (2001)
Giro d'Italia
1 TTT stage (2006)

Stage races

Paris–Nice (2005)
Eneco Tour (2005)
Critérium International (1998, 2005)
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Road time trial

Robert "Bobby" Julich (/ˈdʒuːlɪk/ JOO-lik;[1] born November 18, 1971), popularly called Bobby Julich, is an American former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for Team CSC in the UCI ProTour racing series. He got his international breakthrough when he finished 3rd overall in the 1998 Tour de France, becoming only the second American to finish on the podium. He is a strong time trialist who won a silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Individual Time Trial, and combined with his high versatility he has won a number of stage races on the international circuits including the 2005 edition of Paris–Nice. In September 2008, he announced his retirement as a professional cyclist.[2]

He served as a technical director for Team Saxo Bank until November 2010, when it was announced that he would move to Team Sky for the 2011 season as a race coach.[3] On October 25, 2012, Team Sky announced that Julich would part ways with the team due to his admission to doping in the past. This departure is therefore in line with Team Sky's policy (re-asserted in the wake of the USADA Reasoned Decision and subsequent UCI/Lance Armstrong fall-out) of asking all current team personnel to admit to any past doping offences.[4] After leaving Sky Julich worked as a coach for CCC Pro Team in 2014 before being announced by Team Tinkoff–Saxo as the team's head coach (Directeur Sportif) for 2015,[5] however in August 2015 he confirmed that he would leave the team at the end of the year.[6]

Biography

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Born in Texas, Julich has resided in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, since childhood, with a brief time in Philadelphia, where he met his wife.[7] Most of his living relatives reside in the New York area. Bobby Julich got his start in cycling winning the Red Zinger Mini Classics youth bicycle race in 1985. As an amateur cyclist Bobby Julich won the 1990 Junior National Cyclo-Cross Championship, and as a member of the US National Team he participated in the 1991 Tour DuPont. At the time it was the biggest stage race in the United States, and Julich finished 5th overall in a race which included fellow American cyclist and 3-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond. Bobby won the award for the Best Young Rider and was heralded as the next LeMond.

After a few "false" starts as a professional, he joined the Motorola team in 1995 alongside Italian rider Andrea Peron and fellow Americans Lance Armstrong and George Hincapie. In the 1996 season, Bobby Julich was diagnosed with re-entrant supraventricular tachycardia (RSVT),[8] a heart condition which meant his heart would beat much faster than normal. Julich was treated with radiofrequency ablation and was ready for the 1996 Vuelta a España late in the season, a race which showed the first glimpses of his potential in international professional cycling. There, Julich held the King of the Mountains jersey for ten stages. Despite a strong performance he relinquished the jersey but did finish 9th overall, the highest placing ever by an American in the Vuelta up until Lance Armstrong finished 4th overall in 1998. It was this performance that made other teams in the peloton take notice of Julich.

When Motorola ended its sponsorship at the end of the 1996 season he joined the French Cofidis team with a few fellow Motorola teammates, including Lance Armstrong. Armstrong's cancer meant that he was not able to compete with the team, while Julich went on to participate in the 1997 Tour de France. He performed well in this Tour, getting stronger as it progressed taking two top 10s in late mountain stages including one where he finished only behind the podium finishers Richard Virenque, Marco Pantani and Jan Ullrich. Then in the final ITT he placed 4th to finish the Tour in 17th overall.[9]

The embattled 1998 Tour de France was a breakthrough for Julich, when he took over the team leadership from Italian Francesco Casagrande. Following the doping scandal of the 1998 Tour, only 96 of 189 riders completed the race, and Julich finished third on the podium with winner Pantani and runner-up Ullrich. Julich was hailed as the next American Tour de France champion and he was once more proclaimed to follow in the footsteps of Greg LeMond.[10] The 1999 Tour de France saw Julich as one of the favorites for the overall win, but a crash during an individual time trial forced him to quit the race, which was in turn won by the recovered Lance Armstrong.

For the 2000 season, Julich moved to another French team Credit Agricole, joining compatriot Jonathan Vaughters. He was part of the Credit Agricole team that won the team time trial stage of the 2001 Tour de France. After a move to Team Telekom of Germany in 2002, Julich rode as a domestique in support of his team captain Jan Ullrich. Julich only enjoyed lacklustre results, and at the end of the 2003 season he contemplated retiring.[11]

Despite an offer below his wages at Team Telekom,[11] Bobby Julich moved to the Danish outfit Team CSC in the 2004 season, where he joined up with former Motorola teammate Andrea Peron. He once again rode as a supporting rider in the Tour de France, but with the freedom to pursue his own chances during the rest of the season. Julich immediately saw his riding and performance improve, as he won a time-trial in the April 2004 race Tour of the Basque Country, his first victory since the 1998 season. With Team CSC teammate Jens Voigt, a rider Julich rode with in his time at Credit Agricole, he also won the two-man time trial LuK Challenge. Bobby Julich won a silver medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics men's individual time trial event behind Russian Viatcheslav Ekimov.

Julich's renaissance continued in 2005 with his best-ever professional season, becoming the first American to win Paris–Nice. He also won the Critérium International and the Eneco Tour, making Julich the 8th ranked rider in the UCI ProTour, helping Team CSC become the highest ranked team of 2005.

For the 2006 season, Julich planned to conserve energy for helping Team CSC captain Ivan Basso in his winning bid for both the 2006 Giro d'Italia in May and 2006 Tour de France in July. Even though he did not start his season as strongly compared to 2005, he managed to finish 3rd at the Tour of California in February and he won the prologue of Paris–Nice in March, results that even positively surprised Julich himself.[12] For the very first Giro d'Italia participation in his career, Julich had early aspirations of conquering the pink jersey for the leader of the general classification early in the race to lessen the pressure on Basso.[12] However, Julich suffered heavily from pollen allergy throughout the race, and he did not play a major role himself, but focused on helping Ivan Basso, as Basso won the 2006 Giro. In the 2006 Tour de France, Julich abandoned the race after he suffered a crash on the stage 7 individual time trial. He went into a turn too fast, slid on small pebbles, and he severely injured his wrist when falling.[13]

In May 2011, Tyler Hamilton, the winner of the men's time trial at the 2004 Summer Olympics, confessed that he had used doping products, and returned his gold medal. On August 10, 2012, Bobby Julich was upgraded from the bronze to the silver medal.

In May 2013, he joined BMC Racing Team as a consultant.[14] In November 2014, it was announced that Julich would join Tinkoff–Saxo as head coach, reuniting with Sean Yates (former sports director of Team Sky) and team founder and manager Bjarne Riis.[15] Julich and Yates left after Riis's firing later in 2015.

Doping

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On October 25, 2012, Julich admitted to "using EPO several times from August 1996 until July 1998" and resigned from the United Kingdom-based Team Sky.[16] The team had issued a statement asking both riders and support staff to sign a document verifying that they did not use or administer performance-enhancing drugs during their careers. Julich stated that he wished to continue to be involved in the sport to some extent, and also that he would pay the consequences for his poor decisions.

Julich did his self-confession at CyclingNews.[17] His open letter told that during the Tour de France of 1998 his fiancée (now wife) discovered his use from another rider's wife. She told him if it would reoccur, the relationship would be over. His name was also on the list of doping tests published by the French Senate on 24 July 2013 that were collected during the 1998 Tour de France and found suspicious for EPO when retested in 2004.[18]

Major results

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1988
1st Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
1989
1st Overall Tour de l'Abitibi
1st Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
1991
5th Overall Tour DuPont
1992
10th Overall Tour DuPont
1994
7th Overall Tour DuPont
1996
7th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
9th Overall Vuelta a España
10th Japan Cup
1997
1st Overall Tour de l'Ain
1st Stage 5b (ITT)
Route du Sud
1st Stages 2a & 2b (ITT)
1998
1st Overall Critérium International
2nd Overall À travers Lausanne
2nd Overall Tour du Limousin
2nd Polynormande
3rd Overall Tour de France
5th Züri-Metzgete
6th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
1999
2nd Trophée des Grimpeurs
5th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
10th Overall Route du Sud
2000
2nd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
5th EnBW Grand Prix (with Jens Voigt)
6th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
2001
1st Stage 5 (TTT) Tour de France
3rd Gran Premio di Lugano
5th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
9th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
9th Overall Tour du Limousin
9th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
2002
7th Breitling Grand Prix (with Kevin Livingston)
2003
3rd LuK Challenge Chrono (with Alexander Vinokourov)
6th GP Triberg-Schwarzwald
2004
1st LuK Challenge Chrono (with Jens Voigt)
2nd Time trial, Olympic Games
2nd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Jens Voigt)
3rd Overall Paris–Nice
4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stage 5b (ITT)
4th Overall Critérium International
2nd Overall Tour de Georgia
5th Overall Ronde van Nederland
8th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
2005
1st Overall Paris–Nice
1st Overall Critérium International
1st Stage 3 (ITT)
1st Overall Eneco Tour
1st Stage 7 (ITT)
1st LuK Challenge Chrono (with Jens Voigt)
1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour Méditerranéen
4th Overall Tour de Georgia
5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
9th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
2006
1st Prologue Paris–Nice
1st Stage 5 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
1st Eindhoven Team Time Trial
3rd Overall Tour of California
6th LuK Challenge Chrono (with Jens Voigt)
2007
1st Stage 2 (TTT) Deutschland Tour
1st Eindhoven Team Time Trial
2nd Overall Sachsen Tour
4th Overall Tour of California
National Road Championships
5th Time trial
8th Road race
7th Klasika Primavera
2008
10th Overall Tour de Georgia

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — — — — — — — — 92
A yellow jersey Tour de France — 17 3 DNF 48 18 37 — 40 17 DNF
A yellow jersey/A gold jersey Vuelta a España 9 — — DNF — — — 95 — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "CTS 20th Anniversary – Bobby Julich". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "Bobby Julich to end his career at Team CSC Saxo Bank". Team CSC Saxo Bank. September 8, 2008. Archived from the original on November 5, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2008.
  3. ^ "Julich moves to Team Sky". SkySports. November 10, 2010.
  4. ^ Shane Stokes (October 25, 2012). "Bobby Julich leaves Team Sky after doping admission". Velo Nation. Velo Nation LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  5. ^ Brown, Gregor (November 3, 2014). "Sean Yates and Bobby Julich head to Tinkoff-Saxo for 2015". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  6. ^ Hood, Andrew (August 31, 2015). "Julich to leave coaching role at Tinkoff–Saxo". VeloNews. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  7. ^ Bobby Julich still calls Glenwood home Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Post Independent, November 19, 2005
  8. ^ Re-entrant Supraventricular Tachycardia (RSVT) Archived June 19, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, at BobbyJulich.com Archived 2007-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Bike Race Info". Bike Race Info. 1997. Archived from the original on May 5, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  10. ^ America's new LeMond, CNN/SI, July 22, 1998
  11. ^ a b Cathy Mehl, Interview with Bobby Julich Archived 2008-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, DailyPeloton.com, February 21, 2006
  12. ^ a b Shane Stokes, Bobby's guide to staying strong, CyclingNews.com, March 9, 2006
  13. ^ Bobby Julich, I missed an opportunity of a lifetime, but I'll race again, ESPN, July 10, 2006
  14. ^ "BMC Racing Team hires Bobby Julich as a consultant". Archived from the original on June 7, 2013.
  15. ^ "Sean Yates and Bobby Julich head to Tinkoff-Saxo for 2015". November 3, 2014.
  16. ^ "Julich leaves Team Sky". Team Sky Pro Cycling. October 25, 2012. Archived from the original on October 28, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  17. ^ "Exclusive: Bobby Julich doping confession". CyclingNews. October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  18. ^ "French Senate releases positive EPO cases from 1998 Tour de France". July 24, 2013.
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