The German National Time Trial Championships have been held since 1994.
Tony Martin (pictured at the 2016 Tour de France) is the record winner of the German time trial championship, having taken the title ten times.
Bert Grabsch (pictured at the 2010 Tour de Romandie) won the German time trial championship four times during his career.
Jan Ullrich
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Jan Ullrich is a German former professional road bicycle racer. Ullrich won gold and silver medals in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He won the 1999 Vuelta a España and the HEW Cyclassics in front of a home crowd in Hamburg in 1997. He had podium finishes in the hilly classic Clásica de San Sebastián. His victorious ride in the 1997 Tour de France led to a bicycle boom in Germany. He retired in February 2007.
Ullrich with teammate Udo Bölts crossing the Vosges mountains during the 1997 Tour de France
Ullrich in Hanover, 2005
Ullrich in 2005