Ullrich’s team unaware of plans

? Jan Ullrich’s cycling team does not know if the former Tour de France champion will agree to tests to disprove doping accusations.

T-Mobile withdrew Ullrich from starting this year’s Tour de France when the German was implicated in the Spanish investigation.

Ullrich, who won the Tour in 1997 and was runner-up five times to Lance Armstrong, was a leading contender to win this year’s race, which started Saturday.

Since his suspension on the eve of the race, he has kept a low profile amid calls for him to undergo tests to counter the allegations.

“We would welcome it if he would agree to take a DNA test, but it is ultimately a question that Jan Ullrich, his management and his lawyers must answer,” Team T-Mobile spokesman Christian Frommert told German television Monday.

The DNA test would prove whether a disputed blood sample came from Ullrich.

Ullrich said on his Web site he was “deeply shocked” at the accusations.

“I’ve got nothing to do with it,” he wrote. “Being kicked out of the Tour de France is the worst thing that has happened to me in my career so far.”

He maintained that all his doping tests by Tour officials were negative, and he criticized officials for not clearly informing him of the accusations.

Ullrich said he will consult with his lawyer on how best to prove his innocence.

“I won’t give up,” he said.

The German rider’s first name allegedly turned up on a list of 56 cyclists identified in a Spanish investigation as having contact with a doctor tied to alleged doping.

Oscar Sevilla, Ullrich’s teammate, also was suspended by the T-Mobile team, as was sporting director Rudi Pevenge.

German newspapers, despite heavy soccer coverage of the World Cup, devoted considerable space last weekend to Ullrich, with the leading Bild tabloid asking: “Jan, have you lied to us the whole time?”

Monday’s edition of Bild ran copies of what it said were several lists found by Spanish authorities where the name “Jan” appears clearly printed in an alleged inventory of blood samples found in a doping laboratory.