When I started having an interest in the sport of cycling, Jan Ullrich was one of these riders who could perhaps beat Lance Armstrong in the Tour de France. Ullrich had won the Tour in 1997 with 9' 09" to Richard Virenque. It was the largest margin of victory since Laurent Fignon won the 1984 Tour de France by 10' 32".

Ullrich never won the Tour de France again, but he was one of the huge favorites in 2006. However, when his name was mentioned in the Operacion Puerto scandal, the German was expelled from the Tour.

Even though, Ullrich has retired, he is still under investigation by the Court of Arbitration for Sport and this week, Ullrich will finally learn his fate from them.

“As of today, I can't say that Jan will make a confession,” Nier told the SID news agency. “That is a possibility, but the confession wouldn't have anything to do with the court decision”.

He may for example announce his future plans.

“It won't say: I confess to doping. Jan will say what he intends to do.”

However, Cyclingnews writes that Nier's comments indicated that the German may be planning to confess to having doped during his career or maybe something else regarding the doping question.

“If and when Jan makes a confession is open and I cannot confirm it to you today,” his agent told Cyclingnews yesterday.

When the news paper asked asked if a confession would help rehabilitate Ullrich with the public, his ageant said
“Of course, that plays a role in our considerations.”

CAS has earlier indicated that it would issue its decision on the case on November 30, which means today.