'Former Tour de France champion Jan Ullrich made a low-key return to competitive action in the prologue of the 60th Tour de Romandie in Geneva. In his first race for eight months after injury, the German was 90th of 163 riders, finishing 26 seconds behind winner Paolo Savoldelli of Italy. Despite hitting a barrier just before the line, Savoldelli timed four minutes 27 seconds for the 2.11-mile lap. Spain's Alejandro Valverde was 0.64 seconds back in second place. Ullrich is using the race to prepare for the Tour de France but admitted he had work to do after the delay to his season because of an inflamed knee...' More
