Ullrich in court today

By Susan Westemeyer

Former rider Jan Ullrich is scheduled to appear in a Düsseldorf, Germany court Wednesday morning in his lawsuit against Günther Dahms, the former owner of Team Coast, for which Ullrich rode in 2003. Ullrich's manager, Wolfgang Strohband, confirmed to Cyclingnews.com that Ullrich would be in court.

Ullrich rode for Team Coast for four months, before the team ran out of money and was taken over by Bianchi. Ullrich is suing Dahms to recover unpaid salary from those four months, which totals about half a million Euros including interest. Dahms has refused to pay, saying that he assumed that Ullrich had doped during that time period, which would have been a contract violation.

It is expected that Ullrich will take the stand and be asked whether or not he used illegal doping. It will be first time Ullrich has addressed this question under oath.