“Der Kaiser” (“The Emperor”)

[ChromeChainstay]

campagnolo, aluminum frame, custom dmt shoes • big engine• what's not to like'

 

[vtwinvince]

Hmmm, the only Kaiser I remember, aside from the Hohenzollerns, was Beckenbauer.

 

[KermitGKona88]

Jan Ullrich, raced at the same time as a Yank cheater, but Ullrich liked to party a bit too much...

 

[ChromeChainstay]

 

[hamster]

Jan Ullrich, raced at the same time as a Yank cheater, but Ullrich liked to party a bit too much...

Not just party but a pie habit; he seemed always to use the early season to shed a few kilos.

 

[fguki]

Nobody ...literally nobody (!) here in Germany would call Jan Ullrich "der Kaiser". That is Franz Beckenbauer! And Beckenbauer only ...good lord!

Jan was much more called "the prodigy" of road bike racing ....

 

[dorset boy]

Franz Klammer was known as the Kaiser.

 

[Nob]

The Emperor here was Emperor Ed

 

[vtwinvince]

Ha, now if you know your history, the old competition between the Habsburgs and Hohenzollerns comes in to play. There is an old saying in German, 'Es gibt nur eine Kaiserstadt, und die heisst Wien. Es gibt nur eine Raeuberstadt, und die heisst Berlin'.

 

[KayOs]

What is a Beckenbauer? Sounds like some sort of plumber...