It’s official. Jan Ullrich has reached a settlement with German prosecutors to make its investigation into his alleged doping and thereby fraud by Ullrich go away.

The amount of the settlement is unclear. Previous reports had put the figure at 1 million euro, though Bloomberg news reported it to be six-figures (which presumably means between 100,000 euros and 999,999 euros).

Here’s Bloomberg’s account …

Cycling Champion Ullrich Pays ‘Six-Digit’ Amount to Settle Case

c.2008 Bloomberg News

By Andreas Hippin

April 14 (Bloomberg) — Jan Ullrich, the 1997 Tour de France champion, agreed to pay a “six-digit amount” to resolve an investigation into doping allegations.

The former cyclist will pay the amount to charities and the public treasury, the Bonn Prosecution Office said in an e-mailed statement today, without being more specific; 100,000 euros is worth about $159,000.

“The payment isn’t a confession of guilt,” Ullrich, 34, wrote on his Web site today. “I only accepted the charge because the bigger part goes to good causes.”

The payment ends a 2-year fraud probe by German prosecutors into Ullrich that began after he was excluded from the 2006 Tour de France when a Spanish police report linked him and 57 other riders to a blood doping ring in Madrid. Ullrich quit cycling in February 2007. Two months later, the Bonn-based prosecution office said nine bags of blood seized by Spanish police belonged to Ullrich. The former Tour champion has repeatedly denied wrongdoing.

“I never cheated anyone in my whole career, nor did I prejudice anyone,” Ullrich said on his Web site. “I was always a loyal sportsman, my victories were the result of hard work and passion for my sport.”

As part of the settlement Ullrich also agreed to waive a “seven-digit” claim against the owner of his former team “Team Coast,” which went bankrupt in 2003. He’ll also release court exhibits in Switzerland that may be of significance to further doping investigations, according to the prosecution office statement.

Deutsche Telekom AG in November ended its $18 million annual sponsorship of the T-Mobile team that Ullrich rode for after repeated doping scandals. In February, a Spanish court reopened an investigation into the Madrid blood-doping ring.

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