This is a loose translation - if anyone can do better, go for it.

Without a saddle it does not go
Hello fans,
At the San Sebastian [race] I was hit with two strokes of bad luck. Ten
kilometers before the Jaizkibel I had a puncture and then I was nearly again
with the top group of riders, when the saddle on my bicycle broke. I drove
straight by a kuhle (this a type of motorcycle?) and because I thought the
seat would set itself straight, I didn't stop it. Left behind in the
departure. I stood helplessly on far corridor and waited for a replacement.
But by the time the team car reached me, the harm was done and I was out of
the race (the team car had no replacement bike for Jan)! Perhaps I have
saved up the luck for Athens. Primarily it depended me on the form
examination. And those ran to my satisfaction.
Yours,
Jan
http://www.janullrich.de/