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Historic Overview Bjarne Riis

Rider

Overall Rank309
NameBjarne RIIS
Country
  Denmark
Date of birth03-Apr-1964 - Herning (Midtjylland)

Biography

Bjarne Riis

Bjarne Lykkegård Riis (Danish pronunciation: [ˈpjɑːnə ˈʁiˀs]; born 3 April 1964), nicknamed The Eagle from Herning (Danish: Ørnen fra Herning), is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer who won the 1996 Tour de France, then later admitted he illegally doped 1993 - 1998.

For many years, he was the owner and later manager of the Oleg Tinkov associated Russian UCI WorldTeam Tinkoff–Saxo. Other career highlights include placing first in the Amstel Gold Race in 1997, multiple Danish National Championships, and stage wins in the Giro d'Italia

On 25 May 2007, he admitted that he doped with banned substances between 1993 and 1998 including when he placed first in the Tour de France, and he was no longer considered the winner by the Tour's organizers.

In July 2008, the Tour reconfirmed his 1996 victory but with an asterisk label to indicate his doping offences. This was done after the UCI claimed there was a 10 year statute of limitations (even though when Lance Armstrong was later stripped of his Tour titles, some of them were more than 10 years prior).

In 2025, Riis said in an interview he had no regrets that he had cheated by doping, supposedly as with no penalty imposed and no stripping of his title, the records show he 'won' the Tour de France, admitted it and got away with it.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

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Major Victories

Tour de France 1996
Amstel Gold Race 1997
Coppa Sabatini 1996
G.P. Herning 1996, 1997, 1998
Tour de France - stages 1993 (1), 1994 (1), 1996 (2)
Giro d'Italia - stages 1989 (1), 1993 (1)
Tour de l'Avenir - stages 1989 (1), 1990 (2)
Euskal Bizikleta - stages 1998 (1)
More results

Seasons

Bjarne Riis - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1985 Individual 19 700
2. 1986 Roland - Van de Ven 93 448
3. 1987 Lucas - Arkel - Atlanta 96 450
4. 1988 Toshiba 150 348
5. 1989 Super U - Raleigh - Fiat 469 141
6. 1990 Castorama 511 135
7. 1991 Castorama - Raleigh 463 143
8. 1992 Ariostea 202 284
9. 1993 Ariostea 1272 27
10. 1994 Gewiss - Ballan 1400 27
11. 1995 Gewiss - Ballan 1532 18
12. 1996 Team Deutsche Telekom 2408 8
13. 1997 Team Deutsche Telekom 1969 14
14. 1998 Team Deutsche Telekom 890 68
15. 1999 Team Deutsche Telekom 17 928
Overall: 11491 309