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Also known as Den bedst medicinere cykelrytter ved Tour de France i 1996.

Danish cyclist, born 1964

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Active from
1994-07-16

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Key facts

1986
Roland
1987
Lucas
1988
Toshiba–Look
1989
Super U–Raleigh–Fiat
2016
Team Virtu Pro–Véloconcept
Full name
Bjarne Lykkegård Riis
Nickname
Ørnen fra Herning , (The Eagle from Herning)
Born
( 1964-04-03 ) 3 April 1964 (age 62) , Herning , Denmark
Height
1.84 m (6 ft 1 ⁄ 2 in)
Weight
71 kg (157 lb; 11 st 3 lb)
Discipline
Road
Role
Rider (retired), Team manager
Rider type
All-rounder
1990 1991
Castorama
1992 1993
Ariostea
1994 1995
Gewiss–Ballan
1996 1999
Team Telekom
1999 2015
home–Jack & Jones

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Encyclopedic overview

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 and cycling team manager. He won the 1996 Tour de France and later admitted to having doped throughout the most successful period of his career.

Riis's other major victories include the Amstel Gold Race in 1997 and multiple Danish national road race titles, and he took stage wins at the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia. After retiring in 2000, he founded and managed Team CSC, which competed under successive sponsors as Saxo Bank, Saxo Bank–SunGard and Tinkoff-Saxo and was one of the leading squads of the 2000s and early 2010s. Following the team's sale to Russian businessman Oleg Tinkov in late 2013, Riis continued as manager until he was dismissed in March 2015 after a dispute with Tinkov.

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