Bjarne Riis

Bjarne Riis
Personal information
Full nameBjarne Lykkegård Riis
NicknameØrnen fra Herning
(The Eagle from Herning)
Born (1964-04-03) 3 April 1964 (age 60)
Herning, Denmark
Height1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb; 11 st 3 lb)
Team information
Current teamTeam Waoo
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider (retired)
Team manager
Rider typeAll-rounder
Professional teams
1986Roland
1987Lucas
1988Toshiba–Look
1989Super U–Raleigh–Fiat
1990–1991Castorama
1992–1993Ariostea
1994–1995Gewiss–Ballan
1996–1999Team Telekom
Managerial teams
1999–2015home–Jack & Jones
2016Team Virtu Pro–Véloconcept
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
General classification (1996)
4 individual stages (1993, 1994, 1996)
2 TTT stages (1989, 1995)
Giro d'Italia
2 individual stages (1989, 1993)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships
(1992, 1995, 1996)
National Time Trial Championships (1996)
Amstel Gold Race (1997)

Bjarne Lykkegård Riis (Danish pronunciation: [ˈpjɑːnə ˈʁiˀs];[1] born 3 April 1964), nicknamed The Eagle from Herning (Danish: Ørnen fra Herning), is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer who placed first in the 1996 Tour de France. 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 placed first in the Tour de France using banned substances, and he was no longer considered the winner by the Tour's organizers.[2] In July 2008, the Tour reconfirmed his victory but with an asterisk label to indicate his doping offences.[3]

  1. ^ "Famous Danes - Danish - Speakdanish". Speakdanish.dk. Speakdanish. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Tour no longer lists Riis as champ after doping admission". Associated Press/ESPN. 2007-06-07.
  3. ^ Augendre, Jacques (2009). "Guide Historique" (PDF) (in French). ASO. p. 95. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2009.