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    Bjarne Lykkegård Riis (Danish pronunciation: [ˈpjɑːnə ˈʁiˀs]; born 3 April 1964), nicknamed The Eagle from Herning (Danish: Ørnen fra Herning), is a Danish...
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  • Bjarne Reuter, a Danish writer Bjarne Riis, a bicycle racer Bjarne Daniel Solli, a Norwegian politician Bjarne Støtvig, a Norwegian politician Bjarne...
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  • Norwegian artist Bjarne Riis (born 1964), Danish former professional road bicycle racer turned team owner and manager Einar Riis (1922–2006), Norwegian...
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    trials, a prologue and a rest day (10 July). It was won by Danish rider Bjarne Riis. This Tour was noted by the "fall" of favourite Miguel Induráin, ending...
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    the UCI World Tour. The team was owned by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis from 2000 until 2013 and Russian banker Oleg Tinkov from 2013 until it...
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    He tried to win a record-high sixth Tour in 1996, but was beaten by Bjarne Riis, who later admitted to using Erythropoietin. Jan Ullrich and Marco Pantani...
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  • was referred to as Bjarne Riis’s coach, medic, and personal advisor who he started to work with in 1992. With Cecchini at his side Riis won the 1996 Tour...
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  • Championships, Bjarne Riis Stage 3 Tour de France (TTT) Overall Post Danmark Rundt, Bjarne Riis Stage 1, Nicola Minali Stage 3b, Bjarne Riis Stages 4 & 6...
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  • best Danish professional riders, including 1996 Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis, come from Herning CK, and the professional UCI ProTour team Team CSC...
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  • have won a total of 29 Tour de France stages as of stage 11 in 2024. Bjarne Riis, Michael Rasmussen and Jonas Vingegaard have each won four stages. Rolf...
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    d'Italia started in Herning. Bjarne Riis, first Dane to win the Tour de France, was born in Herning. Fourteen years after his win, Riis admitted using illegal...
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  • Induráin (ESP) 1994:  Miguel Induráin (ESP) 1995:  Miguel Induráin (ESP) 1996:  Bjarne Riis (DEN) 1997:  Jan Ullrich (GER) 1998:  Marco Pantani (ITA) 1999: Results...
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    times faster than 40m were reported, including in the 39m range for Bjarne Riis in 1995 and Richard Virenque in 1997. Some times based on 14.454 km[clarification...
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  • Zabel, Rolf Aldag, Brian Holm, Bjarne Riis, Bert Dietz, Udo Bölts and Christian Henn including the seasons in which Riis and Ullrich won the Tour de France...
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    by a rider from Denmark, Bjarne Riis, who ended Miguel Induráin's reign with an attack on Hautacam. On 25 May 2007, Bjarne Riis admitted that he placed...
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    Cycling in 2012. Thomas Riis lives in Silkeborg and is the son of Bjarne Riis of his first marriage with Mette Nybo Riis. "Thomas Riis: Becoming a rider was...
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    Hamilton then recounts the 2 years spent riding for Bjarne Riis, his sympathy for the former rider and how Riis introduced him to Eufemiano Fuentes, a Spanish...
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    moved to Team CSC for the 2004 season, under guidance of team manager Bjarne Riis. At Team CSC, Basso was to fill the role as team captain, which Tyler...
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    Induráin (ESP) 1994:  Miguel Induráin (ESP) 1995:  Miguel Induráin (ESP) 1996:  Bjarne Riis (DEN) 1997:  Jan Ullrich (GER) 1998:  Marco Pantani (ITA) 1999: Results...
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    Christensen together with Bjarne Riis announced to the public on 3 August 2010 that Saxo Bank had extended its sponsorship of Riis Cycling for another year...
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    by the aria carbon fork. It was upon this frame that Jan Ullrich and Bjarne Riis won the Tour de France. Winner of the 2007 Editor's Choice award for...
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  • Gregor (29 March 2015). "Bjarne Riis leaves Tinkoff-Saxo team 'by mutual agreement'". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 19 May 2019. "Riis sells cycling team to...
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    from 1993 to 1997 and was part of the team that brought his fellow Dane Bjarne Riis to victory in the 1996 Tour de France. Brian Holm was born in Copenhagen...
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    was not banned by the Union Cycliste Internationale. The 1996 winner Bjarne Riis revealed in 2007 that he used drugs during the 1996 race. He was asked...
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    was truncated to a 46 km (29 mi) sprint from Le-Monetier-les-Bains. Bjarne Riis claimed the sprint, resulting in him taking the yellow jersey which he...
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  •  Miguel Indurain (ESP)  Abraham Olano (ESP) 1996  Johan Museeuw (BEL)  Bjarne Riis (DEN)  Alex Zülle (SUI) 1997  Jan Ullrich (GER)  Laurent Jalabert (FRA)...
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    On 8 January 2020, the team announced that 1996 Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis, who had previously worked with Tinkoff–Saxo., had acquired a third of...
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    teammate Bjarne Riis while Indurain finished four minutes down. On the following stage, he finished in the same group as Indurain 40 seconds behind Riis. On...
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    the victory. He thereby became the first Dane to win the Tour since Bjarne Riis in 1996. The race was affected by climate-change protests as well as...
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    he not taken the bottle. He later said he would stop racing. The Dane Bjarne Riis won and his teammate Jan Ullrich finished second. Induráin finished 11th...
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