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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • from Denmark have won a total of 28 Tour de France stages as of 2023. Bjarne Riis and Michael Rasmussen have each won four stages. Jonas Vingegaard has...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    season, Schleck was left with no contract. He contacted Team CSC manager Bjarne Riis through their common youth coach Marcel Gilles of the ACC Contern amateur...
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  • Bob Mionske Christophe Moreau Graeme Obree Abraham Olano Marco Pantani Bjarne Riis Fred Rompelberg Florian Rousseau Marco Serpellini Marla Streb Rolf Sørensen...
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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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    other names 2003-2010. Professional cycling sponsorship under team owner Bjarne Riis. "Management and Board of Directors". Computer Sciences Corporation....
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    brothers were under contract with the Danish team Saxo Bank managed by Bjarne Riis through the end of the 2010 season. Several other Team Saxo Bank riders...
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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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  • Polti–Vaporetto 1996  Italy Stefano Zanini Gewiss Playbus 1997  Denmark Bjarne Riis Team Telekom 1998   Switzerland Rolf Järmann Casino–Ag2r 1999  Netherlands...
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    Classic race saw internationally renowned riders (many of them, such as Bjarne Riis, veterans of the Tour de France) tackling the climb. The second stage...
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    haematocrit limit of 50 per cent and "rested" riders who exceeded it. Bjarne Riis, the Danish rider who won the Tour in 1996, was known as "Mr 60 per cent"...
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