Bjarne Riis

Bjarne Riis (born the April 3rd 1964 with Herning with the Denmark) is a runner cyclist of Danish nationality . He gains the Tour de France 1996 and puts a term at his sporting career after a fall in the Tour of Switzerland 1999. He is since 2000 to manage Équipe cyclist TEAM CSC.

During its victory in the Tour de France 1996, he had inherited a reputation ambiguity as regards doping. In the nickname testifies to “Mister 60%” of which it had then been affublé because of his rate of supposed Hématocrite. The May 25th 2007, it admits being doped with EPO during its sporting career and in particular during the Tour de France 1996 which it had gained. The June 7th 2007, its name is definitively striped prize list of the turn of France, no winner will not henceforth be mentioned for this year 1996.

Prize list

2 times champion of Denmark clm by teams junior (1981, 1982)
Champion of Scandinavia clm by teams junior (1982)
2 times champion of Denmark clm by team amateur (1983, 1985)
Victorious of 2 stages of Giro (1989, 1993)
Victorious of 3 stages of the tower of the EEC (1989,1990 (2))
3 times champion of Denmark (1992,1995,1996)
Victorious of the Turn of Denmark in 1995 Victorious
of the Amstel Gold Race in 1997 Victorious
of the GP of Aarhus (1997)
2 times winner of the GP Mitbank (1997, 1998)
Champion of Denmark clm by teams (1998)
Victorious of 1 stage of Bicicleta Vasca (1998)

2nd of the Gold Bicycle in 1996
3rd of the classification UCI in 1993

Tour de France

Bjarne Riis was striped prize list of the Tour de France (victory in 1996) the June 7th 2007, after having acknowledged that he had doped himself.

Podiums

3rd in 1995

Victories of stages

1993

7th stage: Fibula - Châlons-sur-Marne

1994

13th stage: Bagnères-with-Bigorre - Albi

1996

9th stage: the Monêtier-the-Baths - Sestrières
16th stage: Agen - Heavy - Hautacam

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