Bjarne Riis

Personal information
Full name	Bjarne Lykkegård Riis
Nickname	The Eagle from Herning
Date of birth	April 3, 1964 (1964-04-03) (age 43)
Country	Denmark
Team information
Current team	Team CSC
Discipline	Road
Role	Team Manager
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional team(s)
1986 1987 1988 1989–1991 1992–1993 1994–1995 1996–1999	Roland Lucas Toshiba Castorama Ceramiche Ariostea Gewiss-Ballan Telekom
Managerial team(s)
1999–	Team CSC
Major wins
1989 Giro d'Italia, 1 stage 1993 Giro d'Italia, 1 stage 1993 Tour de France, 1 stage 1994 Tour de France, 1 stage 1996 Tour de France, and 2 stages 1997 Amstel Gold Race
Infobox last updated on:
December 28, 2006

Bjarne Lykkegård Riis (born April 3, 1964), nicknamed the Eagle from Herning (Danish: Ørnen fra Herning), is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer who won the 1996 Tour de France, and is now the team owner and manager of Danish UCI ProTour outfit Team CSC. Other career highlights include winning the Amstel Gold Race in 1997, multiple Danish National Championships, and stage wins in the Giro d'Italia. On May 25, 2007 he admitted that he won the Tour de France using banned substances, and he is no longer considered the winner by the tour's organizers [1]. is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Location of Herning municipality Herning is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. ... Road bicycle racing is a popular bicycle racing sport held on the road (following the geography of the area), using racing bicycles. ... The 1996 Tour de France was the 83rd Tour de France, starting on June 29 and ending on July 21, featuring 19 regular stages, 2 individual time trials, a prologue and a rest day (July 10th). ... The UCI ProTour logo The UCI ProTour is a competition under the International Cycling Union (UCI). ... Riders from Team CSC in Danmark Rundt, August 2006. ... The Amstel Gold Race is a road bicycle racing race held (mostly) in the southern part of the province of Limburg, The Netherlands. ... The Giro dItalia, also simply known as the Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May or early June in and around Italy. ... is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is now the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... The Tour de France is the worlds best-known cycling race, a three-week long road race that covers a circuit of most areas around France and, sometimes, neighbouring countries. ...

Career

Born in Herning, Riis began cycling at local club Herning CK. His professional career started in 1986, his first result was a fifth place finish in the GP Wallonie that year. Following a few years with no personal wins, he had yet to impress when his contract ran out in 1988. Location of Herning municipality Herning is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. ... Herning Cykle Klub (or Herning CK) is an amateur road bicycle racing club, located in Herning, Denmark, and founded April 11, 1937 on initiative by E.V.Johansen, with Poul Schmidt as chairman. ...

At the 1988 Tour of European Community race, while riding for the Toshiba team, Riis and fellow Danish rider Kim Eriksen were contacted by the former Tour de France winner Laurent Fignon from the Systeme U team. Fignon was leading the Tour of European Community race, but he needed a few riders to help him secure the victory. In the hope of earning a contract with Systeme U,^[1] Riis helped Fignon achieve the victory and in December 1988 he moved to sports director Cyrille Guimard's Systeme U team as a support rider for Fignon. For the next three years Riis rode as Fignon's eternal helper in both flat and mountainous terrain, and they became close friends.^[2] Riis helped Fignon win the 1989 Giro d'Italia, while Riis himself won his first professional victory as he secured the 9th stage of the Giro. Tour de lAvenir (English: Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as an amateur race. ... Laurent Fignon (born August 12, 1960 in Paris) is a French cyclist, who won the Tour de France twice in 1983 and 1984, and missed winning it a third time, in 1989, by a very narrow margin. ... Cyrille Guimard is a French former professional racing cyclist who became famous as the directeur sportif for two famous French cyclists and Tour de France winners: Bernard Hinault and Laurent Fignon. ... The 1989 Giro dItalia of cycling was held from May 17 to June 10, 1989, consisting of 22 stages. ...

Tour de France success

When Fignon retired in 1992, Bjarne Riis contacted fellow Danish rider Rolf Sørensen, who got him a job as a rider for Italian team Ariostea under sporting director Giancarlo Ferretti. Riis won the Châlon-sur-Marne stage during the 1993 Tour de France and also wore the polka dot jersey for a day. He finished 5th place overall, which was the best Danish result in Tour history at the time, beating Leif Mortensen's 6th place finish in the 1971 Tour de France. Riis was ill during the 1994 Tour de France but managed a stage win by going on a break-away and then racing solo for the last 30 km of the day. With the sprinter teams chasing him, he won the stage by just a few seconds. Riis finished 3rd at the 1995 Tour de France, the first Dane to reach the podium in Paris. Rolf Sørensen (born 20 April 1965) is a former Danish professional road bicycle racer. ... Giancarlo Ferretti wearing team Fassa Bortolo attire. ... The 1993 Tour de France was the 80th Tour de France, taking place July 3 to July 27, 1993. ... The polka dot jersey (French: maillot à pois rouge) is awarded for the best climber during the mountain stages of the Tour de France cycle race. ... The 1971 Tour de France was the 49th Tour de France, taking place June 26 to July 18, 1971. ... The 1994 Tour de France was the 81st Tour de France and included two stages in England (twenty years after the tour first visited), Stage 4, Dover to Brighton and Stage 5, around Portsmouth. ... The 1995 Tour de France was the 82nd Tour de France. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) The Eiffel Tower in Paris, as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ...

For the 1996 season, Riis switched to the Telekom team. The week before the 1996 Tour de France, he had won the Danish Road Racing Championship. As a result of snow on both the Col de l'Iseran and the Col du Galibier, the scheduled 190 km stage 9 from Val-d'Isère to Sestriere in Italy was truncated and reduced to a 46 km sprint from Le-Monetier-les-Bains which was claimed by Riis, opening a 44 second gap over Jan Ullrich. Riis ended up winning the 1996 Tour by one minute forty one over Ullrich, ending Miguel Indurain's 5 year winning streak. The win was instrumental in turning then Telekom (now T-Mobile Team) from a small team, struggling to get an invitation to the 1995 Tour and only managing to send half a team, into one of the biggest teams in road racing. It also had a huge positive effect on the development of cycling in Denmark - both in terms of participation and in spectator interest. Presentation of the 2006 team in Mallorca. ... The 1996 Tour de France was the 83rd Tour de France, starting on June 29 and ending on July 21, featuring 19 regular stages, 2 individual time trials, a prologue and a rest day (July 10th). ... The following terminology is used in the general sport of cycling, as well as the more specific road bicycle racing and mountain bicycle racing. ... Col de lIseran (el. ... Col du Galibier Col du Galibier (el. ... Val dIsere ski resort A view of Val dIsere ski resort. ... Sestriere (French: Sestrières) is an alpine village in Italy, a [[comune of the Province of Turin, at 44°57′N 6°53′E, at 2035 m above sea-level, with 838 inhabitants (2003). ... Jan Ullrich (born December 2, 1973 in Rostock, East Germany, now Germany) is a retired German professional road bicycle racer. ... Miguel Ángel Indurain Larraya (born July 16, 1964, Villava, Navarre) is a retired Spanish road bicycle racer. ... Presentation of the 2006 team in Mallorca. ...

In 1997, he won the spring classic Amstel Gold Race, with a great effort, riding solo from a long way out, in pouring rain. Bjarne Riis was the favourite at the 1997 Tour de France, but instead it was his young German teammate Jan Ullrich, who won the overall competition, with Riis finishing 7th. On his way to the startup at stage 2 of the 1999 Tour de Suisse, Bjarne Riis hit the curb and crashed. The sustained injuries to his elbow and knee ultimately forced him to retire in the spring of 2000 at the age of 36. The Amstel Gold Race is a road bicycle racing race held (mostly) in the southern part of the province of Limburg, The Netherlands. ... The 1997 Tour de France was the 84th Tour de France, it took place July 5–27, 1997. ... Jan Ullrich (born December 2, 1973 in Rostock, East Germany, now Germany) is a retired German professional road bicycle racer. ... The Tour de Suisse (English: Tour of Switzerland) is a UCI ProTour stage race held annually in June. ...

Doping allegations

In the aftermath of the performance enhancing drugs crisis in cycling following the 1998 Tour de France, Riis acquired the nickname of Mr. 60%, a suggestion that he has used doping. It is generally understood that this was Riis' nickname in the peloton. The 60% is an allusion to a high hematocrit (red blood cell) level, an indication of EPO usage. It has been published, but never proven, that Riis had a hematocrit level of 56% during one test in July 1995; well above typical natural levels, as well as his published reading of 41% in the offseason earlier that year.^[3] The earliest mention of the nickname can be traced to interviews with riders of Festina in 1998-2000, who apparently suggested that if they had been doped above 50%, then Riis must have been doped to at least 60% since he was able to win the Tour de France in 1996 ahead of the Festina rider Richard Virenque: In Willy Voet's book Breaking the Chain, he mentions that Festina's team doctor would not allow EPO to be administered if a rider's hematocrit level was near 55%. In sports, doping refers to the use of performance-enhancing drugs such as anabolic steroids, particularly those that are forbidden by the organizations that regulate competitions. ... The 1998 Tour de France was marred by doping scandals throughout, starting with the arrest of Willy Voet a soigneur in the French Festina team. ... The peloton (from French, literally meaning ball and related to the English word platoon), bunch or pack is the large main group in a road bicycle race. ... The hematocrit (Ht or HCT) and packed cell volume (PCV) are measures of the proportion of blood volume that is occupied by red blood cells. ... Erythropoietin (IPA pronunciation: , alternative pronunciations: ) or EPO is a glycoprotein hormone that is a cytokine for erythrocyte (red blood cell) precursors in the bone marrow. ... Festina is a Spanish watch manufacturer. ... Richard Virenque (born November 19, 1969 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a retired French professional bicyclist. ... Willy Voet is a sports physiotherapist who was involved in a high-profile doping scandal. ...

Bjarne Riis never tested positive as a rider (though no EPO test existed when he was a rider). Reports have noted, however, that police in Italy found evidence that Riis may have been among riders treated with EPO in 1994 and 1995 by medical researchers under Professor Francesco Conconi at the University of Ferrara, which resulted in prosecutions against Conconi and also involved Michele Ferrari. Files used in the court case apparently showed fluctuations in Riis' hematocrit from 41% to 56.3%.^[4] Professor Francesco Conconi is an Italian sports doctor, with disciples such as Ferrari and Cecchini. ... Michele Ferrari. ...

Doping admission

On May 25, 2007 Riis issued a statement confessing to taking EPO, growth hormone and cortisone for 5 years, from 1993 to 1998, including during his victory in the 1996 Tour de France.^[5] Earlier in the week, five of Riis' former teammates from Team Telekom confessed to having used banned substances during the 1990s when Riis won the Tour.^{[6] [7]} Riis said that he bought and injected the EPO himself, and team coach Walter Godefroot turned a blind eye to the drug use on the team.^[8]. Riis is now removed from the official record books of Tour de France.^[9] is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is now the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Erythropoietin (IPA pronunciation: , alternative pronunciations: ) or EPO is a glycoprotein hormone that is a cytokine for erythrocyte (red blood cell) precursors in the bone marrow. ... Growth hormone (GH or somatotropin) is a 191-amino acid, single chain polypeptide hormone which is synthesised, stored and secreted by the somatotroph cells within the lateral wings of the anterior pituitary gland, which stimulates growth and cell reproduction in humans and other animals. ... Cortisone (IPA:ˈkôrtəˌsōn) is a steroid hormone. ... The 1996 Tour de France was the 83rd Tour de France, starting on June 29 and ending on July 21, featuring 19 regular stages, 2 individual time trials, a prologue and a rest day (July 10th). ... Walter Godefroot (born 2 July 1943) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer and former directeur sportif of the T-Mobile Team, a professional cycling team. ...

The reactions on Riis’s admission have been truly mixed. Many Danish newspapers have stamped him as a cheater, and claimed that the results Riis has achieved in his career are worthless. ^[10] Others have argued, that Riis is still a worthy winner of 1996 Tour de France. Among them is former Tour de France commentator and bike enthusiast Jørgen Leth. He argues that everybody back then was doped, and Riis was still the best of the doped. He believes, that it was still a fair competition, and he asks the question: if Riis is not a worthy winner – who is? Probably the whole top 10 was doped.^[11] Jørgen Leth’s opinion seems widespread among the common population, and the population has not marked Riis as a cheater, in the same way as the media tend to do. ^[12] The 1996 Tour de France was the 83rd Tour de France, starting on June 29 and ending on July 21, featuring 19 regular stages, 2 individual time trials, a prologue and a rest day (July 10th). ... Jørgen Leth (born June 14, 1937 in Ã…rhus) is a Danish writer and director of the short film Det Perfekte Menneske which is featured in The Five Obstructions with Lars von Trier. ...

Team manager

Following his retirement, a new life opened up. Bjarne Riis had from the start been one of the people behind Danish cycling team Home-Jack & Jones, which became the first Danish team competing in the Tour de France. Following doping allegations and suspension of Home-Jack & Jones rider Marc Streel in 1999, Home withdrew its sponsorship. Bjarne Riis bought the majority of the team through its controlling company Professional Cycling Denmark (PCD), and he became the team manager. In 2001, the team changed sponsor to CSC/World Online, then CSC/Tiscali, and as of the 2003 season the American IT company CSC has been the sole sponsor of Team CSC. Riis renamed PCD to Riis Cycling A/S in 2003. Before the 2005 season, Team CSC had financial problems and some of the riders were asked to take a wage cut. Riis used his own money to keep the team running throughout his first years as team manager, an expenditure he later vowed never to repeat^[13] when a new sponsor deal was signed during the 2005 Tour de France. Riders from Team CSC in Danmark Rundt, August 2006. ... Information and communication technology spending in 2005 Information technology (IT), as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), is the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware. ... CSCs headquarters in El Segundo CSCs branch office in HITEC City Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) NYSE: CSC is an information technology (IT) and business services company headquartered in El Segundo, California, USA. Its stated mission is to help clients achieve strategic goals and profit from the use of... Riders from Team CSC in Danmark Rundt, August 2006. ... The 92nd Tour de France was held from July 2 to July 24, 2005. ...

As a team manager, his team has been involved in relatively few doping cases, with no rider being convicted for using doping while on his team. However, Ivan Basso, who was Team CSC's 2006 Tour de France general classification contender was removed from the team prior to the beginning of the Tour according to the UCI ProTour rules due to his possible involvement in the Operación Puerto doping case, an involvement confirmed by Basso himself in April 2007. Basso maintained a private relationship with Dr Luigi Cecchini, a sports scientist who worked with Conconi and who was also Riis' coach in 1996 and involved with CSC until early last year.^[14] Italian police have alleged that Cecchini had an ongoing relationship with Eufemiano Fuentes.^[15] Basso's contract with Team CSC has since ended. Ivan Basso (born November 26, 1977) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, most recently with Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. ... The Operación Puerto doping case (derived from Operación Puerto meaning Operation Mountain Pass[1]) was a scandal in which 200 athletes including a number of cyclists were accused of using prohibited doping practices to enhance their performance. ... Dr Eufemiano Fuentes, is a Spanish sports doctor. ...

Major results

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Literature

• Mader, Jørn. Ørnen fra Herning - bogen om Bjarne Riis (The eagle from Herning - the book about Bjarne Riis), Denmark, 1995, ISBN 87-412-2850-2
• Werge, Lars. Drømmeholdet - historien om CSC (The dream team - the history of CSC), Denmark, 2005, ISBN 87-7731-206-6

References

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External links

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The 1934 Tour de France was the 28th Tour de France, taking place July 3 to July 29, 1934. ... Antonin Magne. ... The 1935 Tour de France was the 29th Tour de France, taking place July 4 to July 28, 1935. ... Romain Maes was a Belgian cyclist who won the 1935 Tour de France. ... The 1936 Tour de France was the 30th Tour de France, taking place July 7 to August 2, 1936. ... Sylvère Maes (August 27, 1909 – December 5, 1966) was born in Gistel, Belgium. ... The 1937 Tour de France was the 31st Tour de France, taking place June 3 to July 25, 1937. ... Roger Lapébie was a French cyclist who won the 1937 Tour de France. ... The 1938 Tour de France was the 32nd Tour de France, taking place July 5 to July 31, 1938. ... Gino Bartali (July 18, 1914 - May 5, 2000) was an Italian professional racing cyclist. ... The 1939 Tour de France was the 33rd Tour de France, taking Place July 10 to July 30, 1939. ... Sylvère Maes (August 27, 1909 – December 5, 1966) was born in Gistel, Belgium. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The 1947 Tour de France was the 34th Tour de France, taking place June 25 to July 20, 1947. ... Jean Robic was a French cyclist who won the 1947 Tour de France. ... The 1948 Tour de France was the 35th Tour de France, taking place June 30 to July 25, 1948. ... Gino Bartali (July 18, 1914 - May 5, 2000) was an Italian professional racing cyclist. ... The 1949 Tour de France was the 36th Tour de France, taking place June 30 to July 21, 1949. ... Fausto Coppi Fausto Coppi (September 15, 1919 in Castellania, province of Alessandria - January 2, 1960, Tortona) was an Italian racing cyclist. ... The 1950 Tour de France was the 37th Tour de France, taking place July 13 to August 7, 1950. ... Ferdinand Ferdi Kübler was a Swiss cyclist with over 100 professional racing victories, including the 1950 Tour de France. ... The 1951 Tour de France was the 38th Tour de France, taking place July 4 to July 29, 1951. ... Hugo Koblet Hugo Koblet (March 21, 1925 – November 6, 1964) was a Swiss champion cyclist. ... The 1952 Tour de France was the 39th Tour de France, taking place June 25 to July 19, 1952. ... Fausto Coppi Fausto Coppi (September 15, 1919 in Castellania, province of Alessandria - January 2, 1960, Tortona) was an Italian racing cyclist. ... The 1953 Tour de France was the 40th Tour de France, taking place July 3 to July 27, 1953. ... The 1955 Tour de France was the 42nd Tour de France, taking place July 7 to July 30, 1955. ... Louison Bobet (March 12, 1925 - March 13, 1983) was a French professional road cyclist. ... The 1956 Tour de France was the 43rd Tour de France, taking place July 5 to July 28, 1956. ... Roger Walkowiak was a French cyclist who won the 1956 Tour de France. ... The 1957 Tour de France was the 44th Tour de France, taking place June 27 to July 20, 1957. ... Jacques Anquetil (January 8, 1934 - November 18, 1987), was a French cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964. ... The 1958 Tour de France was the 45th Tour de France, taking place June 26 to July 19, 1958. ... Charly Gaul (December 8, 1932 – December 6, 2005) was a road professional cyclist from Luxembourg. ... The 1959 Tour de France, occuring between June 25th and July 18th of the year, featured 120 riders, of which 65 finished. ... Federico Martin Bahamontes was a professional cyclist born on 9 July 1928 in Santo Domingo, Spain. ... The 1960 Tour de France was the 47th Tour de France, taking place June 26 to July 17, 1960. ... Gastone Nencini was a Italian cyclist who won the 1960 Tour de France and the 1957 Giro dItalia. ... The 1961 Tour de France was the 48th running of the Tour de France, from June 25 to July 16. ... The 1964 Tour de France was the 51st Tour de France, taking place June 22 to July 14, 1964. ... Jacques Anquetil (January 8, 1934 - November 18, 1987), was a French cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964. ... The 1965 Tour de France was memorable for a number of reasons. ... Felice Gimondi, (born September 29, 1942 in Sedrina, just outside Bergamo, Italy) is a former professional cyclist. ... The 1966 Tour de France was the 53rd Tour de France, taking place June 21 to July 14, 1966. ... Lucien Aimar (born April 28, 1941 at Hyeres, France) was a notable road racing cyclist of the 1960s and 1970s, and winner of the Tour de France in 1966. ... The 1967 Tour de France was the 54th Tour de France, taking place June 29 to July 23, 1967. ... Roger Pingeon was a French cyclist who won the 1967 Tour de France. ... The 1968 Tour de France was the 55th Tour de France, taking place June 27 to July 21, 1968. ... Johannes Adrianus Janssen, popularly known as Jan Janssen (born May 19, 1940) is a Dutch former professional cyclist (1962 - 1973). ... The 1969 Tour de France was the 56th Tour de France, taking place June 28 to July 20, 1969. ... The 1972 Tour de France was the 59th Tour de France, taking place July 1 to July 22, 1974. ... Edouard Louis Joseph Merckx (IPA: ) (born June 17, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem, Vlaams Brabant, Belgium) is a former Belgian professional cyclist. ... The 1973 Tour de France was the 60th Tour de France, taking place June 30 to July 22, 1974. ... Luis Ocaña (June 9, 1945 – May 19, 1994) was a Spanish cyclist who won the Tour de France in 1973. ... The 1974 Tour de France was the 61st Tour de France, taking place June 27 to July 21, 1974. ... Edouard Louis Joseph Merckx (IPA: ) (born June 17, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem, Vlaams Brabant, Belgium) is a former Belgian professional cyclist. ... The 1975 Tour de France was the 62nd Tour de France, taking place June 26 to July 20, 1975. ... Bernard Thévenet, born January 10, 1948, in Saint-Julien-de-Civry, France, is a retired bicycle racer. ... The 1976 Tour de France was the 63rd Tour de France, taking place June 24 to July 18, 1976. ... Lucien Van Impe (born 20 October 1946 in Mere, Belgium) was a Flemish cyclist from 1969 to 1987. ... The 1977 Tour de France was the 64th Tour de France, taking place June 30 to July 24, 1977. ... Bernard Thévenet, born January 10, 1948, in Saint-Julien-de-Civry, France, is a retired bicycle racer. ... The 1978 Tour de France was the 65th Tour de France, taking place June 29 to July 23, 1978. ... The 1979 Tour de France was the 66th Tour de France, taking place June 27 to July 22, 1979. ... Bernard Hinault (born 14 November 1954) is a French cyclist best known for his five victories in the Tour de France. ... The 1980 Tour de France was the 67th Tour de France. ... Gerardus Joseph (Joop) Zoetemelk is a Dutch cyclist. ... The 1981 Tour de France was the 68th Tour de France, taking place June 25 to July 19, 1981. ... The 1982 Tour de France was the 69th Tour de France, taking place July 2 to July 25, 1982. ... Bernard Hinault (born 14 November 1954) is a French cyclist best known for his five victories in the Tour de France. ... The 1983 Tour de France was the 70th Tour de France, and was won by French rider Laurent Fignon. ... At the 1984 Tour de France, the 71st Tour de France, French rider Laurent Fignon won his second consecutive Tour, beating teammate Bernard Hinault by over 10 minutes. ... Laurent Fignon (born August 12, 1960 in Paris) is a French cyclist, who won the Tour de France twice in 1983 and 1984, and missed winning it a third time, in 1989, by a very narrow margin. ... The 1985 Tour de France saw Bernard Hinault attempt to equal the records of Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx of winning the Tour de France for the fifth time. ... Bernard Hinault (born 14 November 1954) is a French cyclist best known for his five victories in the Tour de France. ... The 1986 Tour de France was the first Tour de France won by an American cyclist, Greg LeMond. ... Gregory James Greg LeMond (born June 26, 1961 in Lakewood, California) is a former professional road bicycle racer from the United States and a three time winner of the Tour de France. ... The 1987 Tour de France was the 74th Tour de France, it took place July 1–26, 1987. ... Stephen Roche (Irish: Stiofán de Róiste) was born November 28, 1959 in Dundrum near Dublin, Ireland and is a retired professional cyclist. ... The 1988 Tour de France was the 75th Tour de France. ... Pedro Delgado in Zaragoza at the 2004 Vuelta a España Pedro Delgado Robledo (born 1960-04-15 in Segovia), also known as Perico, is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. ... The 1989 Tour de France was the 76th Tour de France. ... The 1990 Tour de France was the 77th Tour de France. ... Gregory James Greg LeMond (born June 26, 1961 in Lakewood, California) is a former professional road bicycle racer from the United States and a three time winner of the Tour de France. ... The 1991 Tour de France was the 78th Tour de France. ... The 1995 Tour de France was the 82nd Tour de France. ... Miguel Ángel Indurain Larraya (born July 16, 1964, Villava, Navarre) is a retired Spanish road bicycle racer. ... The 1996 Tour de France was the 83rd Tour de France, starting on June 29 and ending on July 21, featuring 19 regular stages, 2 individual time trials, a prologue and a rest day (July 10th). ... The 1997 Tour de France was the 84th Tour de France, it took place July 5–27, 1997. ... Jan Ullrich (born December 2, 1973 in Rostock, East Germany, now Germany) is a retired German professional road bicycle racer. ... The 1998 Tour de France was marred by doping scandals throughout, starting with the arrest of Willy Voet a soigneur in the French Festina team. ... Marco Pantani (January 13, 1970, Cesena – February 14, 2004, Rimini) was an Italian cyclist widely regarded as being one of the best climbers of all times in professional road bicycle racing. ... The 1999 Tour de France was the 86th Tour de France, taking place from July 3 to July 25, 2005. ... The 92nd Tour de France was held from July 2 to July 24, 2005. ... Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. ... The 2006 Tour de France was the 93rd Tour de France, taking place from July 1 to July 23, 2006. ... Floyd Landis (born October 14, 1975) is an American cyclist. ...