# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bjarne-riis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:42:52.727Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bjarne-riis"
name: "Bjarne Riis"
slug: "bjarne-riis"
description: "Bjarne Lykkegård Riis, nicknamed The Eagle from Herning, is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer and cycling team manager. He won the 1996 Tour de France and later admitted to having doped throughout the most successful period of his career."
tagline: "Danish cyclist, born 1964"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1964-04-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump