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Bjarne Riis

1964 - Today

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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 former professional road bicycle racer who won the 1996 Tour de France. For many years he was the owner and later manager of the Oleg Tinkov associated Russian UCI WorldTeam Tinkoff–Saxo. Other career highlights include placing first in the Amstel Gold Race in 1997, multiple Danish National Championships, and stage wins in the Giro d'Italia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bjarne Riis has received more than 395,806 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Bjarne Riis is the 62nd most popular cyclist (down from 59th in 2019), the 311th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 330th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Cyclist.

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  • 400k

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  • 59.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Bjarne Riis ranks 62 out of 1,613. Before him are Tony Rominger, August von Gödrich, Gastone Nencini, Alberto Contador, Stan Ockers, and Maurice De Waele. After him are André Leducq, Bernard Thévenet, Lucien Aimar, Gösta Pettersson, Greg LeMond, and Luigi Ganna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Bjarne Riis ranks 119. Before him are Kerry King, Hank Azaria, Bret Easton Ellis, Nino Burjanadze, H.P. Baxxter, and Lee Jae-myung. After him are Michelle Fairley, Doug Savant, Heike Drechsler, Gerald Vanenburg, Anne Applebaum, and Andi Deris.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Bjarne Riis ranks 311 out of 1,032. Before him are Princess Dagmar of Denmark (1890), Viggo Jensen (1874), Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872), Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1860), Jens Baggesen (1764), and Kim Larsen (1945). After him are Jens Fink-Jensen (1956), Bodil Ipsen (1889), Ove Høegh-Guldberg (1731), J. C. Jacobsen (1811), Poul Hartling (1914), and Georg Jensen (1866).

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Among CYCLISTS In Denmark

Among cyclists born in Denmark, Bjarne Riis ranks 2. Before him are Tony Rominger (1961). After him are Henry Hansen (1902), Ole Ritter (1941), Willy Hansen (1906), Jonas Vingegaard (1996), Leif Mortensen (1946), Michael Rasmussen (1974), Mogens Frey (1941), Gunnar Asmussen (1944), Axel Schandorff (1925), and Peder Pedersen (1945).

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