Bjarne Riis wurde am 3 April 1964 in Dänemark geboren. Er ist mit Anne Dorthe Tanderup verheiratet. Sie haben drei Kinder. Er war mit Mette Riis verheiratet.
After some of his former Telekom teammates admitted having been used
illegal substances, he confessed to taking EPO, growth hormone and
cortisone from 1993 to 1998, including during his victory in the 1996
Tour de France (25 May 2007).
