1996 Tour de France
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The 1996 Tour de France was the 83rd edition of the Tour de France, starting on 29 June and ending on 21 July, featuring 19 regular stages, 2 individual time trials, a prologue and a rest day.
Bjarne Riis (pictured in 1989) won the general classification
Bjarne Riis attacking Miguel Induráin, Richard Virenque, and others on the stage to Hautacam
The first three in the General classification: from left: Jan Ullrich, Bjarne Riis and Richard Virenque
Jan Ullrich
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Jan Ullrich is a German former professional road bicycle racer. Ullrich won gold and silver medals in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He won the 1999 Vuelta a España and the HEW Cyclassics in fron
1996 Tour de France
…conditions, including snow, the organisers cut the stage to just 46 km. Bjarne Riis won the stage and opened a crucial 44 second gap over Telekom teammate Jan Ullrich. Ullrich, only 22, really broke through in this Tour, and won the individual time trial of stage 20. Over a decade after the race, several riders with…
Ullrich in 2016
Ullrich with teammate Udo Bölts crossing the Vosges mountains during the 1997 Tour de France
Ullrich in Hanover, 2005
Ullrich in 2005