After failing to win his sixth Tour de France, who made up for his disappointment by winning the inaugural Olympic road time trial in 1996?
1996 Tour de France to win 6 Tours was lost. The Stage 19 ITT was the last opportunity for major changes to be made in the General Classification and the stage was won by Jan Ullrich who finished nearly a minute ahead of 2nd place Indurain who had completely dominated Individual Times Trials at the Tour De France for the previous several years. Riis had plenty of time to spare and was 1:41 ahead of his teammate Ullrich in the General Classification. Richard Virenque rounded out the podium also winning the King of the Mountains. Doping was rampant at the 1996 Tour. There were
1996 Tour de France winner of the Tour de France. Riis did not win." At the same time tour spokesman Philippe Sudres stated that: "We consider philosophically that he can no longer claim to have won." In 2007, Riis' victory was removed from the Tour de France, yet in 2008 they listed Riis as winner of Tour de France 1996, albeit with a remark about his confession. The 18 teams on top of the UCI rankings at the start of 1996 automatically qualified for the Tour. Four wildcards were given, for a total of 22 teams The teams entering the race were: Qualified teams