News for September 21

Riis - 2 more years at Telekom

Bjarne Riis has made his final decision: The 32-year-old Dane stays two more years with the German Team Telekom. In his contract, he has an option for a third year. "I'm very satisfied that i could finally make my signature", Riis said. His teammate Jan Ullrich was also happy: "I can learn from his experience. My time will come." For the next season, Riis was guaranteed to be the alone leader at Telekom. The Dane said he wants "to win the Tour again. "

With Riis, Ullrich, Zabel and the new riders Georg Totschnig, Giovanni Lombardi and Frank Corvers Telekom will have a much stronger team in 1997 and will be one of the leading teams in professional cycling.