Bjarne Riis on stage six of the 2014 Tour of Poland
Dane Bjarne Riis, 1996 Tour de France winner, may buy back the Tinkoff-Saxo bank team he sold two years ago to Oleg Tinkov. According to Danish newspaper, Ekstra Bladet, he is working on a deal with the Russian team owner.
The newspaper estimates the Russian WorldTour team's budget at €16m. Riis would need a sponsor to pay for that and money to pay Tinkov for the management company.
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