Dane Bjarne Riis has become the first rider to admit having used performance enhancing drugs while winning the Tour de France.Riis, who won the race in 1996, said he used drugs between 1993 and 1998.
"I have taken doping, I have taken EPO," Riis told a news conference. "I purchased it myself and I took it myself. It was a part of every day life as a rider."
Previously, Riis had denied using the blood-boosting substance erythropoietin (EPO).
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