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Uncommon card · Society
Bjarne Riis, an Uncommon card
Bjarne Lykkegård Riis, nicknamed The Eagle from Herning, is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer and cycling team manager.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 63
- Power
- 135
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 20,000
Power 135 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Bjarne Riis quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bjarne Riis card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Noted for his ______ in the 1996 Tour de France, where he dethroned five‑time defending champion Miguel Indurain.
Answer
victory. Noted for his victory in the 1996 Tour de France, where he dethroned five‑time defending champion Miguel Indurain. From the Bjarne Riis article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Riis's other major victories include the Amstel Gold Race in ____ and multiple Danish national road race titles, and he took stage wins at the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia.
Answer
1990s. Riis's other major victories include the Amstel Gold Race in 1997 and multiple Danish national road race titles, and he took stage wins at the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia. From the Bjarne Riis article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Neel Jani. Neel Jani 83 · Bjarne Riis 72 · StarCruises 68 · Graz Airport 64 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Noted for his victory in the 1996 Tour de France, where he dethroned five‑time defending champion Miguel Indurain.
- Riis's other major victories include the Amstel Gold Race in 1997 and multiple Danish national road race titles, and he took stage wins at the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia.
- After retiring in 2000, he founded and managed Team CSC, which competed under successive sponsors as Saxo Bank, Saxo Bank–SunGard and Tinkoff-Saxo and was one of the leading squads of the 2000s and early 2010s.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bjarne Riis article was read about 20,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 63: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Bjarne Riis
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- Danilo KišUncommon · Arts · ATK 66 DEF 69
- DarinUncommon · Arts · ATK 73 DEF 62
- Maxim KatzUncommon · History · ATK 73 DEF 62
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bjarne Riis (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Flickr member Velo Steve, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
