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The early 1990s was dominated by Spaniard [[Miguel Induráin]], who won five Tours from [[1991 Tour de France|1991]] to [[1995 Tour de France|1995]], the fourth, and last, to win five times, and the only five-time winner to achieve those victories consecutively. He wore the race leader's yellow jersey in the Tour de France for 60 days. He holds the record for the most consecutive Tour de France wins and shares the record for most wins with [[Jacques Anquetil]], [[Bernard Hinault]] and [[Eddy Merckx]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/in/miguel-indurain-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418050159/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/in/miguel-indurain-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Miguel Induráin Olympic Results |access-date=18 May 2015 |work=Sports Reference}}</ref> Induráin was a strong [[Individual time trial|time trialist]], gaining on rivals and riding defensively in the climbing stages. Induráin won only two Tour stages that were not [[individual time trial]]s: mountain stages to [[Cauterets]] (1989) and [[Luz Ardiden]] (1990) in the [[Pyrenees]]. These superior abilities in the discipline fit perfectly with the time trial heavy Tours of the era, with many featuring between 150 and 200 km of time trialling vs the more common 50–80 km today.
The influx of more international riders continued through this period, as in [[1996 Tour de France|1996]] the race was won for the first time by a rider from Denmark, [[Bjarne Riis]], who ended Miguel Induráin's reign with an attack on [[Hautacam]]. On 25 May 2007, Bjarne Riis admitted that he placed first in the Tour de France using banned substances, and he was no longer considered the winner by the Tour's organizers.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.espn.com/olympics/cycling/news/story?id=2896276 |title = Tour no longer lists Riis as champ after doping admission| agency=Associated Press/ESPN| date=7 June 2007}}</ref> In July 2008, the Tour reconfirmed his victory but with an asterisk label to indicate his doping offences.<ref name="GuideHistorique">{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/COURSE/docs/histo2009_05.pdf|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation|ASO]]|page=95|title=Guide Historique|author=Augendre, Jacques|language=fr|access-date=18 August 2009|year=2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019082316/http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/COURSE/docs/histo2009_05.pdf|archive-date=19 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2013 [[Jan Ullrich]], the first German rider to win the Tour (in [[1997 Tour de France|1997]]), admitted to blood doping.
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