Bjarne Riis has told Cyclingnews that he plans to return to cycling with a professional team but that the opportunity must the right for him, and that simply buying back his old team from Oleg Tinkov is not on the cards.
The Dane, and former owner of the Tinkoff squad, confirmed that he has talked to several parties about managing a team, including Dimension Data last year, and the new Bahrain project that is set for lift off in 2017, but that only the 'right structure' would entice him.
“I’ve talked to different teams but right now I don’t see the right one for me,” Riis told Cyclingnews from his home in Lugano.
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Riis and his business partner, former Saxo Bank CEO Lars Seier Christensen, announced in February that they were attempting to build a project for the future and Riis added that they were working at apace.
“It has to be right though,” he stressed. “That’s why Lars and I have looked at creating our own team for either now or later.”
In one sense, Riis could move quickly and return to running a team with a number of options currently on the table. Tinkoff are set to end this year, while the 2017 Bahrain project was also a possibility at one point.
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