1998 Tour de France

Tour de France standings
year = 1998
gc1 = Marco Pantani
gc1time = 92h 49' 46"
gc2 = Jan Ullrich
gc2time = +3' 21"
gc3 = Bobby Julich
gc3time = +4' 08"
pc1 = Erik Zabel
pc1points = 327 points
pc2 = Stuart O'Grady
pc2points = 230 points
pc3 = Tom Steels
pc3points = 221 points
kom1 = Christophe Rinero
kom1points = 200 points
kom2 = Marco Pantani
kom2points = 175 points
kom3 = Alberto Elli
kom3points = 165 points
youth1 = Jan Ullrich
youth1time = 92h 53' 07"
youth2 = Christophe Rinero
youth2time = +5' 55"
youth3 = Giuseppe di Grande
youth3time = +14' 14"
team1 = Cofidis
team1time = 278h 29' 58"
team2 = Casino
team2time = +29' 09"
team3 = U.S. Postal
team3time = +41' 40" The 1998 Tour de France, also called the Tour de Dopage (Tour of Doping), was marred by doping scandals throughout known as the Festina affair, starting with the arrest of Willy Voet, a soigneur in the French Festina team. Voet was traveling into France when he was arrested and found with large quantities of doping products. As a result, repeated police raids found drugs in the rooms of the TVM team, and the riders staged a sit-down protest during stage 17 as a reaction to the treatment. Tour directors later nullified the results of the stage. The Spanish teams pulled out of the race at the urging of the ONCE team, led by Laurent Jalabert, the French National Champion.

This 1998 edition of Tour de France was won by Marco Pantani, with podium placing of Jan Ullrich, the defending champion, and American Bobby Julich. Erik Zabel won his third consecutive green jersey in the points classification. Christophe Rinero claimed the polka dot jersey as the winner of the King of the Mountains classification.

Teams and riders

189 riders in 21 teams commenced the 1998 Tour de France, only 96 riders finished.
*List of teams and cyclists in the 1998 Tour de France

tages

ee also

* List of doping cases in cycling

External links

* [http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/tour98/stage21.html 1998 Tour de France results]