1998 Tour de France
The 1998 Tour de France event was the 85th held. The tour started in Ireland for the very first time. The event was won by Italian rider Marco Pantani riding for the Mercatone Uno team.
Trivia
- This tour is also called the Tour du Dopage (Tour of Doping) as it was dominated by the Festina Affair, with the French Festina team forced to leave the Tour after one of their support staff was caught with a large supply of doping products in his car.
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- Information about each of the tours
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