1998 Tour de France
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{{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 (cycling team)|Cofidis]]
|team1time = 278h 29' 58"
|team2 = [[Casino (cycling team)|Casino]]
|team2time = +29' 09"
|team3 = [[U.S. Postal Service cycling team|U.S. Postal]]
|team3time = +41' 40"
}}
The '''1998 Tour de France''', also called the '''Tour de Dopage''' (Tour of [[Doping (sport)|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 (cycling team)|TVM]] team, and as a reaction the riders staged a sit-down protest of the treatment. The Spanish teams pulled out of the race at the urging of the [[Astana Team|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 [[Maillot vert|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]]
==Stages==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Stage
!Route
!Distance
!Type
!Date
!Stage winner
![[Yellow jersey|GC]] leader
|-
|align="right"| P
| {{flagicon|IRE}} [[Dublin]]
| 5.6 km
| Individual time trial
| Saturday, July 11
| [[Chris Boardman]]
| Chris Boardman
|-
|align="right"| 1
| {{flagicon|IRE}} Dublin – {{flagicon|IRE}} Dublin
| 180.5 km
|
| Sunday, July 12
| [[Tom Steels]]
| Chris Boardman
|-
|align="right"| 2
| {{flagicon|IRE}} [[Enniscorthy]] – {{flagicon|IRE}} [[Cork (city)|Cork]]
| 205.5 km
|
| Monday, July 13
| [[Jan Svorada]]
| [[Erik Zabel]]
|-
|align="right"| 3
| [[Roscoff]] – [[Lorient]]
| 169 km
|
| Tuesday, July 14
| [[Jens Heppner]]
| [[Bo Hamburger]]
|-
|align="right"| 4
| [[Plouay]] – [[Cholet]]
| 252 km
|
| Wednesday, July 15
| [[Jeroen Blijlevens]]
| [[Stuart O'Grady]]
|-
|align="right"| 5
| Cholet – [[Châteauroux]]
| 228.5 km
|
| Thursday, July 16
| [[Mario Cipollini]]
| Stuart O'Grady
|-
|align="right"| 6
| [[La Châtre]] – [[Brive-la-Gaillarde]]
| 204.5 km
|
| Friday, July 17
| Mario Cipollini
| Stuart O'Grady
|-
|align="right"| 7
| [[Merygnac l'Église]] – [[Corrèze]]
| 58 km
| Individual time trial
| Saturday, July 18
| [[Jan Ullrich]]
| Jan Ullrich
|-
|align="right"| 8
| [[Brive]] – [[Montauban]]
| 190.5 km
|
| Sunday, July 19
| [[Jacky Durand]]
| [[Laurent Desbiens]]
|-
|align="right"| 9
| Montauban – [[Pau, France|Pau]]
| 210 km
|
| Monday, July 20
| [[Léon van Bon]]
| Laurent Desbiens
|-
|align="right"| 10
| Pau – [[Luchon]]
| 196.5 km
| Mountain stage
| Tuesday, July 21
| [[Rodolfo Massi]]
| Jan Ullrich
|-
|align="right"| 11
| Luchon – [[Plateau-de-Beille]]
| 170 km
| Mountain stage
| Wednesday, July 22
| [[Marco Pantani]]
| Jan Ullrich
|-
|colspan="4" align="center"| ''Rest day''
| Thursday, July 23
|colspan="2"|
|-
|align="right"| 12
| [[Tarascon-sur-Ariège]] – [[Cap d'Agde|Le Cap d'Agde]]
| 222 km
|
| Friday, July 24
| Tom Steels
| Jan Ullrich
|-
|align="right"| 13
| [[Frontignan|Frontignan la Peyrade]] – [[Carpentras]]
| 196 km
|
| Saturday, July 25
| [[Daniele Nardello]]
| Jan Ullrich
|-
|align="right"| 14
| [[Valréas]] – [[Grenoble]]
| 186.5 km
|
| Sunday, July 26
| Stuart O'Grady
| Jan Ullrich
|-
|align="right"| 15
| Grenoble – [[Les Deux Alpes]]
| 189 km
| Mountain stage
| Monday, July 27
| Marco Pantani
| Marco Pantani
|-
|align="right"| 16
| [[Vizille]] – [[Albertville]]
| 204 km
| Mountain stage
| Tuesday, July 28
| Jan Ullrich
| Marco Pantani
|-
|align="right"| 17
| Albertville – [[Aix-les-Bains]]
| 149 km
| Mountain stage
| Wednesday, July 29
| colspan="2" align="center"| ''No race''
|-
|align="right"| 18
| Aix-les-Bains – {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Neuchâtel]]
| 218.5 km
|
| Thursday, July 30
| Tom Steels
| Marco Pantani
|-
|align="right"| 19
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] – [[Autun]]
| 242 km
|
| Friday, July 31
| [[Magnus Bäckstedt]]
| Marco Pantani
|-
|align="right"| 20
| [[Montceau-les-Mines]] – [[Le Creusot]]
| 52 km
| Individual time trial
| Saturday, August 1
| Jan Ullrich
| Marco Pantani
|-
|align="right"| 21
| [[Melun]] – [[Paris]]-[[Champs-Élysées]]
| 147.5 km
|
| Sunday, August 2
| Tom Steels
| Marco Pantani
|}
===Jersey progress===
;Notes
* (1) = In Stage 1, Chris Boardman (the winner of the Prologue) wore the yellow jersey, and [[Abraham Olano]] wore the green jersey.
* (2) = The white jersey wasn't awarded in 1998, this represents the leader in the youth competition.
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==Final standings==
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Name
!Country
!Team
!Time
|-bgcolor=yellow
|1
|'''[[Marco Pantani]]'''
|{{ITA}}
|'''[[Mercatone Uno]]'''
|align=right|92h 49' 46"
|-
|2
|[[Jan Ullrich]]
|{{DEU}}
|[[T-Mobile Team|Deutsche Telekom]]
|align=right| 3' 21"
|-
|3
|[[Bobby Julich]]
|{{USA}}
|[[Cofidis (cycling team)|Cofidis]]
|align=right| 4' 08"
|-bgcolor=pink
|4
|[[Christophe Rinero]]
|{{FRA}}
|[[Cofidis (cycling team)|Cofidis]]
|align=right| 9' 16"
|-
|5
|[[Michael Boogerd]]
|{{NLD}}
|[[Rabobank (cycling)|Rabobank]]
|align=right| 11' 26"
|-
|6
|[[Jean-Cyril Robin]]
|{{FRA}}
|[[U.S. Postal Service cycling team|U.S. Postal]]
|align=right| 14' 57"
|-
|7
|[[Roland Meier]]
|{{SUI}}
|[[Cofidis (cycling team)|Cofidis]]
|align=right| 15' 13"
|-
|8
|[[Daniele Nardello]]
|{{ITA}}
|[[Mapei (cycling team)|Mapei]]
|align=right| 16' 07"
|-
|9
|[[Giuseppe Di Grande]]
|{{ITA}}
|[[Mapei (cycling team)|Mapei]]
|align=right| 17' 35"
|-
|10
|[[Axel Merckx]]
|{{BEL}}
|[[Polti]]
|align=right| 17' 39"
|}
===Teams===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Team!!Country!!Top riders
|-
|[[Team Deutsche Telekom]]|| {{flagicon|GER}} || (Ullrich, Zabel)
|-
|[[Festina]]|| {{flagicon|France}} || (Virenque, Dufaux, Moreau, Zülle)
|-
|[[Mercatone Uno]]|| {{flagicon|Italy}} || (Pantani)
|-
|[[Mapei-Bricobi]]|| {{flagicon|Italy}} || (Svorada, Steels, Nardello)
|-
|[[ONCE-Deutsche Bank]]|| {{flagicon|ESP}} || (Jalabert, Bruyneel)
|-
|[[Rabobank]]|| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} || (Boogerd, McEwen)
|-
|[[Casino]]|| {{flagicon|FRA}} || (Elli, Kirsipuu)
|-
|[[Banesto]]|| {{flagicon|ESP}} || (Olano, Beltran)
|-
|[[GAN]]|| {{flagicon|France}} || (Boardman, Moncassin)
|-
|[[Lotto team|Lotto-Mobistar]]|| {{flagicon|Belgium}} || (Tchmil, Madouas)
|-
|[[TVM-Farm Frites]]|| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} || (Blijlevens, Roux)
|-
|[[Saeco|Saeco-Cannondale]]|| {{flagicon|Italy}} || (Cipollini, Piepoli)
|-
|[[La Française des Jeux]]|| {{flagicon|FRA}} || (Berzin)
|-
|[[Cofidis]]|| {{flagicon|FRA}} || (Julich, Rinero, Meier)
|-
|[[Team Polti]]|| {{flagicon|Italy}} || (Leblanc, Guidi)
|-
|[[Asics-CGA]]|| {{flagicon|Italy}} || (Simeoni)
|-
|[[Vitalicio Seguros-Gruppo Generali]]|| {{flagicon|ESP}} || (Casero)
|-
|[[Kelme (cycling team)|Kelme-Costa Blanca-Eurosport]]|| {{flagicon|Spain}} || (Escartin)
|-
|[[US Postal Service]]|| {{flagicon|United States}} || (Robin, Hincapie)
|-
|[[Riso Scotti-MG Maglificio]]|| {{flagicon|ITA}} || (Baldato)
|-
|[[Big.Mat-Auber 93]]|| {{flagicon|France}} || (Lino)
|}
==External links==
* [http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/tour98/stage21.html 1998 Tour de France results]
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