1998 Tour de France 909423 224765586 2008-07-10T09:25:01Z 141.51.40.187 /* Jersey progress */ {{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. <timeline> ImageSize = width:630 height:600 PlotArea = left:25 right:0 bottom:21 top:15 DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:0 till:22 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical order:reverse ScaleMajor = gridcolor:white unit:year increment:1 start:1 Colors = id:white value:rgb(1,1,1) id:yellow value:rgb(1,1,0.4) id:green value:rgb(0.5,0.9,0.4) id:red value:rgb(1,0.4,0.5) id:lightblue value:rgb(0.1,0.7,1) id:rogue value:rgb(1,1,0.6) id:combat value:rgb(0.9,0.3,0.3) PlotData= bar:Winner color:white width:100 mark:(line,black) align:center fontsize:S shift:(0,2) # 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