1998 Tour de France

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The 1998 Tour de France was marred by doping scandals throughout, 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 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 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.

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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

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Final standings

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time (Ave. Speed)
1	Marco Pantani	Template:ITA	Mercatone Uno	92h 49' 46"
2	Jan Ullrich	Template:DEU	Deutsche Telekom	3' 21"
3	Bobby Julich	Template:USA	Cofidis	4' 08"
4	Christophe Rinero	Template:FRA	Cofidis	9' 16"
5	Michael Boogerd	Template:NET	Rabobank	11' 26"
6	Jean-Cyril Robin	Template:FRA	U.S. Postal	14' 57"
7	Roland Meier	Template:SUI	Cofidis	15' 13"
8	Daniele Nardello	Template:ITA	Mapei	16' 07"
9	Giuseppe Di Grande	Template:ITA	Mapei	17' 35"
10	Axel Merckx	Template:BEL	Polti	17' 39"