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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. Erik Zabel nabs his third consecutive green jersey in the points classification. Christophe Rinero climbs into 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.
Final standings
| Rank | Name | Country | Team | Time (Ave. Speed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marco Pantani | Mercatone Uno | 92h 49' 46" | |
| 2 | Jan Ullrich | Deutsche Telekom | 3' 21" | |
| 3 | Bobby Julich | Cofidis | 4' 08" | |
| 4 | Christophe Rinero | Cofidis | 9' 16" | |
| 5 | Michael Boogerd | Rabobank | 11' 26" | |
| 6 | Jean-Cyril Robin | U.S. Postal | 14' 57" | |
| 7 | Roland Meier | Cofidis | 15' 13" | |
| 8 | Daniele Nardello | Mapei | 16' 07" | |
| 9 | Giuseppe Di Grande | Mapei | 17' 35" | |
| 10 | Axel Merckx | Polti | 17' 39" |
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