Cycling Tour de France 1998 Part 2

Quick Facts about the 1998 Tour de France: 3875 kilometers ridden at an avarage speed of 39.983 km/hr 189 riders started, 96 finished. The 1998 Tour was marred by the Festina doping scandal that turned into the greatest crisis in the Tour's history. 1997 winner Jan Ullrich arrived in poor form, allowing 1998 Giro winner Marco Pantani to take huge amounts of time in the mountains, in particular, stage 15 to Les Deux Alpes. Marco Pantani is the last man to do the Giro-Tour double.