1998 Tour de France

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1998 final standings
Overall	Marco Pantani	92h 49' 46"
Second	Jan Ullrich	+3' 21"
Third	Bobby Julich	+4' 08"
Points	Erik Zabel	327 points
Second	Stuart O'Grady	230 points
Third	Tom Steels	221 points
Climber	Christophe Rinero	200 points
Second	Marco Pantani	175 points
Third	Alberto Elli	165 points
Youth	Jan Ullrich	92h 53' 07"
Second	Christophe Rinero	+5' 55"
Third	Giuseppe di Grande	+14' 14"
Teams	Cofidis	278h 29' 58"
Second	Casino	+29' 09"
Third	U.S. Postal	+41' 40"

The 1998 Tour de France, also dubbed the Tour de Dopage (Tour of Doping), 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 nabbed his third consecutive green jersey in the points classification. Christophe Rinero climbed into the polka dot jersey as the winner of the King of the Mountains classification.

[edit] 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

[edit] Final standings

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time
1	Marco Pantani	Italy	Mercatone Uno	92h 49' 46"
2	Jan Ullrich	Germany	Deutsche Telekom	3' 21"
3	Bobby Julich	United States	Cofidis	4' 08"
4	Christophe Rinero	France	Cofidis	9' 16"
5	Michael Boogerd	Netherlands	Rabobank	11' 26"
6	Jean-Cyril Robin	France	U.S. Postal	14' 57"
7	Roland Meier	Switzerland	Cofidis	15' 13"
8	Daniele Nardello	Italy	Mapei	16' 07"
9	Giuseppe Di Grande	Italy	Mapei	17' 35"
10	Axel Merckx	Belgium	Polti	17' 39"