1998 Tour de France
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The 1998 Tour de France was the 85th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The 3,875 km race was composed of 21 stages and a prologue. It started on 11 July in Ireland before ta
Trinity College Dublin in Ireland hosted the team presentation ceremony on 10 July.
Jan Ullrich (pictured during the 1997 Tour) was considered the main favourite for the general classification.
The Col du Galibier Alpine pass on stage 15 was the highest point reached in the Tour at 2,645 m (8,678 ft).
Richard Virenque (pictured in 1993), the leader of the Festina–Lotus team, which was expelled from the Tour after stage 6 following its management's admission to doping.
1997 Tour de France
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The 1997 Tour de France was the 84th edition of the Tour de France and took place from 5 to 27 July. Jan Ullrich's victory margin of 9:09 was the largest margin of victory since Laurent Fignon won the
1998 Tour de France
…Vitalicio Seguros Jan Ullrich (Team Telekom) was the defending champion. He had won the 1997 edition's overall general classification by over nine minutes. His Telekom team was considered as "clearly the squad to beat", having won the previous two…
Jan Ullrich wearing the race leader's yellow jersey as the Tour passed through the Vosges mountains
Marco Pantani climbing towards the finish of stage 13 at Alpe d'Huez