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.
Jan Ullrich
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Jan Ullrich is a German former professional road bicycle racer. Ullrich won gold and silver medals in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He won the 1999 Vuelta a España and the HEW Cyclassics in fron
1998 Tour de France
…route through France to finish in Paris on 2 August. Marco Pantani of Mercatone Uno–Bianchi won the overall general classification, with Team Telekom's Jan Ullrich, the defending champion, and Cofidis rider Bobby Julich finishing on the podium in second and third respectively. The general classification leader's…
Ullrich in 2016
Ullrich with teammate Udo Bölts crossing the Vosges mountains during the 1997 Tour de France
Ullrich in Hanover, 2005
Ullrich in 2005