1998 Tour de France Campagnolo Advertising Poster Featuring Pantani, Ulrich & Julich

$300.00

Campagnolo 1998 Tour de France Advertising Poster
Featuring Marco Pantani, Jan Ulrich, and Bobby Julich

Campagnolo’s “Tour de France 1998” poster celebrates a dramatic edition of the race. Featuring the final general classification trio, Marco Pantani in yellow for Mercatone Uno Bianchi at center, Jan Ullrich of Team Telekom at left, and Bobby Julich of Cofidis at right. Pantani’s triumph was built on his famous assault over the Col du Galibier and the mountain finish at Les Deux Alpes, a move that turned a deficit to Ullrich into a decisive lead that he carried to Paris. The victory completed Pantani’s Giro and Tour double in the same season and made him the first Italian Tour winner since Felice Gimondi in 1965.

The Festina doping scandal famously disrupted the 1998 Tour de France, but it still delivered a dramatic race. Despite its controversy, the 1998 Tour is remembered as a pivotal and eventful event in modern cycling history.

This poster has been archivally and professionally linen-backed.

Virtually all original vintage posters of this era were viewed as temporary advertising and were printed on very thin paper. While expensive, linen backing is a conservation method used to mount, stabilize, preserve, and protect vintage posters, allowing them to be displayed or framed without compromising their value.

This poster is an original first printing, not a reproduction.

Year: 1998
Artist: AdPressCommunications

Size: 62 x 87 cm (24 ¼  x 34 1/4  inches)

Posters are sold unframed. Framed images are display ideas only.

This is a one-of-a-kind item; please review the photos carefully to determine the condition.

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1998 Tour History Moment –

The 17th stage of the 1998 Tour did not have a winner, as the riders participated in a protest. It was a strike related to the Festina Affair, a series of doping scandals that occurred during the 1998 Tour and continued until mid-2001. It began when a support car for the Festina cycling team was discovered with a massive amount of doping products before the race. As a result, a massive investigation was held, revealing just how far doping went in the world of cycling. Hotels the riders were staying at were raided, retired and current cyclists confessed to doping, arrests were made, and teams withdrew from the race entirely. On July 29, the entire Tour peloton cycled slowly as a form of protest against the unfolding events of the affair. Eventually, all of the Festina riders confessed to doping during the 1998 Tour and were subsequently suspended from racing.

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Weight 3 lbs

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