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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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