The Festina affair was a series of doping scandals within the sport of professional cycling that occurred during and after the 1998 Tour de France. The...
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Festina was a former professional cycling team that was active in the professional peloton from 1989 to 2001. The team was sponsored by the Swiss watch...
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Richard Virenque (section Festina affair)
of the central figures in a widespread doping scandal in 1998, the Festina Affair, and for repeatedly denying his involvement despite damning evidence...
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with the Festina cycling team. He was said to be at the heart of the Festina affair of 1998 that led to the withdrawal of the entire Festina team during...
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Doping in sport (section Festina affair)
performance-enhancing abuse of drugs by sportsman. In 1998, the entire Festina team were excluded from the Tour de France following the discovery of a...
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Alex Zülle (section Festina affair)
joined Festina. The team was banned from the 1998 Tour de France amid doping allegations which later became known as the Festina affair. Five Festina riders...
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throughout by a doping scandal, known as the Festina affair. Before the Tour began, Willy Voet, an assistant of the Festina team, was arrested at the Franco-Belgian...
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physiotherapist. He is most widely known for his involvement in the Festina affair in the 1998 Tour de France (often dubbed the "Tour of Shame"). Voet...
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Christophe Moreau (section Festina affair)
Festina team soigneur Willy Voet was caught at the French-Belgian border, a doping scandal was uncovered which was referred to as the Festina affair....
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Manolo Saiz (section 1998 - Festina affair)
assembly technology company to be co-sponsor. During the turmoil of the Festina affair during the 1998 Tour de France Saiz withdrew the ONCE-Deutsche Bank...
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