Factbox - Cycling-Doping scandals on the Tour de France


  • Cycling
  • Wednesday, 01 Jul 2015

BMC team rider Steve Morabito of Switzerland cycles during the fifth stage of the Tour de Romandie cycling race in Crans-Montana April 29, 2012. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

PARIS (Reuters) - A look at major doping scandals involving the Tour de France since the Festina affair in 1998:

* 1998: Festina medical team member Willy Voet was arrested at the French border before the start of the Tour after customs officers seized banned substances, including the blood-boosting drug erythropoietin (EPO).

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