What was the Festina affair?
Answer A doping scandal at the 1998 Tour de France that revealed almost all of the riders were using performance-enhancing drugs
The Festina affair shocked the Tour de France. Separate investigations and searches along the race route revealed a massive network of drugs. As a result, multiple teams withdrew from the race altogether, and subsequent drug tests proved that most of the peloton was doping.
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