EPISODE · Jul 20, 2015 · 9 MIN
Scandal at the Tour de France
from Sporting Witness · host BBC World Service
In 1998, a doping scandal rocked the most prestigious race in cycling. It centred on the French team, Festina - one of whose riders, Christophe Bassons, resisted huge pressure to take performance-enhancing drugs. Known as 'Cycling's Mr Clean', he talks to Rebecca Kesby.(Photo: Christophe Bassons at the 1999 Tour De France. Credit: Getty Images)
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