Tour de France 1998

A wonderful victory for the Italian pirate Marco Pantani who in an incident packed Tour becomes the first Italian winner since the great Felice Gimondi in 1965 Temperatures hit 40 degrees and the Pyrenees came into sight Be enthralled by the Italian Pirate Marco Pantanis electrifying riding as he attacked Ullirch on the road to the Plateau de Beille In one of the most exciting stage for years he dug deep in the driving rain and mist to win at Les DeuxAlpes He rides to a brilliant third place in the timetrial and then on to the Champs Elysees where he becomes the first Italian Tour de France winner since Felice Gimondi in 1965 and equals the double of il campionissimo Fausto Coppi in 1952 Historic and unmissable Commentary by Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen