Doping at the 1998 Tour de France been using EPO in the 1998 Tour de France. A number, which came on top of the additional 9 out of 9 Festina riders and 2 out of 9 TVM riders, who already had confessed EPO abuse due to their implication in the prior police investigations. Among the riders who were never tested for EPO abuse, the following never-the-less later on confessed also having doped with EPO in preparation/during the 1998 Tour de France: Chris Boardman was the only rider to wear the yellow jersey in 1998 who has not been accused of doping. Of the top ten riders to
1930 Tour de France when they had mechanical problems. From 1927 to 1929, some stages were run in the team-time-trial format. This was completely abandoned in 1930. The first live radio broadcast from the Tour de France happened in 1930. Two extra prizes were given in 1930, donated by the Soors brothers from "Grand Sport". The cyclist who led the general classification, and therefore wore the yellow jersey, received the "Maillot d'or" (French for "golden jersey"), which was 1000 francs for every stage. The best touriste-routier in the general classification received the "Maillot d'argent" (French for "silver jersey"), which was 500 francs per stage.