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The Festina affair was a series of doping scandals within the sport of professional cycling that occurred during and after the 1998 Tour de France. The affair began when a large haul of doping products was found in a support car belonging to the Festina cycling team just before the start of the race. A resulting investigation revealed ...
The 32-year-old Spanish road racing cyclist was crushed to death between a garage door and his car as he prepared to leave his home in the Province of Granada, Spain, for a training ride in preparation for the 2011 Tour de France. [81] [82] Unknown man and woman 6 June 2011
Roger Rivière of France admitted that his career-ending crash in the 1960 Tour de France was probably attributable to using Palfium (Dextromoramide), a painkiller that affects reflexes and judgment, during the descent of the Col de Perjuret on Mont Aigoual. [27]
One 17-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other victims were transported to a local hospital where another 17-year-old died on Dec. 12 and a third teenage girl remains in stable condition.
While the “Kissin U” singer was on the road performing in August 2011, her tour bus was involved in a car accident alongside a tractor-trailer, according to an NBC Los Angeles report at the ...
Banned for life and stripped of all Tour de France titles in 2012. [42] Admitted to doping at the Tour de France in an interview with Oprah Winfrey held on 17 January 2013. 2 Alex Zülle (SUI) Banesto +7' 37" Admitted to taking EPO during the Festina trial. 3 Fernando Escartín (ESP) Kelme +10' 26" Named as a client of Francesco Conconi. [108]
The Société du Tour de France and the Motorola team placed a memorial near where he crashed, situated at co-ordinates (42.940, 0 The memorial is a sundial arranged such that the sun's shadow highlights three dates — his birth and death and 2 August, the day he won his Olympic gold medal .
Colorado authorities have identified the person that died in a former gold mine that is now a tourist attraction.. Patrick Weier, a Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine tour guide, died after being trapped ...