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Festina
	The Festina–Lotus at the 1993 Paris–Nice
Team information
UCI code	FES
Registered	Spain (1989–1992); Andorra (1993–1994, 1996); France (1995, 1997–2001)
Founded	1989
Disbanded	2001
Discipline(s)	Road
Key personnel
General manager	Miguel Moreno Cachinero (1989–1993); Bruno Roussel (1994–1998); Juan Fernández Martín (1999–2001)
Team name history
1989; 1990–1992; 1993–1999; 2000–2001	Lotus–Zahor; Lotus–Festina; Festina–Lotus; Festina
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Festina is a former professional cycling team that was active in the professional peloton from 1989 to 2001. The team was sponsored by the watch manufacturers Festina Lotus AV.

History

Beginnings

The team first appeared as Lotus-Zahor but the following year, 1990, the team became Lotus-Festina. In 1993 the team became Festina-Lotus which it was known by until 2000. The team was a Spanish team from 1989 to 1992. Then the team was based in Andorra in 1993 and 1994. In 1995 the team became French from which it would stay until the team retired from the peloton, with the sole exception of 1996. In 1991 the team signed the Portuguese cyclist Acacio Da Silva who would not win the sprints classification in that year’s Vuelta a España.^[1] The team signed Sean Kelly in 1992 who won Milan–San Remo, the first Classic victory for the team.^[2] The team entered its first Tour de France in 1992. The team manager and directeur sportifs at this time included Miguel Moreno Cachinero and Carlos Machin Rodriguez but Bruno Roussel joined the team in 1993 and would lead the team during its most successful years. Richard Virenque joined the team in 1993.^[3] The following year the team challenged Miguel Indurain in the 1994 Tour de France whereby teammates Luc Leblanc and Richard Virenque finished the race 4th and 5th overall and Festina won the team classification. Over the following years, Festina would be present in the Tour de France with Virenque finishing the race 3rd overall in 1996 and second overall in 1997.

Festina Doping Scandal

Virenque was a favourite in the 1998 Tour de France but after team soigneur Willy Voet was caught by France-Belgium border officials with large quantities of doping products in his Festina team car, all members of the 1998 Tour team including the World Champion Laurent Brochard and Christophe Moreau were arrested and seven admitted to taking EPO^[4] and were ejected from the race.^[5] Team doctor Eric Rijkaert was also arrested. Rijkaert was team doctor from 1993 to 1998. Laurent Brochard, Christophe Moreau and Didier Rous confessed and were served a six-month suspension before returning to racing^[6] whereas Richard Virenque did not confess, releasing a book called Ma Vérité where he denied using doping products. However, on October 24, 2000, Virenque finally confessed and was handed a suspension.^[7] The team doctor that was at the heart of the scandal, Eric Rijkaert, released a book in 2000 about the affair and discussing doping in the sport called De Zaak Festina.^[8]

Post Festina affair

Due to these doping scandals, the team reorganised itself and sponsor Festina set up the Fondation d’Entreprise Festina which aimed to promote any actions that prevent doping taking place that are undertaken by institutions or individuals.^[9] After the Festina Affair Juna Fernadez Martin, Yvon Sanquer, Michel Gros, Roberto Torres Toledano, Jacky Lachevere and Gerald Rue directed the team in its final years. The team achieved 3rd and 4th overall in the 2000 Tour de France with Joseba Beloki and Christophe Moreau and won the 2001 Vuelta a España with Angel Casero before retiring from the sport at the end of the 2001 season. The sponsor Festina continued in professional cycling for many years more by being the official timekeeper at the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia, the Vuelta a España and several other stage-races.

Major results

1989

1st Stage 6 Vuelta a España, Luc Suykerbuyk

1st Criterium Bavel, Luc Suykerbuyk

1990

1st Route Adélie de Vitré, Roberto Torres

1991

1st

Spain National Cyclo-cross Championships

1st Giro del Veneto, Roberto Pagnin

1st Stage 2 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Mathieu Hermans

1992

1st Milan–San Remo, Sean Kelly

1st Trofeo Luis Puig, Sean Kelly

1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Aragon, Andrei Zubov

1st Stage 13 Vuelta a Espana, Roberto Torres

1st Stage 10 Giro d'Italia, Roberto Pagnin

1st Stage 7 Tour de Suisse, Sean Kelly

1st Stage 9 Tour de Suisse, Roberto Pagnin

1st

Switzerland National Road Race Championships, Thomas Wegmuller

1st Giro del Lago Maggiore, Thomas Wegmuller

1st Circuito de Getxo, Mathieu Hermans

1993

1st Stages 4 & 8 Vuelta a España, Jean-Paul Van Poppel

1st Stage 14, Tour de France, Pascal Lino

1st Stage 3 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Jean-Paul Van Poppel

1st Profronde van Oostvoorne, Gert Jakobs

1st Stage 2 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne, Thierry Marie

1st Criterium Ulvenhout, Sean Kelly

1994

1st Ronde van Boxmeer, Jean-Paul Van Poppel

1st Etoile de Bessèges, Jean-Paul Van Poppel

1st Ronde van Pijnacker, Jean-Paul Van Poppel

1st Stage 9 Vuelta a España, Jean-Paul Van Poppel

1st Stage 5 Critérium du Dauphiné, Pascal Herve

1st

Mountains classification Tour de France, Richard Virenque

1st Stage 2, Jean-Paul Van Poppel

1st Stage 11, Luc Leblanc

1st Stage 12, Richard Virenque

1st World Road Race Championships, Luc Leblanc

1st Boucles de l'Aulne - GP Le Télégramme, Richard Virenque

1st Trophée des Grimpeurs - Polymultipliée, Richard Virenque

1995

1st

France National Cyclo-cross Championships

1st La Poly Normande, Richard Virenque

1st

Overall Vuelta a Burgos, Laurent Dufaux

1st

Overall Route du Sud, Laurent Dufaux

1st Gent-Wevelgem, Lars Michaelsen

1st Stages 4 & 6 Critérium du Dauphiné, Richard Virenque

1st Stages 7 Critérium du Dauphiné, Fabian Jeker

1st

Mountains classification Tour de France, Richard Virenque

1st Stage 15, Richard Virenque

1996

1st

France National Cyclo-cross Championships, Emmanuel Magnien

1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista de Chile, Christophe Moreau

1st

Finland National Road Race Championships, Joona Laukka

1st La Boucle de l'Artois, Jean-Miche Thilloy

1st Escalada a Montjuic, Fabian Jeker

1st La Poly Normande, Laurent Brochard

1st

Overall Tour du Limousin, Laurent Brochard

1st

Overall Tour du Haut Var, Bruno Boscardin

1st Stage 7 Paris–Nice, Bruno Boscardin

1st Stage 6 Giro d'Italia Pascal Herve

1st Stage 4 Critérium du Dauphiné, Richard Virenque

1st

Mountains classification Tour de France, Richard Virenque

1st Stages 17 & 19, Laurent Dufaux

1st

Switzerland National Hill climb Championships, Laurent Dufaux

1st Giro del Piemonte, Richard Virenque

1997

1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista de Chile, Patrice Hagland

1st

Etoile de Bessèges, Patrice Hagland

1st La Poly Normande, Richard Virenque

1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia, Laurent Lefevre

1st GP d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, Richard Virenque

1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia, Marcel Wust

1st

Mountains classification Tour de France, Richard Virenque

1st Stage 9, Laurent Brochard

1st Stage 14, Richard Virenque

1st Stage 17, Anthony Neil Stephens

1st Stage 18, Didier Rous

1st Coppa Bernocchi, Gianluca Bertolami

1st Stages 2, 3 & 5 Vuelta a España, Marcel Wust

1st World Road Race Championships, Laurent Brochard

1st Giro del Piemonte, Gianluca Bertolami

1998

1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista de Chile, Marcel Wust

1st Grand Prix du Midi Libre, Laurent Dufaux

1st Escalada a Montjuic, Fabian Jeker

1st GP Chiasso, Gianluca Bertolami

1st Stage 5b Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme, Alex Zuelle

1st Stage 3 Critérium International, Christophe Moreau

1st Stage 3 Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, Pascal Herve

1st Trophée des Grimpeurs - Polymultipliée, Pascal Herve

1st

Overall Tour de Romandie, Laurent Dufaux

1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 3, Laurent Dufaux

1st Stage 4b, Alex Zuelle

1st Prologue, Stages 6 & 15 Giro d'Italia, Alex Zuelle

1st Circuito de Getxo, Marcel Wust

1st Stage 6 Critérium du Dauphiné, Richard Virenque

1st GP Ouest France-Plouay, Pascal Herve

1st Stages 14 & 17 Vuelta a España, Marcel Wust

1st Stage 21 Vuelta a España, Alex Zuelle

1999

1st A Travers le Morbihan, Patrice Hagland

1st Stage 1 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme, Marcel Wust

1st Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan, Patrice Hagland

1st Stage 5 Critérium du Dauphiné, Laurent Madouas

1st

Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne, Christophe Moreau

1st Stage 4, Christophe Moreau

1st Stages 4, 5, 6 & 7 Vuelta a España, Marcel Wust

1st Stage 9, Vuelta a España, Laurent Brochard

1st

Australia National Time Trial Championships, Jonathan Hall

2000

1st Profronde van Surhuisterveen, Marcel Wust

1st Escalada a Montjuic, Fabian Jeker

1st

Overall Vuelta Ciclista Asturias, Joseba Beloki

1st Stage 3b Tour de Romandie, Joseba Beloki

1st

Overall Deutschland Tour, David Plaza Romero

1st Stage 6, Marcel Wust

1st Stage 7, David Plaza Romero

1st Stage 3 Tour de Suisse, Wladimir Belli

1st Stage 5 Tour de France, Marcel Wust

1st GP Città di Camaiore, Wladimir Belli

1st Stage 5 Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne, Stéphane Auge

2001

1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista de Chile, David Plaza Romero

1st Stage 2 Etoile de Bessèges, Steffen Radochla

1st Stage 5 Etoile de Bessèges, Florent Brard

1st Cholet - Pays De Loire, Florent Brard

1st Stage 3 Tour de Romandie, David Plaza Romero

1st

Overall Critérium du Dauphiné, Christophe Moreau

1st

France National Time Trial Championship, Florent Brard

1st Prologue Tour de France, Christophe Moreau

1st Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia, David Clinger

1st

Overall Vuelta a España, Angel Moreno

1st Paris-Bourges, Florent Brard

Notable riders

References

^ "History Vuelta 1991". la vuelta .com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2007-10-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Lotus-Festina 1992". the cycling website.net. Archived from the original on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2007-10-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Festina-Lotus 1993". cyclebase.nl. Retrieved 2007-10-27.
^ "Tour riders down wheels over drug use". London independent. Retrieved 2007-07-28. ^{[dead link]}
^ "A hint of doping at Tour de France". Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on February 20, 2008. Retrieved 2007-07-19. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Dopage 2". Humanite. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Richard Virenque - sa vérité!". Dopage free cyclisme. Retrieved 2007-10-27.
^ De Zaak Festina
^ "Sponsorship cycling". Archived from the original on 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2007-10-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

Media related to Festina (cycling team) at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "History Vuelta 1991". la vuelta .com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2007-10-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[2] "Lotus-Festina 1992". the cycling website.net. Archived from the original on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2007-10-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[3] "Festina-Lotus 1993". cyclebase.nl. Retrieved 2007-10-27.

[4] "Tour riders down wheels over drug use". London independent. Retrieved 2007-07-28. ^{[dead link]}

[5] "A hint of doping at Tour de France". Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on February 20, 2008. Retrieved 2007-07-19. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[6] "Dopage 2". Humanite. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[7] "Richard Virenque - sa vérité!". Dopage free cyclisme. Retrieved 2007-10-27.

[8] De Zaak Festina

[9] "Sponsorship cycling". Archived from the original on 2007-10-24. Retrieved 2007-10-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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 ===Beginnings===
 The team first appeared as ''Lotus-Zahor'' but the following year, 1990, the team became ''Lotus-Festina''. In 1993 the team became ''Festina-Lotus'' which it was known by until 2000. The team was a [[Spain|Spanish]] team from 1989 to 1992. Then the team was based in [[Andorra]] in 1993 and 1994. In 1995 the team became [[France|French]] from which it would stay until the team retired from the peloton, with the sole exception of 1996.
-In 1991 the team signed the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] cyclist [[Acacio Da Silva]] who would not win the sprints classification in that year’s [[Vuelta a España]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lavuelta.com/07/ingles/historia/index.html?a=1991&e=p|title=History Vuelta 1991|publisher=la vuelta .com |accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref>
+In 1991 the team signed the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] cyclist [[Acacio Da Silva]] who would not win the sprints classification in that year’s [[Vuelta a España]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lavuelta.com/07/ingles/historia/index.html?a=1991&e=p |title=History Vuelta 1991 |publisher=la vuelta .com |accessdate=2007-10-27 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611173247/http://www.lavuelta.com/07/ingles/historia/index.html?a=1991&e=p |archivedate=2011-06-11 |df= }}</ref>
-The team signed [[Sean Kelly (cyclist)|Sean Kelly]] in 1992 who won [[Milan–San Remo]], the first Classic victory for the team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingwebsite.net/ploegfiche.php?id=8581|title=Lotus-Festina 1992|publisher=the cycling website.net|accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref> The team entered its first [[Tour de France]] in [[1992 Tour de France|1992]]. The team manager and [[directeur sportif]]s at this time included Miguel Moreno Cachinero and Carlos Machin Rodriguez but Bruno Roussel joined the team in 1993 and would lead the team during its most successful years. [[Richard Virenque]] joined the team in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclebase.nl/?lang=nl&news=nl&pc=normal&page=ploeg&db=m&id=LOS&yr=1993|title=Festina-Lotus 1993|publisher=cyclebase.nl|accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref> The following year the team challenged [[Miguel Indurain]] in the [[1994 Tour de France]] whereby teammates [[Luc Leblanc]] and [[Richard Virenque]] finished the race 4th and 5th overall and Festina won the team classification. Over the following years, Festina would be present in the Tour de France with Virenque finishing the race 3rd overall in 1996 and second overall in 1997.
+The team signed [[Sean Kelly (cyclist)|Sean Kelly]] in 1992 who won [[Milan–San Remo]], the first Classic victory for the team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingwebsite.net/ploegfiche.php?id=8581 |title=Lotus-Festina 1992 |publisher=the cycling website.net |accessdate=2007-10-27 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620101433/http://cyclingwebsite.net/ploegfiche.php?id=8581 |archivedate=2010-06-20 |df= }}</ref> The team entered its first [[Tour de France]] in [[1992 Tour de France|1992]]. The team manager and [[directeur sportif]]s at this time included Miguel Moreno Cachinero and Carlos Machin Rodriguez but Bruno Roussel joined the team in 1993 and would lead the team during its most successful years. [[Richard Virenque]] joined the team in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclebase.nl/?lang=nl&news=nl&pc=normal&page=ploeg&db=m&id=LOS&yr=1993|title=Festina-Lotus 1993|publisher=cyclebase.nl|accessdate=2007-10-27}}</ref> The following year the team challenged [[Miguel Indurain]] in the [[1994 Tour de France]] whereby teammates [[Luc Leblanc]] and [[Richard Virenque]] finished the race 4th and 5th overall and Festina won the team classification. Over the following years, Festina would be present in the Tour de France with Virenque finishing the race 3rd overall in 1996 and second overall in 1997.
 ===Festina Doping Scandal===