Scandal at the Tour de France

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)