DATA DOMESTIQUE
WorldTeam ·season

Festina - Lotus

Team rating
698
#8 of 22 WorldTeams
Depth
570
riders 8 to 12
Wins
28
11 winners

The season ·

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Peak 688
Giro
Tour
Vuelta
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WonPodiumTop 10RacedA bar is a stage race, colored by the team's best GC; ◆ its stage wins and podiumsZone: the WorldTeams from the median team (dashed) to the best

Honors

No Grand Tour, Monument or championship wins this season.

Best results
6
Grand Tour stage win
4
Grand Tour stage podium
6
.Pro win or GC podium
10
.1 win
What its riders won riding for it; the Worlds and Olympics count for the trade team. Best results fill a season with fewer honors, from Monument podiums down to .2 wins, U23 races a class up. Hover a badge for the riders and races.

1998 awards

The 1998 season ›
Team awards
3rdTeam of the yearof 22 WorldTeams
Rating90
Results63
77
12thSprint teamof 22 WorldTeams
Rating89
Results4
47
12thClassics teamof 22 WorldTeams
Rating93
Results18
56
2ndGC teamof 22 WorldTeams
Rating99
Results0
50
Its riders in the rider awards, top 25

None of its riders in a top 25.

A team award: half the team's rating over the season, half its class-weighted results in the award's races, each a share of the best WorldTeam.

How good, at what

vs 22 WorldTeams
Overall67698 · #8
One-Day38518 · #14
GC90542 · #3
Flat71769 · #7
Hilly90559 · #3
Mountain81551 · #5
Time Trial90561 · #3
Sprint57621 · #10
Cobbles57437 · #10
Long62480 · #9
Team weighted: each rating from its best riders' margins above the WorldTour median rider, its leader counting most; Sprint takes in the lead-outs. The bar is its percentile among the 22 WorldTeams; the figure, the rating and its rank.

Top riders

OverallGianluca Bortolami744Pascal Hervé665Wladimir Belli646
One-DayRichard Virenque526Gianluca Bortolami515Laurent Dufaux515
GCAlex Zülle556Richard Virenque552Laurent Dufaux530
FlatGianluca Bortolami832Pascal Hervé721Neil Stephens707
HillyLaurent Dufaux576Alex Zülle550Richard Virenque547
MountainRichard Virenque585Alex Zülle543Laurent Dufaux515
Time TrialAlex Zülle590Fabian Jeker538Laurent Dufaux535
SprintMarcel Wüst675Laurent Brochard542Gianluca Bortolami538
CobblesGianluca Bortolami474Laurent Dufaux404Wladimir Belli400
LongLaurent Dufaux502Richard Virenque472Wladimir Belli452
Its three best on each rating, by their 1998 peak.

Season highlights

Giro d'Italia · 3 stagesAlex Zülle ×3
Vuelta a España · 3 stagesMarcel Wüst ×2, Alex Zülle
Tour de Romandie · 4 stagesLaurent Dufaux ×3, Alex Zülle
GP Ouest France-PlouayPascal Hervé
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré · 1 stageRichard Virenque
Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco · 1 stagePascal Hervé
Escalada a Montjuïc · 2 stagesFabian Jeker ×2
Circuito de GetxoMarcel Wüst
Critérium International · 1 stageChristophe Moreau
GP ChiassoGianluca Bortolami
Setmana Catalana · 1 stageAlex Zülle
The season's best results, each with the riders who got them; a race's stage wins on one line.

Depth or dependence

28
wins
11
different winners
21%
of the wins: Alex Zülle
Alex Zülle6
Marcel Wüst5
Laurent Dufaux4
Christophe Moreau3
Pascal Hervé3
Fabian Jeker2
Gianluca Bortolami1
Laurent Brochard1
Richard Virenque1
Wladimir Belli1
Wins by rider, and 1 more with fewer. A high share leans on one rider; many winners spread it.

Archetypes

Unclassified25100%
The roster by rider type; a rider without one yet this season takes his latest. Hover a type for its riders.

Roster profile

25 ridersAverage age 27.8
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25
27
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31
33
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37
Nationalities · 7
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Ins and outs

Since 1997: 6 in, 7 outThe five best arrivals against the five best departures: -7 a rider
In · 6from
→ Wladimir Belli646Brescialat - Oyster
→ Alex Zülle585O.N.C.E.
→ Armin Meier463Batik - Del Monte
→ José Ramón Uriarte450Banesto
→ Andrei Kivilev447new to the level
→ Jonathan Hall244new to the level
Out · 7to
← Emmanuel Magnien624La Française des Jeux
← Gilles Bouvard592Casino - AG2R
← Joona Laukka492Lotto - Mobistar
← Valerio Tebaldi469Mobilvetta - Northwave
← Jérôme Chiotti451new to the level
← László Bodrogi435new to the level
← Lylian Lebreton420BigMat - Auber 93
Each rider with his Overall peak: an arrival's this season, a departure's last.

Roster

Gianluca Bortolami29—744515413832469410425538474431
Pascal Hervé33—665497419721528415392464382442
Wladimir Belli27—646506468698512485473507400452
Marcel Wüst30—643387242656310187342675312227
Christophe Moreau27—630468476673481449523485380430
Neil Stephens34—623377390707381388402334285392
Laurent Brochard30—608486482646509464514542396437
Laurent Dufaux29—598515530614576515535457404502
Alex Zülle29—585457556604550543590451334424
Richard Virenque28—575526552529547585521525388472
Didier Rous27—548368414599417417426355291310
Fabian Jeker29—545420458580464427538389337447
André Korff25—532441300543395245370527365337
Bruno Boscardin28—529444389548406334519461397410
Félix Miguel García Casas29—496425441331518444435364329413
Christophe Bassons24—493429330534454246437393347356
Laurent Lefèvre21—482371308528401244401332284302
Armin Meier28—463439412474449428423423342358
José Ramón Uriarte31—451390347429470288399325302352
Andrei Kivilev24—447431387454430397386453356375
Patrice Halgand24—446328317459305300354429261257
Jaime Javier Hernandez26—410326323367378254424248276325
Sébastien Medan26—355321199358298173222353278249
Thierry Laurent31—335250297296313266345201189256
Jonathan Hall25—2446512921511264262675997

Stats

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