Riders in Bahrain Victorious' Tour de France squad have homes searched by police — team says investigation is aimed at 'intentionally damaging' their reputation and follows on from similar searches at last year's event cycling
— the same authority who investigated Nairo Quintana and Arkéa–Samsic at the race in 2020.
The house searches experienced today by members from Team Bahrain Victorious represent a continuation of the investigation process that began during the team’s successful performances at last year’s Tour de France. Bahrain Victorious were the only team in the Tour de France under investigation during the race last year. At no time, and so far, have the team been informed of the progress, results or received any feedback about the investigation from the Marseilles Prosecutor’s Office.
The team have always cooperated completely transparently with all competent institutions and will continue to do so in the future, with the hope of greater transparency and a sense of the independence of investigators, as well as equal treatment of all teams.During last year's Tour de France, police opened a preliminary investigation into possible doping allegations within the team and raided the hotel they stayed at in Pau after stage 17.
"Nothing special, we have a visit from the police, they ask for riders training files, they check bus and that's it," he said at the time.
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