According to information from the specialist site Cyclingnews, confirmed by Reuters and RMC, the Bahrain Victorious team experienced an evening disturbed by a raid by the French police in its hotel on the Tour de France in Pau.

The team itself confirmed the facts.

"Nothing special, we had a police visit, they asked for the riders' training records, checked the bus and that's it," team boss Milan Erzen told Cyclingnews.

They disturb the runners for an hour and at the end they say thank you.

They did not tell us what the reason for the visit was, but we will find out today through lawyers.

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About fifty police officers were mobilized for this operation.

If the police have made no arrests, the investigation into Bahrain Victorious has been open for a year according to a police source reported by Reuters journalist Julien Prétot.

The team has faced several doping suspicions in recent months, especially after Ukrainian rider Mark Padun's two victories at the Critérium du Dauphiné, despite having no reference in the mountains before this race.

The case of climber Damiano Caruso, second in the Giro 2021 after being sentenced by the anti-doping court of the Italian National Olympic Committee to a one-year suspension for “complicity in the attempt to acquire banned substances”, also raises questions.

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