The cyclists and Bahrain’s Victorious team were raided by police before leaving for the Tour de France, the cycling team said on Monday.
Bahrain Victorious said it believed the timing of the raids “was to deliberately damage the team’s reputation. “
The team was raided by French police at last year’s Tour de France as part of a doping investigation. The Marseille prosecutor in charge of the case had indicated at the time that an initial investigation was opened for acquisition, transport, possession, importation of a prohibited substance or approach for the use of an athlete without medical justification.
This investigation has yielded no results, the team said, but “continues just before the start of the ultimate cycling race, the Tour de France, and damages the reputation of the Americans and the Bahrain Victorious team. “
Jack Haig and Damiano Caruso have been chosen to lead Bahrain Victorious in the Tour that starts on Friday from Copenhagen.
The team also includes Jan Tratnik, Kamil Gradek, Fred Wright and Luis Leon Sanchez, as well as 2021 level winners Matej Mohorič and Dylan Teuns.
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