search of Bahrain Victorious, first in the team standings of the Tour de France 2021

Four days before the arrival of the Tour de France on the Champs Elysées, a search was carried out on the night of Wednesday 14 to Thursday 15 July at the hotel of the Bahrain Victorious team, in Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), Agence-France Presse (AFP) announced, citing a source familiar with the matter. Information that The world was able to be confirmed. The search was carried out by the gendarmes of the Central Office for the fight against attacks on the environment and public health (Oclaesp).

Early Thursday afternoon, the Marseille prosecutor’s office announced that it had opened a preliminary investigation on July 3 to “Acquisition (…), importation of a prohibited substance or method for use by an athlete” within the Bahrain team.

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There is nothing special to report. We had a visit from the police, who asked for the riders’ training records. The police looked on the bus, and that’s it, tried to downplay the boss of the training, Milan Erzen, from the specialized website Cyclingnews. They bothered the runners for about an hour and then left saying thank you. They did not give us the reason for their visit, but we will find out from the lawyers today.

“Several computers of team members were inspected and many documents were seized”, for his part, let know the daily The team, which specifies, however, that all the riders of the team will be able to take the start of the 18e stage which will take place between Pau and Luz Ardiden.

First team of the Tour de France 2021

The polka-dot jersey and Bahrain member Wout Poels on July 4 on the Tour de France.

Bahrain Victorious is not just any team in this Tour de France, it currently occupies the first place in the team classification. She also owns the polka dot jersey, along with Wout Poels, and has two stage victories on the Grande Boucle. Slovenian champion Matej Mohoric won in the 7e stage, July 2 at Le Creusot, and his Belgian teammate Dylan Teuns followed suit the next day in the 8e stage, in Grand-Bornand. Their teammate Sonny Colbrelli, with the profile of a sprinter, was illustrated during the 9e high mountain stage in Tignes, taking third place ahead of many climbers.

Another Bahrain runner, the Ukrainian Mark Padun, surprised by winning the last two stages of the Dauphiné, in the mountains, at the beginning of June. The team also shone on the Giro, where Italian Damiano Caruso took 2nd place, at the end of May.

The World with AFP