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The Bahrain Victorious team at the Tour de France was raided by police for the second time this week on Thursday, a day before the tour's grand start in ...

No items were seized from the team." The team confirmed in a statement that the hotel rooms and vehicles of riders and staff in suburban Copenhagen were searched by Danish officers, saying they "fully cooperated with all the officers' requests, and the search was completed within two hours. COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- The Bahrain Victorious team at the Tour de France was raided by police for the second time this week on Thursday, a day before the Tour's grand start in Denmark.

Team raided for the second time in less than a week ahead of the Tour de France.

“They just came, with warrants, and actually the reasons in the warrant are really funny. They quickly dismissed the investigation and searches of private residences. The team fully cooperated with all the officers’ requests, and the search was completed within two hours. On Thursday morning at 5:30 a.m. it was the turn of the Danish authorities – at a request from French investigators – to descend on the team hotel and search the hotel rooms of staff and riders. “The officers searched all team vehicles, staff and riders’ rooms. This also stems from the ongoing doping investigation that was launched by the French authorities during last year’s Tour de France into the team.

Danish police carried out a search at the hotel of cycling team Bahrain Victorious at the request of French authorities on Thursday, Copenhagen Police said ...

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Danish Police searched team hotel at 5.30am on behalf of French prosecutors.

The team fully cooperated with all the officers’ requests, and the search was completed within two hours. "As this is an investigation being carried out by French police, we must refer to them for further comments." Riders and staff were subject to the investigation.

Danish police acting on a request from French authorities have raided the hotel where members of cycling team Bahrain Victorious are staying ahead of the ...

In a statement on the eve of the Tour de France Grand Depart, Copenhagen Police said authorities searched all team vehicles and the rooms of staff and riders at 5:30am local time in Brondby. - The search came on the eve of the Tour de France Danish police search hotel housing cycling team Bahrain Victorious ahead of Tour de France

On Monday, the homes of a number of riders and team staff were searched by police across Europe, with Europol acting on the request of French investigators.

The Bahrain Victorious team at the Tour de France has been raided by police for the second time this week.

No items were seized from the team.” On Monday, riders and staff from Bahrain Victorious had their homes searched by police before they left for the Tour de France. The team said it felt the timing of the searches was “aimed at intentionally damaging the team’s reputation.” The Bahrain Victorious team at the Tour de France was raided by police for the second time this week on Thursday, a day before the tour's grand start in Denmark.

Team Bahrain Victorious have had their hotel searched by police, just days after staff and riders' homes were searched by authorities.

"They just came, with warrants, and actually the reasons in the warrant are really funny. We’re showing everything through our results and we are 100 per cent transparent. The team fully cooperated with all the officers’ requests, and the search was completed within two hours.

The Bahrain Victorious team at the Tour de France has been raided by police for the second time this week.

No items were seized from the team.” On Monday, riders and staff from Bahrain Victorious had their homes searched by police before they left for the Tour de France. The team said it felt the timing of the searches was “aimed at intentionally damaging the team’s reputation.” The Bahrain Victorious team at the Tour de France was raided by police for the second time this week on Thursday, a day before the tour's grand start in Denmark.

Bahrain Victorious has been searched twice in the week leading up to the Tour de France, a continuation of last year's doping investigation.

There are no more questions from the press room, the ASO employee informs Bahrain Victorious. A journalist from the press room steps up to ask a question. “We would like to tell you more but we don’t really have more to tell you,” the statement began. “We would like to have more details from investigators but actually to be able to understand what is the reason for such action. Matej Mohorič and Jack Haig, the former of whom is wearing a mask. “There is a buzzing background noise,” comes the reply from Bahrain Victorious staff.

The Bahrain Victorious team at the Tour de France has been raided by police for the second time this week.

“We’d like to have more details from the investigation, only so that we can be able to understand such action,” Miholjevic said. On Monday, riders and staff from Bahrain Victorious had their homes searched by police before they left for the Tour de France. The team said it felt the timing of the searches was “aimed at intentionally damaging the team’s reputation.” COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The Bahrain Victorious team at the Tour de France was raided by police for the second time this week on Thursday, a day before the tour’s grand start in Denmark.

Danish police searched the team's hotel in Brøndby at the request of French prosecuters, with Bahrain Victorious claiming no materials were seized during ...

The police searches last Monday, prior to teams gathering in Copenhagen, were led by Europol, who searched properties of riders and team staff in three different countries. Since the first police raids in Pau during the 2021 Tour, the team have maintained their innocence. The team fully cooperated with all the officers’ requests, and the search was completed within two hours. The team’s hotel in Brøndby was searched at dawn on Thursday morning by Danish police officers as part of an investigation by French prosecutors. “It gives an image that we are all cheaters, and that’s not very nice,” Küng told Cyclingnews.com. “The officers searched all team vehicles, staff and riders’ rooms.

Press conference lasts less than 10 minutes after team refuses to answer questions about police searches ahead of the start of the Tour.

Jack Haig simply said “you can answer that” in the direction of those with him. If you have any questions about the race, please go ahead,” a spokesperson for the team said. We’re showing everything through our results and we are 100 percent transparent,” he told VeloNews after the first set of raids. “At this moment the team is fully focused on the biggest cycling race in front of us and on achieving our goals over the next three weeks. After stating that the team would not face questions about the investigation, a Belgian journalist then asked what impact the early morning searches on the team would have on their Tour. That was batted away by Miholjević. Matej Mohorič and Jack Haig will only be answering about cycling and the race itself.”

Bahrain Victorious refused to answer any questions either about the latest in a series of raids on the team's accommodation or the Tour de France itself in ...

There was a pause as Haig and Mohoric stared blankly at the camera broadcasting to a virtual audience. That followed on from some riders, including Damiano Caruso, and Bahrain Victorious staff having their homes searched prior to arriving in Denmark and a raid on the team's hotel at the 2021 Tour de France. In the early afternoon, team leaders Jack Haig and Matej Mohoric and performance director Vladimir Miholjević assembled before the world's press.

The French prosecutor's office hits back after the team denied that anything had been seized during recent raids.

We’re showing everything through our results and we are 100 percent transparent,” he told VeloNews after the first set of raids. Jack Haig simply said “you can answer that” in the direction of those with him. The media were told several times that the riders and staff present would not comment or take questions relating to the ongoing investigation. If you have any questions about the race, please go ahead,” a spokesperson for the team said. The team fully cooperated with all the officers’ requests, and the search was completed within two hours. Immediately after Thursday’s raids in Copenhagen the team released a statement in which they clearly stated that no equipment or medical products had been seized.

Three riders had homes searched in advance of Copenhagen hotel operation.

The team insist they are focused on competition but their pre-race press conferences on Thursday consisted of a string of raid-related questions that went unanswered. It relates to the potential “acquisition, transportation, possession and importing of a prohibited substance or method for use by an athlete without justification by members of Team Bahrain Victorious" according to last year's police statement. Bahrain Victorious' Damiano Caruso told Cyclingnews on Thursday that he was one of the riders, but the others have not been identified.

The Bahrain Victorious team at the Tour de France was raided by police for the second time this week on Thursday, a day before the tour's grand start in ...

The Tour begins in Copenhagen on Friday with an individual time trial and two more stages in Denmark, including crossing the Great Belt Bridge that links the Zealand island where Copenhagen sits and the central isle of Funen. The stage could be potentially very windy. The team also was raided by French police during last year’s Tour as part of a doping investigation. “In this moment the team is fully focused on the big race in front of us and achieving our sports goals.”

Update: Eurojust says 479 capsules of 'undetermined content' seized in Slovenia.

The team fully cooperated with all the officers’ requests, and the search was completed within two hours. In a later statement, Eurojust listed the items that were seized during the raids this week. The properties of several riders and their staff were searched in Belgium, Spain, Croatia, Italy, Poland and Slovenia.” “The officers searched all team vehicles, staff and riders’ rooms. But on Thursday, the team otherwise refused to engage with media questions about the inquiry, and their pre-race press conference was abruptly cut short. “In Slovenia, 412 capsules with undetermined brown content and 67 capsules with undetermined white content were found, and one mobile phone was seized in a house search.

The team said in a statement, on Thursday, that 'no items were seized'

We will update this story should a comment be provided. The team said in a statement on Thursday morning that "the search was completed within two hours" and that "no items were seized from the team." Medicines and electronics were seized following raids on Bahrain Victorious' hotel rooms, and the homes of staff members and riders, according to reports.

Europol releases photos of Tour de France raids as 412 capsules with undetermined brown content and 67 capsules with undetermined white content were found.

The team fully cooperated with all the officers’ requests, and the search was completed within two hours. “The investigation was led by the French OCLAESP under the supervision of the French Public Prosecutor’s Office in Marseille to look into possible doping allegations of a cycling team participating in the Tour de France. Three people were interrogated. Following Thursday’s raids in Copenhagen the team released a statement in which they clearly stated that no equipment or medical products had been seized. A dozen Europol investigators were part of the operation but there was collaboration from several international bodies, including the PPO PSPE (Public Health and Environment Division) of Marseille and OCLAESP (Central Office against Environmental and Public Health Crime), the Federal Prosecutor’s Office and the Federal Judicial Police of Brussels, the Copenhagen Police, the Investigative Court num. That includes the dawn raids that took place Thursday at the Bahrain Victorious hotel on the eve of the Tour de France. The Europol news is the second confirmation that medicines and electronic equipment had been seized during the raids. Earlier in the week the Bahrain Victorious team stated that no property had been taken.