French police searched Nairo Quintana’s hotel room
According to Le Journal du Dimanche and L’Equipe, French police searched the hotel rooms of Arkéa-Samsic riders, including Nairo Quintana, last week at the Tour de France.
Police searched the rooms of Nairo Quintana, his brother Dayer Quintana, Winner Anacona, and team soigneurs, as well as the team cars after Wednesday’s stage 17. Arkéa-Samsic was staying in a hotel in Les Allues near Méribel at the time.
The search was conducted by the Central Office for the Fight against Threats to Environmental and Public Health (OCLAESP), and it was apparently targeting Quintana and not the team itself.
As of Monday there were no reports of the outcome of the search, which L’Equipe characterized as “a preliminary investigation.”
As L’Equipe noted, the OCLAESP has been involved in at least two other inquiries in the cycling world recently, first looking into technological fraud in the form of hidden motors, and then in an investigation of the Deceuninck-Quick-Step team.
Both inquiries have since been closed.
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