French police searched hotel rooms occupied by Arkéa-Samsic on Wednesday evening during the Tour de France, according to reports in and .

Team manager Emmanuel Hubert confirmed that the search had taken place when contacted by , but he declined to comment further. The sports daily reports that Nairo Quintana was the target of the raid, which was carried𒉰 out by officers from the Central Office for the Fight against Threats to Environmental and Public Health𒉰 (OCLAESP).

According to L’Équipe, police also sear🐷ched the rooms of Colombian riders Dayer 🌠Quintana and Winner Anacona, as well the team’s soigneurs and the team cars. Ark­­éa-Samsic were staying near Méribel, after stage 17 to the Col de la Loze.

The raid, which was carried out as part of a preliminary inquir🌠y, was not orgཧanised in cooperation with the French anti-doping agency (AFLD). 

Quintana joined Arkéa-Samsic ahead of the 2020 season after seven years with Movistar. He was joined a⭕t the French team by his brother Dayer and fellow countryman Anacona. Quintana began his time with Ark­éa-Samsic with five wins in the opening weeks of the season.

That sequence of 🦋wins placed Qui🐬ntana among the contenders for Tour victory, though his preparation was hindered by a training crash in Colombia in July. He crashed again on stage 13 of the Tour and his podium challenge collapsed on the Grand Colombier two days later.

Quintana reached Paris in 17th place overall, his 𒊎lowest finish in a Grand T❀our since the 2012 Vuelta a España.