Thursday morning, Copenhagen Police were present at the Scandic Hotel in Glorstrup. Bahrain Victory Team confirmed in a press release that they are about them.

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“Police searched the team’s car, as well as the rooms of the support staff and cyclists. The team fully cooperated with the police’s request. The search was completed within two hours. No items were confiscated from the team”, he said. Press conference of the Bahrain Victorious cycling team.

Copenhagen police said the raid took place at the request of the French authorities. Therefore, the French police have assisted in the operation. The raids began at 05.30 Norwegian time. Copenhagen police referred to French police for further comment.

“After a police search, the team now hopes to focus on the biggest and best cycling race in the world, the Tour de France,” said a statement from Bahrain Victorious.

Danske Ekstra Bladet is present at the hotel and first mentions the case. This year’s Tour de France race kicks off in the Danish capital on Friday.

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Also earlier this week, police took action against the Bahrain team. Then the team wrote the following in a press release.

“The team feels that the timing of this investigation is intended to intentionally damage the team’s reputation”, it’s called on the team’s website.

Also last year Bahrain Victory Team raided by police. At that time, up to 50 police were involved in the raid that took place in the middle of the Tour de France.

The action at that time did not end with any punishment for the team or the drivers.

This time, police are said to have raided addresses in Spain, Portugal and Slovenia. According to the Velonews website, the action was coordinated by Europol.

– This tells me that the police are not happy with the answers they receive. And that they are constantly looking for evidence of something. Police clearly believe they have reason to investigate further, former professional cyclist Mads Kaggestad told VG Monday.