The information went unnoticed, but during the last week of the Tour, the hotel and the vehicles of the Arkea Samsic formation were searched by the Oclaesp gendarmes, without consultation with the French Agency for the Fight against Doping. An intervention which concerned in particular the Colombians present in the team, namely brothers Nairo and Dayer Quintana, as well as Winner Anacona. This type of procedure is not new, Last year, the Deceuninck Quick Step training was the subject of a similar investigation, classified without suites. Arkea Samsic training confirmed the information, without commenting.
Quintana hotel raided
