Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 18 - Pau to Luz Ardiden - France - July 15, 2021 UAE Team Emirates rider Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia wearing the yellow jersey celebrates as he wins Stage 18 REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
LUZ ARDIDEN, France (Reuters) -Tadej Pogacar claimed another landmark victory in the 18th stage of the Tour de France to edge closer to retaining his title as a cloud of doping suspicions hung over the world's greatest cycling race on Thursday.
Before the start of the stage, the French prosecutor's office said it had opened a preliminary investigation into the Bahrain Victorious team after police searched the outfit's accommodation and bus on Wednesday.
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