Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 18 - Pau to Luz Ardiden - France - July 15, 2021 Bahrain Victorious team bus is pictured with a police officer in the foreground after their bus and accommodation was searched by police yesterday REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
PAU, France (Reuters) - French prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into doping allegations against Tour de France cycling team Bahrain Victorious after police searched the outfit's accommodation and bus on Wednesday following the 17th stage of the race.
The prosecutor's office in the port city of Marseille said the investigation was into "acquisition, transport, possession, import of a prohibited substance or prohibited method for use by an athlete without medical justification."
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