Nairo Quintana: I don't have anything to hide

Nairo Quintana Tour de France 2020 stage 18 La Roche-sur-Foron Arkea Samsic
Nairo Quintana (Arkéa-Samsic) during stage 18 of the 2020 Tour de France (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Nairo Quintana has released a statement addressing the French police investigation into him and his team, Arkéa-Samsic, stating that he has nothing to hide and noting that no doping substances were found in raids carried out on the team's hotel during the Tour de France.

On Monday, the day after the Tour finished, it was announced that the Central Office for Combating Environmental and Public Health Damage (OCLAESP) had raided the squad's hotel rooms after stage 17 to the Col de la Loze, finding "100ml of saline and injection equipment". Later in the day, news emerged that two team staff members – a soigneur and doctor – had been taken into preliminary custody.

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