Emmanuel Hubert, the general manager of the Arkea Samsic team, reacted to the information currently relayed in the media on alleged doping suspicions that would affect his team.
“A search did take place last week in our hotel, as I have already confirmed to various media.
It concerned only a very limited number of runners, as well as their close entourage, not employed by the team.
The team, its general manager as well as its staff, currently quoted in the media, are absolutely not questioned and consequently are not kept informed of any element from near or far, relating to the progress of the investigation, which I remind you that it is not targeting either the team or its staff directly (...) We obviously support our riders, but if it turns out that at the end of the current investigation, elements come to confirm the veracity of doping practices, the team would immediately dissociate itself from such acts and would immediately take the necessary measures to put an end to the links which could unite them with unacceptable and still opposed methods.
Indeed, the member team of the MPCC, movement for credible cycling, has always over the past 20 years demonstrated its attachment to ethics and taken a stand in favor of the fight against doping.
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