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According to media reports, the focus of the investigation is: Nairo Quintana
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The Tour de France is apparently threatened with a doping scandal.
The public prosecutor of Marseille confirmed to the AFP news agency that a preliminary investigation into suspected doping had been initiated.
According to this, numerous health products were discovered, including drugs and, in this context, evidence of doping, the AFP quoted the public prosecutor in Marseille.
Two people "from the immediate environment" were taken into police custody, it said.
According to consistent media reports, it should be the Arkea-Samsic team and Dayer Quintana, the brother of the Colombian cycling star Nairo Quintana.
The 30-year-old finished the tour in 17th place.
In addition, the investigators focus on medical staff.
The team's accommodation is said to have been examined last Wednesday during the Tour of France.
The searches took place near the winter sports resort of Méribel in the French Alps, reported the French sports newspaper "L'Équipe".
Quintana and his team had finished the tour.
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