'Nothing to hide' - Tour de France team leader denies dopingNairo Quintana, 30, won the Giro d'Italia in 2014MARSEILLE - The leader of a Tour de France team caught up in a doping investigation said he had "nothing to hide" after two unnamed members of the French outfit were detained. Colombian rider Nairo Quintana, 30, leader of the Arkea-Samsic team and winner of the 2014 Giro d'Italia, said no drugs were discovered during the investigation. "No doping substance has ever been found," he said in a statement late on Tuesday. "I have nothing to hide and have never had anything to hide," Quintana added. Quintana finished the Tour in 17th place, more than an hour behind the winner Pogacar.

Source: Bangkok Post September 23, 2020 04:52 UTC