Julien Pinot angry over late night dope controls at Tour de France

FDJ coach Julien Pinot took to Twitter to hit out at tennis star Richard Gasquet as his team were subjected to doping tests at 11pm on Wednesday

4 July 2015
102nd Tour de France
Stage 01 : Utrecht - Utrecht ITT
PINOT Thibaut (FRA) FDJ
DEMARE Arnaud (FRA) FDJ
Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA

(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

FDJ coach Julien Pinot has hit out at cycling authorities and the media over treatment of cyclists over anti-doping, after his team were forced to go through late night doping controls at 11pm on Wednesday.

He contrasted the situation to that of tennis player Richard Gasquet, who made it through the quarter-finals of Wimbledon having had corticoid injections, with very little questioning from the media according to Pinot.

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Richard Windsor

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