Bahrain-winning racer Dylan Theuns said he wanted nothing more than to clarify the ongoing police investigation into his team, but insisted he had to focus on his work.

Teuns, a stage winner of the 2021 and 2019 Tour de France as well as La Flèche Wallonne earlier this year, is currently participating in the 2022 Tour.

Teuns' home was reportedly searched by police in Belgium on Monday as part of a broader investigation into the Bahrain Victorias team, including a search of the team hotel by Danish police two days before the start of the Tour de France in Copenhagen.

Earlier this week, the team's hotel was searched by police in Belgium.

Earlier this week, the homes of riders and staff were searched in Belgium, Spain, Croatia, Italy, Poland, and Slovenia. Another rider who led Bahrain to victory in the Tour de France, 2021 Giro d'Italia runner-up Damiano Caruso, said his home was raided.

In his daily column in Belgium's Het Belang van Limburg newspaper, Theuns expressed concern that "at a time when I have to concentrate on my work, things are taken out of context and things can escalate."

Tour riders and staff have maintained strictly no comment on the investigation while in Denmark, in contrast to their more forthcoming communication following the police investigation in Pau, France, during last year's Tour.

In a column in Het Belang van Limburg, Teuns wrote: "Anyone who knows me knows that I want nothing more than to provide clear information. But this time I will not do so. This investigation has been going on for a year now. Last year, after the French police investigation [in Pau], I had to hand over my laptop and my cell phone. Well, they never came back

"And I fear that things will be taken out of context and things will escalate. When I should be concentrating on my own work."

Meanwhile, the personal management of Tuns, the Belgian rider, insists that the Belgian rider has nothing to hide after a recent police raid on his team hotel in Denmark, and is scathingly critical of the French media hype about the ongoing investigation.

"With the opening of the Tour, the sacred legal principles governing the secrecy of judicial investigations were sacrificed on the altar of French sensationalism. It is strange that the Marseille Prosecutor's Office would reveal the name and location of the investigation at a press conference on Thursday.

"The team and Dylan Theuns have always cooperated fully and remained silent on the investigation.

"Contrary to certain media claims and implications, nothing belonging to Dylan Theuns was seized in the raid in Denmark.

"We and Dylan will continue to cooperate in light of our riders' innocence, but we hope to be more discreet."

The statement concluded by saying that what it called a "harmful operation" - presumably referring to the French media sensationalism referred to earlier - could affect contract negotiations and risk causing "irreparable damage."

So far, neither the UCI nor ASO, the organizer of the Tour de France, have issued an official statement on the events involving Bahrain Victorious. The team itself issued a statement after the "police manhunt," saying that "the team is now looking forward to focusing on the Tour de France, the biggest and best cycling race in the world."

Tuns is scheduled to start the race today at 18:25 local time in the Tour de France.