Bahrain Victorious refused to give any further details about the police raid on the Copenhagen hotel on Thursday morning, refusing to answer questions about the matter in what became a very brief Tour de France pre-race press conference.

Matej Mohoric, Jack Haig, and performance manager Vladimir Miholievic appeared via video, as all 22 teams traditionally do before a race. Miholievich presented a carefully prepared view, but made it clear that he would not answer questions about the survey.

"I would love to share more information about the investigation, but I have nothing more to share than what I have already stated in the press release," he said.

"We would like to hear more from the investigators so that we can understand such actions. At this point, the team is fully focused on the biggest bike race in front of them and on achieving their goals for the next three weeks. So Matej Mohoric and Jack Haig will only answer about the cycling and the race itself."

The team has already stated that Monday's and Thursday's raids on the 2022 riders and staff are all related to a French police investigation conducted against the team during last year's Tour.

In Pau last year, 50 police officers searched the team hotel and seized medical supplies, laptops, and cell phones. Last October, the team passed on the suggestion that hair tests on three riders searched by French police during the Tour revealed traces of tizanidine, a powerful muscle relaxant. Although this substance is not banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, the test results could indicate off-label use of the drug.

A year after the initial raid, no charges have been filed and the team denies any wrongdoing, but with less than a day until the Tour, the team faces questions it refuses to answer.

"Nothing has been seized from the team," the team clarified in a statement when it was revealed that the team's hotel room and vehicle were searched Thursday morning.

Bahrain Victorious' press officer reiterated the team's stance at the afternoon press conference and asked for questions about the sport, but the topic of the police raid remained.

"If you can't ask me directly about the investigation, can I ask you about the impact of the police entering the hotels of the Tour de France riders at 5:00 in the morning?" asked a Belgian journalist.

The reply was direct and firm: "I only want to talk about the race," said Miholiewicz.

The team's press officer asked if there were any questions about the sport, but there were no other questions from the 30 or so media members who attended the press conference via the Zoom platform.

VeloNews posted a question about how confident the team was in starting the tool.

Mohoric, wearing a face mask, seemed to laugh at the question but did not answer. Jack Hague simply told Miholiewicz, "You can answer that."

"Look, I have no reason to doubt that," said Miholiewicz.

After a final appeal for sporting questions, the press conference ended after only eight minutes with no further explanation of the investigation or Bahrain Victorious' sporting ambitions in the 2022 Tour de France.