There were many puzzled looks at the Groupama-FDJ camp outside a hotel in the western suburbs of Copenhagen on Thursday morning. With bikes in hand, the riders weaved their way through the camera crews for a day of training before the start of the Tour de France.

The reporters were not there to talk to Thibaut Pinot, David Gaudoux, or Stéphane Küng, but to capture the atmosphere of the Bahrain Victorious, who were staying at the same hotel.

Early Thursday morning, Bahrain Victorious' hotel room and vehicle were searched by Danish police in an anti-doping operation led by French authorities.

"This is the second time I've woken up in a hotel with police chasing Bahrain," Marc Madio told Cycling News in the parking lot.

The longtime Groupama-FDJ manager was in Pau at last year's Tour. The two teams were drawn at the same hotel then as well, their rooms were searched and their belongings confiscated.

Thursday morning's raid seemed to be a bit of a quiet affair, following the raid of the Tour riders' team before they traveled to Denmark for the Grande Paire.

"I slept through it," Küng told Cycling News. 'The first I heard about it was when I was having breakfast.'

The Gulpama-FDJ riders rode off anonymously as the world focused on Bahrain's victory. As Küng pointed out, it was mere coincidence that they were sharing a hotel, but he also acknowledged that the situation indirectly involved them, as it did the entire peloton.

"It gives the image that we are all cheaters.

"It doesn't change anything for us. We focus on ourselves. But it certainly doesn't feel good to have all the cameras pointed at them."

European time trial champion Küng was looking to prepare for one of the biggest days of the season as the leading contender for the Tour's opening TT in Copenhagen on Friday. He would have had a flawless finish, but in the back of his mind he would have had a bad feeling.

The same can be said for the Tour de France as a whole, and the Danish Grande Pearl in particular. Thousands of fans packed Tivoli Park and were deafened by the team presentations on Wednesday night.

Madio declined to comment on the news, citing insufficient knowledge, but Kuehn offered his own perspective on the complex and risky situation.

"If anything, I just hope that they will be prosecuted for sure. But if nothing happens, I hope they apologize in public," the Swiss rider said. [It's good to be prosecuted. Because I will be the first to support any and all measures to increase the credibility of the sport and to ensure that we, as clean riders, are not penalized. But just as important, I will always call for fair play.

"If they prosecute, fine. If nothing is found, then a statement should be made about that as well."