The Quick Step team bus has been seized by French police and taken away to be searched on the eve of the Tour de France.
It is not clear why the police have seized the bus although the team's media officer confirmed it.
"They came to our hotel in Challans and took the bus to La Roche-sur-Yon in order to search it," team press officer Alessandro Tegner told Reuters.
"Sports director Wilfried Peeters and the bus driver are also with the gendarmerie."
Later on Friday evening, the team released an official statement which read:
"Nothing was found during the search. The team wants to specify that no other team vehicle underwent any searches. The team feels deeply harmed by the consequent media focus on what happened today, which we feel has damaged the team's image and the image of cycling in general.
"The team asks also to the press to avoid speculation around the team and the team's riders that are focused on the race."
Although there is no suggestion this incident is connected to doping, the 2011 Tour has already been affected by the case surrounding Alberto Contador, who tested positive for clenbuterol during last year's race and is back in 2011 to defend his title.
Contador, who was booed by fans at Thursday's team presentation, faces a Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing next month over the case but was cleared of any wrongdoing by the Spanish Cycling Federation.
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