A former cyclist who took performance-enhancing drugs, now a team boss at the Tour de France, supports doping tests in the middle of the night at cycling's biggest race.

Tour de France leader Tadej Pogacar confirmed on Sunday that he was visited in the middle of the night by anti-doping controllers, just hours before a crucial mountain stage.

VOUGY, France, July 19 : Tour de France riders criticised night-time doping tests after race leader Tadej Pogacar and Dane Jonas Vingegaard were woken in the early hours of Sunday…