Cofidis rider Di Gregorio ‘held by French police’

R my Di Gregorio is being questioned with two other people after an investigation was opened into the alleged trafficking of doping substances, a police source said.

Photograph: Pascal Pavani/AFP/Getty Images The French cyclist R my Di Gregorio has been detained for questioning by French police, a gendarmerie source said.

The Cofidis rider, who was on the Tour de France, was transferred to his hometown of Marseille.

The source added that Di Gregorio was being questioned with two other people after an investigation was opened into alleged doping substances’ trafficking.