A Paris judge authorized night-time doping tests on Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard on the night of July 18-19, 2026, invoking a legal clause requiring serious and consistent suspicions. Vingegaard was woken at 2:00 a.m. and Pogacar at 5:00 a.m. prior to stage 15, on which Vingegaard crashed on a mountain stage, breaking his collarbone and forcing his withdrawal from the race.
Pogacar, who holds a five-minute lead over Remco Evenepoel, suggested a connection between Vingegaard's sleep disruption and the accident. While Visma team management did not view the corner as dangerous and Evenepoel dismissed the crash link, Evenepoel condemned the testing as "inhumane" and called for riders' union CPA intervention.
Florian Lipowitz expressed understanding for the riders' anger, while Jonathan Vaughters supported the nocturnal testing to prevent micro-dosing. The International Testing Agency confirmed several other teams were also tested overnight.