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"We are focusing heavily on recovery. That is hugely important, especially between two of the toughest mountain stages in this Tour.
And then you get woken up at 2am. That makes me really furious."
Stage winner and Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel also questioned the validity of conducting official anti-doping procedures at that specific hour.
"They told me that it supposedly happened at two o'clock in the morning.
That seems very strange to me, because that is not allowed according to the rules," said Evenepoel.
Team management acknowledged the regulatory authority of the testing body while maintaining that the nocturnal disruption was problematic for the athletes.
"It is good that our sport is, and remains, so on top of the anti-doping fight," said Visma-Lease-a-Bike team manager Richard Plugge.
"Two o'clock in the night is not ideal, although it doesn't matter what time of the night it is.
It remains not ideal. The ITA will have their reasons for this.
We have to follow suit."
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Behind the lead trio, chasing cyclists Paul Seixas and Florian Lipowitz both lost nearly a minute in the overall standings during the standard racing action.
