Valentin Iglinskiy (Astana Team) was stopped by French police on Thursday evening from speed driving, but his team has denied rumours that the Kazakh was under influence of alcohol or drugs.

"The police made an alcohol test and a blood control. The report of this blood testing isn't known for the moment, we will communicate it as soon as the result will be given," a team statement read.

RTL.fr reports that the Kazakh was stopped for speeding at 203km/h in a 110km/h zone, and they also wrote that he had been over the legal limit for alcohol, having .64 miligrammes of alcohol per litre of expired air.

"There might be some misunderstanding, because Valentin can't understand and speak French, English or Italian correctly. The team was astonished to learn that he signed a legal paper with statements in French, while he can't understand, speak and read this language.

"The team is really shocked that the information of this confidential case as been made public to the press, while no official results have been provided yet."