Police Investigate After Vingegaard’s Team Suffer Bike Thefts At Vuelta

On nan greeting aft Jonas Vingegaard took nan leader’s reddish jersey astatine nan Vuelta a España pinch a shape triumph successful bluish Italy, he mislaid a teammate and his squad mislaid immoderate bicycles that were stolen.

Team Visma-Lease a Bike said constabulary successful Italy are investigating nan theft of “several bikes” from an instrumentality motortruck though it was unclear if Vingegaard will beryllium affected successful shape 3 later connected Monday.

“Last night, our mechanics’ motortruck was surgery into and respective bikes were stolen,” said nan squad successful a statement. “Our mechanics are moving difficult to guarantee that nan squad is afloat prepared for nan 3rd stage. The constabulary person launched an investigation into nan incident.”

Vingegaard will beryllium missing nan support of Axel Zingle for nan remainder of nan Vuelta, pinch nan French cyclist having collapsed successful nan rain-soaked shape connected Sunday that besides caught up nan squad leader. Vingegaard went connected to triumph pinch a bloodied elbow, but an wounded sustained successful nan clang has forced Zingle to wantonness nan race.

Visma said: “Our aesculapian squad had to determine that Axel Zingle is not fresh capable to proceed nan Vuelta. His first Grand Tour pinch nan squad comes to an early end.”

Monday’s 3rd shape is simply a 134.6km (83.6-mile) thrust pinch an uphill decorativeness into Ceres successful nan Italian Alps north-west of Turin.