Garmins team bikes stolen

ademort

Apparently 16 of the team bikes from the Garmin team have been stolen.The team were due to start a stage of the tour of the Mediterranean when the theft was dicoverd. The cost of the bikes is thought to be about £150,000 . The team were offered bikes by other teams but have decided to abandon the race.
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ratsbeyfus

Sean Yates ‏@TrainSharpSean
Just saw that Garmin-Sharp had all their bikes stolen #dontyoujustlovethe french

Wonder if they'll turn up in 'motoman's shop?

specialgueststar

How can this still happen?? It used to be quite a common occurrence. Surely the security on 150 K must be a substantial investment

Even just backing it up against a wall. I saw they left the wheels!

No_Ta_Doctor

*puts on special double layer tinfoil hat*

Sky stole them to pay for secret drugs

*takes hat off again*

dab_32

Or they staged the theft to avoid doping controls...

ademort

dab_32 wrote:

Or they staged the theft to avoid doping controls...

That,s a theory, but why did they leave the Time trial bikes behind.?????
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dab_32

Because the time trial bikes weren't doped?

above_the_cows

I may have spent most of today researching what new frame I want but it wasn't me, honest guv. They'd all be too big for starters.

But seriously, how can this happen? Are they not securely locked up, is the truck not alarmed etc.? Are the riders going to have to start sleeping with their bikes in their rooms?

Who is going to buy them? Surely its a steal to order. You'd be hard pressed to flog those on a gumtree equivalent, non?

So many questions, so much housework avoidance...

BikeSwan

I dont know the whole story, but assuming they got away with complete bikes isn't it "standard policy" for bike thieves to strip the components and sell them individually? And if they have any smarts, they will just dump, or hang on to the stuff that's instantly recognizable as Team Garmin? Anyway, unless the thieves are ex SAS it never should have happened anyway!

ratsbeyfus

This is all that was found at the crime scene:

BikeSwan

ratsbeyfus wrote:

This is all that was found at the crime scene:

Richmond Racer

pffft...its Garmin, they're SUPERB at tracking after all....

above_the_cows

ratsbeyfus wrote:

This is all that was found at the crime scene:

School boy error. :roll:

Is that a helmet on the other side of the post?

ademort

This is a picture of the crime scene.


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frenchfighter

17 Cervelo R5's with Di2

ratsbeyfus

frenchfighter wrote:

17 Cervelo R5's with Di2

How much do you want for 'em?

jerry3571

Strangely, I got someone on Facebook who has put up some photos of Santa Margalida in Majorca where one of these trucks has been spotted. Tyler Farrar eating breakfast and a Garmin Bus spotted also.

My old man said the stolen lorry wasn't parked in view of the nearby security cameras so the thieves could take their time getting the bikes off.

Jerry.

Ps- Sorry about the other thread. There's good reason why I'm not a brain surgeon.