"The Russian team have had all of their bikes stolen at the cycling world championships, team leader Alexandr Kolobnev said on Saturday.
"Police at work... Stolen ALL the bikes last night. No start tomorrow," Kolobnev, a silver medallist at the world championships road race in 2007 and 2009, wrote on his Twitter feed.
A similar incident happened in February when the Garmin-Sharp team had all their bikes stolen during the Tour Mediterranéen in France.
The men's elite road race will be held on Sunday over 272.3 kilometres from Lucca to Florence.
Reuters"
"The Russian team have had all of their bikes stolen at the cycling world championships, team leader Alexandr Kolobnev said on Saturday.
"Police at work... Stolen ALL the bikes last night. No start tomorrow," Kolobnev, a silver medallist at the world championships road race in 2007 and 2009, wrote on his Twitter feed.
A similar incident happened in February when the Garmin-Sharp team had all their bikes stolen during the Tour Mediterranéen in France.
The men's elite road race will be held on Sunday over 272.3 kilometres from Lucca to Florence.
Reuters"
The theft of team bikes is on the increase. Its happened maybe 4 or 5 times this season alone. You never hear or read of anybody being caught or charged with the theft either, which is very worrying. Think its time some of the teams reviewed their security before events as it appears that the persons responsible are very well organised.
ademort
Chinarello, record and Mavic Cosmic Sl
Gazelle Vuelta , veloce
Giant Defy 4
Mirage Columbus SL
Batavus Ventura
Chance of great publicity for a bike shop to lend them some, then sell them on as "as ridden in the worlds"
Bianchi Infinito CV
Bianchi Via Nirone 7 Ultegra
Brompton S Type
Carrera Vengeance Ultimate Ltd
Gary Fisher Aquila '98
Front half of a Viking Saratoga Tandem
Katusha's Service Course is in Brescia, two hours from Florence, so they'll have bikes available later today. I imagine Kolobnev will ride tomorrow and, if past history is anything to go by, will get a decent result.
Apparently a number of the riders have already recieved and tested new bikes . kolobnev , Sergey Chernetskiy and Yuri Trofimov have all tried and tested new bikes and will ride tomorrow.
ademort
Chinarello, record and Mavic Cosmic Sl
Gazelle Vuelta , veloce
Giant Defy 4
Mirage Columbus SL
Batavus Ventura
Apparently a number of the riders have already recieved and tested new bikes . kolobnev , Sergey Chernetskiy and Yuri Trofimov have all tried and tested new bikes and will ride tomorrow.
That's good, would have been a massive shame for them to miss the race because of some tea leaf
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"Police at work... Stolen ALL the bikes last night. No start tomorrow," Kolobnev, a silver medallist at the world championships road race in 2007 and 2009, wrote on his Twitter feed.
A similar incident happened in February when the Garmin-Sharp team had all their bikes stolen during the Tour Mediterranéen in France.
The men's elite road race will be held on Sunday over 272.3 kilometres from Lucca to Florence.
Reuters"
http://au.eurosport.com/cycling/russian-bikes-stolen-ahead-of-world-championships-race_sto3941665/story.shtml
The theft of team bikes is on the increase. Its happened maybe 4 or 5 times this season alone. You never hear or read of anybody being caught or charged with the theft either, which is very worrying. Think its time some of the teams reviewed their security before events as it appears that the persons responsible are very well organised.
Chinarello, record and Mavic Cosmic Sl
Gazelle Vuelta , veloce
Giant Defy 4
Mirage Columbus SL
Batavus Ventura
Bianchi Via Nirone 7 Ultegra
Brompton S Type
Carrera Vengeance Ultimate Ltd
Gary Fisher Aquila '98
Front half of a Viking Saratoga Tandem
What, there are no bikes in Italy?
Is reachable from here.
Believe in miracles
And cures and healing wells
But yes, SURELY somewhere in Italy has bikes these guys can use tomorrow?
MTB
NEW Cross
Track/Grass Track/Winter bike
But as said above, teams need to review their security.
Chinarello, record and Mavic Cosmic Sl
Gazelle Vuelta , veloce
Giant Defy 4
Mirage Columbus SL
Batavus Ventura
MTB
NEW Cross
Track/Grass Track/Winter bike