Thieves steal Visma's bikes at the Vuelta
Several of Visma-Lease a Bike's Vuelta a España bikes were stolen overnight, leaving the team scrambling to get alternative options ready to ride for Monday's stage 3. Fortunately, the squad had bikes for each of its seven starters – Axel Zingle pulled out of the race before the stage – by the time the race rolled out from San Maurizio Canavese.
The news comes just a day after Zingle's bike was initially thought to have been stolen. As it turned out, the broom wagon had picked up the bike following Zingle's stage 2 crash. The overnight crime, however, appears to be a very real act of theft, and police have opened an investigation into the incident.
