Overview

• Team Visma – Lease a Bike reported that numerous race bikes were stolen overnight from a mechanics’ vehicle in Turin during the Vuelta’s Italian stages, and police have opened an investigation.
• Italian media report that 18 bicycles worth about €250,000 were taken, a total not confirmed by the team.
• Three of the stolen bikes were later found abandoned in a nearby field, according to local reports.
• With another stage starting the same afternoon, mechanics worked to equip riders and provide spares to make the start.
• Visma arranged replacement shipments from sponsor Cervélo and received immediate help from Movistar and Lidl‑Trek at the team hotel.