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Vingegaard Takes Vuelta Lead as Visma Reports Bike Theft and Loses Zingle

Italian police are investigating an overnight burglary of the team’s mechanics’ truck as Visma works to field full equipment for stage three.

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Cycling - Vuelta a Espana - Stage 2 - Alba to Limone Piemonte - Limone Piemonte, Italy - August 24, 2025 Team Visma | Lease A Bike's Jonas Vingegaard wins stage 2 REUTERS/Manon Cruz
Cycling - Vuelta a Espana - Stage 2 - Alba to Limone Piemonte - Alba, Italy - August 24, 2025 Team Visma | Lease a Bike's Jonas Vingegaard before the start of stage 2 REUTERS/Manon Cruz
Cycling - Vuelta a Espana - Stage 2 - Alba to Limone Piemonte - Limone Piemonte, Italy - August 24, 2025 Team Visma | Lease A Bike's Jonas Vingegaard celebrates winning stage 2 REUTERS/Manon Cruz

Overview

  • Jonas Vingegaard won the rain-affected summit finish to Limone Piemonte after remounting from a roundabout crash, outsprinting Giulio Ciccone for the stage.
  • He now leads the general classification by four seconds over Ciccone, with David Gaudu third and Egan Bernal fourth, after stage two in northern Italy.
  • Visma-Lease a Bike said several bicycles were stolen from a mechanics’ truck overnight, and police in Italy have opened an investigation.
  • Reports differed on the scale of the theft, including claims that most of the team’s bikes or 18 machines worth about €250,000 were taken, and coverage indicated spares should allow all riders to start.
  • Axel Zingle was ruled unfit to continue after injuries in the stage-two crash, leaving Visma with seven riders for Monday’s 134.6km stage to Ceres in the Italian Alps.