The total team victim of a flight of bikes, for a prejudice estimated at 300,000 euros

The Vendée training stayed in a hotel, avenue de Paris, in Poitiers (Vienne), when it was the victim of the theft of 20 professional bikes. The parking lot was covered by video surveillance. A complaint has been filed and an investigation is open, reports Poitou here.

The Totalenergies team was the victim of a bicycle flight, on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, on the sidelines of the 39th edition of the Poitou-Charentes Tour, learned Franceinfo from a source close to the file, Thursday, August 28. The Vendée training stayed in a hotel, avenue de Paris, in Poitiers (Vienne), when it was the victim of the theft of 20 professional bikes, for a prejudice estimated at around 300,000 euros.

The stolen equipment was on the team's bus, parked in the parking lot, which presented traces of break -ins. The parking lot was covered by video surveillance. A complaint has been filed and an investigation is open, reports Here Poitou.

“The Totalnergies team was the victim this night in the flight of 20 bikes on the sidelines of the Tour Poitou-Charentes. Despite this incident, the team will take the start of the time trial today”, reacted on x The team's Twitter account. During the Tour de France last July, the Cofidis team was also the victim of a burglary. This Monday, on the Tour of Spain, the Visma team announced the flight of 18 bikes.