The team Visma | Lease a Bike went through all the emotions during these last 24 hours sure The return. First a big fright in the final of the 2nd stage on Sunday, with a huge fall in the peloton which sent to the ground almost all its runners and in particular Jonas Vingegaardfollowed just after relief and the joy of seeing the Danish do better than reassuring by brilliantly winning the stage victory and the red jersey! But hardly time to celebrate this great success than bad news came to spoil the party: first the abandonment ofAxel Zinglevictim of the fall … but especially the flight of 18 of his bikes in the evening, after one of his trucks was robbed! Damage Estimated at around € 250,000 but which should not fortunately have more impact on the continuation for the bees, which may take the start of the 3rd stage, as confirmed by the general manager confirmed Richard plug This Monday morning When talking about this case in front of the media.
“We will have enough bikes for the race, fortunately”
“It was indeed bad news because the truck was smashed and bikes were stolen. Suddenly, we ended up with everyone under police investigation this Monday morning. And that's not how we want to start the day, especially after yesterday's beautiful day“Regrets the Dutch leader.”The mechanics have done an incredible job to mount the bikes we need. They will arrive in a minute and we will have enough bikes for the race, fortunately. This is good news“He continued, relieved.
Plug Then confirmed that some of these stolen bikes were found, abandoned in bushes near the departure of the third stage. “”Bikes have indeed been found, but the police are still investigating. I don't know why they left these bikes, but several of them were found. It's really good for us. As for the reason they left them, I don't know“, he said before reassuring the following operations for this Vuelta.
“Yes, we have enough bikes for the future. And I must also say that we were at the hotel with the Movistar and Lidl-Trek teams. They were both very kind to help us on some work. It is good to see that the teams work together. We now have enough equipment to start the day. So it's not a problem“, He concluded.
