"Thieves broke into the Visma bike truck located outside the team hotel near Milan, seizing multiple models. Multiple media reported that three were later recovered from where they had been dumped in a nearby park, but the squad was left bereft of a high proportion of their bikes. Talking to reporters at the stage 3 start early on Monday afternoon, Jorgenson said that no less than three of his own bikes had been stolen, and he was far from alone in that."
"After a long transfer back to Turin from the late stage finish at Limone Piemonte in the far south of the province, where Vingegaard had won the stage and taken the lead, Jorgenson said that the team had not reached the team hotel until 9 PM. At that point the mechanics had to begin cleaning and building the bikes, only for them to be robbed overnight."
Eighteen bikes were stolen overnight from the Visma-Lease A Bike truck parked outside the team hotel near Milan. Three bikes were later recovered from a nearby park, leaving the squad without a high proportion of their equipment. Matteo Jorgenson lost three bikes and teammate Axel Zingle had all his bikes taken, while Jonas Vingegaard retained his usual bike. Mechanics had been working until the early hours due to a hotel power outage, then returned to Turin late and rebuilt replacement bikes before the 2 pm stage start despite the overnight thefts.
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