After waking up on Friday morning to the realisation that their bikes and spare wheels had been stolen, Polish team CCC Sprandi Polkowice got some good news as the police found them on Friday evening.
On Saturday morning, the team posted on Twitter, “Easter miracle! The stolen bikes were found in an abandoned car! Thank you for your help in spreading the news. We beat the burglars!”
According to local news outlet Limburger.nl, the police found the bikes in an abandoned car on a dead-end street in the village of Sibbe not far from the finish of the Amstel Gold Race. The car was subsequently towed by the police and the bikes were returned to the CCC Sprandi Polkowice team.
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The team, who rides bikes provided by the Italian manufacturer Guerciotti, had 18 bikes stolen along with six sets of spare wheels from their truck, despite the car park being guarded and the truck being fitted with an alarm. The truck was parked outside the team’s hotel, where they are staying ahead of their participation at the Amstel Gold Race.
While the police immediately began an investigation into the theft, the team was forced to source replacement bikes on the likely occasion that the bikes would not be found.
CCC Sprandi Polkowice is not the first team to fall foul of thieves while staying in the Limburg region. Nippo-Vini Fantini had 16 of their bikes stolen during the Volta Limburg earlier this month, while LottoNL-Jumbo and Dimension Data survived an attempted break-in while staying in Maastricht during last year’s Eneco Tour.
— CCC SprandiPolkowice (@CCCProTeam) April 15, 2017
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