Italian bike producer Pinarello fell prey to a double heist of high-end merchandise late final week, as a complete of 19 bicycles value a complete of roughly €250,000 have been stolen. The bikes have been carried away in two separate break-ins, simply 20 hours aside, on the Cicli Pinarello signature showroom in Treviso.
Within the early morning hours of November 23, stories by La Tribuna di Treviso famous {that a} van pulled to the facet of the constructing, with a number of masked people reducing a safety fence and forcing open a door to the constructing. Surveillance cameras captured three people sporting hoods and gloves who appeared to take simply three minutes to take away 12 bicycles earlier than police arrived.
Later that very same day at 11 p.m. native time, the information outlet reported that three extra people have been profitable in a second theft. Presumably the identical suspects as earlier than, they reduce via the identical part of fence, repaired from the early-morning theft, and compelled open the identical door. This time they obtained away with seven of the very best priced gadgets, valued at roughly €14,000 every.
The burglaries happened outdoors enterprise hours of the showroom, which additionally serves as administrative places of work for the bicycle producer. The fashions of the bicycles stolen weren’t disclosed, however have been believed to be highway bikes.
La Tribuna di Treviso reported that surveillance movies have been being reviewed by investigators, with captured pictures of three suspects who entered the constructing. A fourth particular person was suspected to be concerned as the driving force of the van.
Each rounds of theft have been thought of to be made by the identical group, as each break-ins have been accomplished shortly and with data of the place the higher-priced gadgets have been situated within the constructing. A black marketplace for stolen bicycles was famous to be flourishing in Jap Europe.
In 2021, 22 Pinarello observe bikes belonging to the Italian Nationwide Group have been stolen from a van parked outdoors their resort through the UCI World Championships in Roubaix. All of the bikes and a few of the gear, with an estimated value of €600,000, have been later recovered in Romania throughout a large-scale raid of a number of homes. Among the many stolen Pinarello bicycles have been 4 gold bikes utilized by Filippo Ganna and his gold medal-winning workforce pursuit teammates.
In 2022, Group SD Worx suffered a mass theft of their Specialised bicycles. Most lately, thefts of bicycles occurred at two European races. After stage 4 of the Tour of Slovenia, the van of Euskaltel-Euskadi was stolen, which contained all their Orbea bikes and Imaginative and prescient wheels, and the workforce couldn’t compete within the remaining stage. On the Baloise Belgium Tour, bicycles and wheels of the Baloise Trek Lions squad have been stolen and so they weren’t capable of full the race.