Italian team's stolen gold Pinarello track bikes retrieved from Romania
Federation mechanics take €400,000 of equ꧋ipment back to Italy

The 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:22 track bikes stolen from꧑ꦗ the Italian team during the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:World Championships in Roubaix are back in Italy after team mechanics travelled to Romania toಌ collect them from local poliꦅce.
The bikes were valued at over €400,000 and included 12 Pinarello Bolide bikes and the four gold bikes used by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Filippo Ganna and his Olympic gold medal-winning team pursuit te🔯ammates.
Several of the bikes were fitted with personalised titanium 3D-printed handlebars while the team pursuit squad's gold bikes are valued at &eꦛuro;30,000 apiece.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, 10 other road bikes belonging to different riders have also been recovered and taken to It༒aly but several wheels are missing.
The bikes were stolen from a van parked outside the Italian hotel during the track world championships in Roubaix in October. The bikes were due to be driven back to Italy but thieves struck during the night at the Italian tea♉m hotel in Lill💧e.
The bikes were disc𝓡overed by Romanian police when they caught the crim🗹inals in the act of attempting to sell the bikes.
The bikes were retrieved during house searches which also turned up other stolen goods including eight televisions, 10 mobile phones, drugs, 🦩and €2,800 in cash. 20 people were arrested as part of the operation.
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The Italian Cycling Federation was concerned about retrieving the bikes but after hiring a law🍎yer to complete the paperwork, national team mechanics travelled to Romania on Monday and brought them back to Italy.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport’s Ciro Scognaꦜmiglio, the bikes are now secured at the Montichiari velodrome near Brescia. &nb🍬sp;
“They loaded the bikes on Monday and left Romania straight away. Now the bikes are back in Italy, in the Montichiari velodrome. They’re all there, only a few wheels are missing,” Italian Federation president Cordiano Dagnoni told La Gazzetta dello Sport.