Immediately stolen, immediately found. It only took three hours for the bike of Geraint Thomas, the Welsh cyclist winner of the Tour de France 2018, stolen during a coffee break in Menton, to be recovered by CRS and returned to its owner. The cyclist relayed the story on his Twitter account.
Lovely ride. Lovely coffee stop in Menton. Except someone nicked my bike 🤦♂️ Now in an Uber home. It’s a Dogma F with F12 stickers. Random miss matched wheels and in need of a wash #oneofakind pic.twitter.com/ipBfMIJ9nF
– Geraint Thomas (@ GeraintThomas86) November 14, 2021
According to information from Nice morning, it is an unaccompanied minor who stole the Pinarello Dogma F12, the prices of which can range from 9,610 to more than 19,000 euros. The young man was arrested by the police while he was driving dangerously on the road to Sospel and admitted the facts in police custody. He came out free.
The bike was then returned to the champion who took the opportunity to take a selfie with the CRS and post it on social networks.