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Video: Lisbon bikejacker foiled as he runs into group ride ... from the city's police academy

Intended victim was heading to join police officers on mountain bike ride

 

A would-be bikejacker in Lisbon got more than he bargained for when the cyclist who was his intended victim turned out to be heading to a group ride setting out from a police academy in the Portuguese capital.

Footage of the incident was posted to YouTube by the cyclist, Carlos André, who said he had picked up a test bike from a shop on his way to join a mountain bike ride organised by the Public Security Police.

According to a report on the website Noticiasaominuto.com, the man had already tried to stop Mr André once without success, trying to grab his arm, then took a bus and got off once he had passed the cyclist to try again.

Mr André fended off his attacker, then when he reached his destination – the Instituto Superior de Ciências Policiais e Segurança Interna police academy – called out for assistance.

Given the way that some of the cyclists managed to restrain the man, and the fact that uniformed police seemed happy to let them get on with it, we assume they were themselves police officers.

In a comment to his post on YouTube, Mr André said he hoped that justice would prevail and that according to police sources, the same man had assaulted a tourist riding in a tuk-tuk – used to give tours of the city – earlier the same day.

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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Mungecrundle | 7 years ago
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This would never happen in Great Britain!

The bus fare alone would make the theft uneconomically viable.

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The _Kaner replied to Mungecrundle | 7 years ago
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Mungecrundle wrote:

This would never happen in Great Britain!

The bus fare alone would make the theft un-economicaly viable.

Also...the bus would never reach the destination in front of the cyclist....

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CXR94Di2 | 7 years ago
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You've gotta love the Danes  3

 

If he was going mtb riding, why the Scott Electric?

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mj0 | 7 years ago
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He was probably just mad at the guy for stealing his KOMs on his eBike

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Grahamd | 7 years ago
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I was given to believe that Spanish police had a tendency to be over zealous with the batons, somewhat disappointed.

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dottigirl replied to Grahamd | 7 years ago
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Grahamd wrote:

I was given to believe that Spanish police had a tendency to be over zealous with the batons, somewhat disappointed.

#epicgeographyfail 

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Streethawk101 replied to Grahamd | 7 years ago
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Grahamd wrote:

I was given to believe that Spanish police had a tendency to be over zealous with the batons, somewhat disappointed.

Maybe they are but Lisbon isn't in Spain...

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check12 | 7 years ago
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Is that what Miguel indurain is doing now?

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Mungecrundle | 7 years ago
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Bikejacker is approximately 7% as terrifying as those tram lines.

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StraelGuy | 7 years ago
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Great stuff, should have 'accidentally' booted him in the nuts whilst he was down.

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