Garmin-Sharp pull out of Tour Méditerranéen after overnight theft of 16 bikes

The first bike spotted on a Czech second hand bike online shop.Garmin confirmed it´s their bike. Spotted by a cyclist thanks to unusual Di2 internal cable routing on the frame.

parts are easy to shift, but have fun selling those frames, I expect they will be dumped.

I've worked in security on & of for years & sadly if some drongo wants to get sumit no matter how well it is covered there no way other than standing with your hands on it that it cant be taken & even then! Need to Get Big Laim Neason after them scrots!!

Whenever I go to a car club event, two people are responsible for staying up all night patrolling the parking lot where the cars are parked. And these aren't even high-dollar cars. You'd think with the stakes being what they are, and all the money involved, a top pro cycling team would do at least that much, but no.

Next year they'll be named 'Garmin-Sharp-Fagghedaboudit' and the team bus will have an oversized D-Lock rotating on the top...

As others have said, the bikes will be split up into their components and sold up which will make it very difficult to trace who/where they are being sold. I would imagine the frames will be stored for a while and then sold on later when the story is largely forgotten.

I can understand they don't want to put stuff on the race bikes but surely it's not beyond the wit of man to fit some security.

An infra-red motion sensor INSIDE the truck for example.

It isn't the first time this sort of thing has happened.

Bikes and equipment need to be tagged with them nanotubes or some kind of locator chip embedded in the paint or the frame...components as well. F***ing thieves! Pond scum!

If anyone does find out where they're selling them, let me know! I've got a soft spot for Cervelo but can't afford full price for one...

Yer, they'll surely split the bikes up.

I guess these guys know what they're doing.

Movistar?

I bet it was Lance Armstrong

Ironically you would think, given Garmin's expertise with GPS, that these bikes weren't traceable.

It's incrediable that NOBODY noticed the 16 bikes being nicked. Such a shame for the team as well, not being able to race.

As bikes they'll be worthless, but the components are prob not bargain basement. Let's say Eu100 for the wheels, maybe a couple of 100 for the Di bits. Then there's tyres, saddles, brakes and general gizmos. Still not a bad nights work. Cervelo R5's? An environmentally unfriendly bonfire

Perhaps teams staying in the same hotel could work together to reduce the risk? Parking trucks tightly back-to back would prevent access via the main, rear doors, and strategically parking against walls or adjacent to team buses might prevent the tea leaves getting in via the smaller side doors.

It seems like most of the time, authorities end up recovering the bikes from this kind of theft because the sale of the loot raises so many eyebrows.

Christ, scumbags.

Expect there's plenty of lawyers and dentists in France looking for cheap, new bikes

Looks like someone with a fantasy cycling team has ensured that they score well today!

I'm going to point the finger now, a user from this site......Raliegh, this one's on you

But its shocking to say the least, do we know if all the trucks were at the same place? Why only Garmin targeted. Better bikes to be had

Oh FFS more changes to my fantasy team Scumbag thieving c@#!s

Ha, had it been with Di2 would be hilarious. But really, I'm guessing most people would look at bike forums if they are thinking of getting something like that and there is a high chance they might come across it. Might be somewhere less concerned with PCness.

Jesus... wonder where they gonna sell them.