The Trek-Segafredo women’s team will have to start the Strade Bianche with replacement gadgets after six of their Emonda motorcycles were stolen overnight in Italy.
In a social media message, the team said “the thieves broke the roof of the truck and took the bikes” on Friday night.
Strade Bianche is the first WorldTour race in the peloton after the resumption of the season following an interruption due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Trek-Segafredo will start the race with several options, adding former winners Elisa Longo Borghini and Lizzie Deignan.
The women’s race is 136 km and will start from Siena at 11:00 CET, with 23 groups competing on 30 km of gravel roads before the classic ending in Piazza del Campo in Siena.
Wrong to start team day in Italy. Six walks from the Emenda women’s team were stolen overnight. The thieves broke through the roof of the truck and took the bikes. Cyclists will receive the start of @StradeBianche on spare bikes. August 1, 2020
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