Bettini's bike stolen

Thieves have stolen the bike used by Paolo Bettini to retain his world title in Stuttgart last weekend. A lorry belonging to the Quickstep team was robbed late on Friday with 21 bikes worth a total of 150,000 euros taken. Bettini, who is considering...

Thieves have stolen the bike used by Paolo Bettini to retain his world title in Stuttgart last weekend. A lorry belonging to the Quickstep team was robbed late on Friday with 21 bikes worth a total of 150,000 euros taken.

Bettini, who is considering retirement at the end of the year, has said he "talked" with the bike to bond with it ahead of his tilt at a second successive world crown on September 30.

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