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Cycling: Team Visma will start Vuelta a España stage 3 despite the theft of 18 of its bikes

# Cycling: Eighteen bikes with an estimated total value of around five-million-rand were stolen from a truck belonging to Dutch team Visma-Lease a Bike, currently participating in the La Vuelta a España in Spain. A spokesperson says mechanics have managed to secure and build the equipment needed for the team to start the third stage today. This mass theft comes hard on the heels of Visma leader Jonas Vingegaard’s victory and claiming of the red jersey in Limone Piemonte on stage two yesterday.