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| Vuelta a Espana: Stolen €12,000 bike 'on sale for €120' | Vuelta a Espana: Stolen €12,000 bike 'on sale for €120' |
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| A stolen bicycle worth €12,000 (£8,800; $13,600) has been recovered from a secondhand shop in the Spanish city of Malaga, where it was offered for sale at a tenth of its value - €120. | A stolen bicycle worth €12,000 (£8,800; $13,600) has been recovered from a secondhand shop in the Spanish city of Malaga, where it was offered for sale at a tenth of its value - €120. |
| Police were inspecting the shop for suspected stolen goods when they spotted the bicycle's "exceptional technical characteristics". | Police were inspecting the shop for suspected stolen goods when they spotted the bicycle's "exceptional technical characteristics". |
| It belonged to a rider competing in the Vuelta a Espana race around Spain. | It belonged to a rider competing in the Vuelta a Espana race around Spain. |
| The bicycle was returned to its owner on Sunday, the final day of the race. | The bicycle was returned to its owner on Sunday, the final day of the race. |
| The bicycle belonged to an unnamed rider for the Australian team, Orica Greenledge. | |
| A police statement (in Spanish) said the team had not yet had time to lodge a complaint for theft. | A police statement (in Spanish) said the team had not yet had time to lodge a complaint for theft. |
| A Malaga resident "with a long police record" had sold the bicycle to the shop, the statement said. | |
| "We are going to offer a jersey with stripes on to the person who stole the Orica Greenedge bike,'' police said on their official Twitter account (in Spanish). "His race ends in jail." | |
| The Vuelta arrived in Malaga on 24 August, on the third stage of the three-week race. It finishes in the capital, Madrid, on Sunday. | The Vuelta arrived in Malaga on 24 August, on the third stage of the three-week race. It finishes in the capital, Madrid, on Sunday. |