In addition, ingrained twice shoulder
Cycling athletes are stolen from the bike in races
Updated on 25.08.2025 – 5:08 p.m.Reading time: 1 min.
At Vuelta a España, Axel Zingle experienced a curious day, which he had to accept several times.
Radprofi Axel Zingle experienced the craziest day of his career at Vuelta. First the Frenchman balled his shoulder twice, then the racing bike was stolen from him in front of the ambulance. However, the 26-year-old came to the finish, the last time with more than 24 minutes behind his teammate and stage winner Jonas Vingegaard.
What happened? Zingle fell on the second section in Italy from Alba to Limone Piemonte and had to let the racing doctors go back – but could continue. When he reached into his jersey afterwards to get something out, Zingle stood out the joint a second time.
“There was a guy who didn’t speak very well. I gave him my bike and climbed into the ambulance to have my shoulder broken down again,” said the professional from Team Visma – Lease A Bike later at Eurosport, “When I came out, my bike was gone.”
Pechvogel Zingle wants to tackle the third stage from San Maurizio to Ceres (134.6 km) despite all the adversity on Monday.