How's this for boosting Sacramento's world image?
Sacramento police are looking for leads in a high-profile caper: The case of Lance Armstrong's missing $10,000-plus time trial bike.
Early this morning, officials from Armstrong's Team Astana and Armstrong himself reported on their twitter.com feeds that the one-of-a-kind black and gold bike that he used Saturday in the Sacramento prologue & three other teammates' bikes were stolen from a team truck.
"Bad way to start the morning ... Bikes stolen from the truck last night," reads the Team Astana feed.
As the police began their investigation, the race rolled on. It started at noon in Davis, and was to end 108 miles later in Santa Rosa. The race has most of the greatest riders in the world, but Armstrong, a seven time Tour de France winner just returning from competitive cycling, is the rock star.
The bikes were stolen from an unmarked moving truck parked in the alley behind the Residence Inn at 1501 L St. between 10 p.m. Saturday and 6:45 a.m. Sunday when the theft was discovered, said officer Konrad Von Schoech, a spokesman for the Sacramento Police Department.
No other vehicles break-ins were reported, said Von Schoech.
The case has been assigned to a detective & officers are in the process of collecting & reviewing surveillance footage from the Residence Inn and nearby businesses.
Von Schoech said it's possible the thief or thieves were not targeting Armstrong.
"We don't have any information that would indicate they specially went after his bike," he said.
Armstrong, who could not be reached prior to the race, posted a picture of the bike on his twitter feed writing: "There is only one like it in the world therefore hard to pawn it off."
The police were contacting local pawn shops just in case.
Von Schoech said it was "very unfortunate" to have something like this happen while the world is watching.
"This is not just a property crime ... these bikes are in the thousands and thousands of dollars," said Von Schoech. "This is definitely different: this is a high-profile victim, during a high-profile event, and a high value object." From SacBee
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