Rockets robbery at the Giro - Unibet Rose Rockets suffer broken team car windows and theft
CyclingSunday, 31 May 2026 at 13:33
Unibet Rose Rockets have suffered a Giro d'Italia robbery on ahead of the Corsa Rosa finale in Rome. It's been an eventful grand tour on the road and now off it for the French team, and they're now looking to repair some broken windows.
The team have suffered a robbery after one of their team cars was broken into with merchandise and equipment stolen, with the team taking to social media to make light of the situation.
“A message to whoever took it: have fun with Bas Tietema ’s Nike gear … But we would much rather you buy Rockets merchandise in our webshop and leave our windows intact,” the team said on Instagram.
They added: "First a window on our bus, now two car windows. Let's just say the local window repair industry will miss us when we leave Italy. We could really use a positive ending right now. A sprint victory in Rome would be nice."
Rockets chasing stage victory in Rome
A first-ever stage victory for the team would certainly be the perfect consolation. Dylan Groenewegen is among the favourites to take a stage victory in Rome, but after a best finish of third place, is up against Paul Magnier and Jonathan Milan.
"The past few days have been tough, but it was a great motivation for myself and my teammates that there is a sprint chance tomorrow on the final day of the Giro d’Italia," Groenewegen said on X.
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Groenewegen and team coach Marcel Kittel have studied the Rome circuit finish that includes eight laps of the city circuit, insisting he and his teammates have one goal in mind.
He added: "I have already watched the finish several times together with Marcel Kittel. As a team, we didn't fight our way through all those mountains just to go for second or third place tomorrow."
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- sad for him, he is such a great guy. and while it is not related to these problems, I’ll forever despise Dylan Groenewegen.mij31-05-2026
- how are they only to blame themselves when the bike was fine before the race started? and when it checked out on their scales? and when it is the same bike ridden all year?mij31-05-2026
- Almost all organizations will ask for practices that protect them from true competition (creating protected Oligopoly) if the ruling body is capable of granting it. -An Economistacem8231-05-2026
- My point being that it's boring BECAUSE OF their model. It prevents better organizations from out-competing the established interests. Cycling has enough problems that squash innovation (the UCI), it doesn't need more!acem8231-05-2026
- They want to see more interesting racing than just Wiebes winning. She wins dominantly like Pogačar, but doesn't bring the same attention to the sport.
Rafionain-Glas31-05-2026 - I’m keen to see if the UCI publish a statement about this. Tadej’s bike was 35g under weight at the 25’ TdF, but his team added weights to ensure it met, and exceeded the weight limit. You shouldn’t have to, but scales are notoriously inconsistent, regardless of the professional environment of a world tour race such as the Giro. I want to avoid placing blame on the team here, because they shouldn’t have to do this, but pro teams typically build bikes to be slightly over the limit, often by 50-100g, to account for the margin of error between different scales (even the same scale). Surface levelling, wind, temperature, amongst other factors, can cause minor fluctuations. You have zero room for error if you build a bike at exactly 6.8kg. If the bike loses a few grams due to wear, or the UCI scale reads just 0.2% lighter, you’re in immediate violation.anonymouscyclist31-05-2026
- I feel there is more to this than simple weight issue UCI are harsh but a disqualification as well. Maybe way off the mark but is there other factors or circumstances playing out herepaultryan200231-05-2026
- Seems like organizers wanted an Italian to win. This action is a hate crime and despicable. The giro organizers must be held accountablecaptmike31-05-2026
- The penalty may seem very harsh, but this rule is nothing new, and the UCI are very well within their rights to disqualify a rider for violating it. At the end of the day, the only ones that SD Worx - Protime have to blame are themselves.
santiagobenites31-05-2026 - Uci commissioners can be locally severe & they hardly ever reverse a decision - some of the directives & rules are contravening to the sport imo
leedorney31-05-2026
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