The events took place just before the last stage of Paris-Nice. Two men managed to steal the luxury watch of Slovenian champion Tadej Pogacar, double winner of the Tour de France. One of the two individuals had managed to break into the cyclist's room. The two men, aged 32 and 37, were sentenced Tuesday in Nice to four years in prison and were also fined 50,000 euros each, the prosecutor's office said.

The day before his coronation in the general classification of "the race to the sun", the Slovenian had his Richard Mille brand watch, sponsor of his team, stolen directly from his hotel in Valbonne, near Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes). Worth 165,000 euros, it has never been found.



A safe containing two Rolex also stolen

The two individuals had also seized a safe containing two Rolex Daytona, which were also not found, to a couple from Nice, according to Nice-Matin. These thefts of luxury watches are multiplying on the Côte d'Azur and nearby Italy.

In early April, the carabinieri announced the arrest of three men and a woman suspected of having stolen, in April 2022 in Italy, a luxury watch from Monegasque F1 driver Charles Leclerc, by tearing off his wrist. According to the Italian agency Ansa, it was again a Richard Mille brand watch, worth about 300,000 euros. The watch has not been found either.

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