Thieves steal
gold-medal cyclist’s bike

An Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist has had his bike stolen.

Philip Hindes topped the winner’s podium at London 2012 in the Team Sprint alongside Jason Kenny and Sir Chris Hoy.

His training bike was taken, along with his car, in a raid on his home in West Didsbury, Manchester, sometime between last Thursday and Sunday.

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The thieves smashed through patio doors and ransacked the house. They stole the bike along with the keys to a blue Volkswagen Golf which they drove off in.

The bike is described as being a Pinarello Paris which is red, white and blue and has a Sky sticker and Hindes’s name on.

The car was later found burnt out by police who have appealed for information in the hope of retrieving the distinctive bike.