Update on Stolen Bikes from IM Copenhagen

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Six athlete bikes were stolen from transition at IRONMAN Copenhagen this past weekend, marring the final race of the 2025 IRONMAN World Championship cycle.

The six athletes, all age groupers, had their bikes stolen from the first transition zone prior to the race. IRONMAN Copenhagen’s first transition zone is located at the Amager Strandpark, a few kilometers from the city center.

IRONMAN provided athletes with replacement bikes so that they could participate in the event. Speaking with an IRONMAN official this morning, IRONMAN is assisting athletes to ensure full-cost replacement of their bikes. IRONMAN will also provide impacted athletes with a race entry to next year’s event in Copenhagen or an entry to an event of their choice in 2026.

As with nearly every IRONMAN event, athletes in Copenhagen were required to rack their bikes the day before the race. Transition is a secure zone, limited exclusively to race staff and security, racers, media, and volunteers working transition. Transition areas are also lit with spotlights overnight, and feature paid security details during the overnight hours in order to provide security.

Despite these measures, occasionally theft does take place at large scale events. For example, some members of our forum reported thefts of bikes or cycling computers at past IRONMAN events. Bikes of professional athletes are also a frequent target of thieves at cycling races. Thieves stole 11 bikes from the Cofidis team at this year’s Tour de France, requiring near immediate action by sponsors Look and Campagnalo in order for the team to toe the line on Stage 2. Those bikes were recovered later in the week.