Robert Retschke can look back on a long career, but he has never experienced a day like today. The three-time German mountain champion, who now belongs to the national team of stayers and who, among other things, carries out the professional tests for us, caught a bicycle thief in Aachen today.
The thief, a 15-year-old boy known to the police, wanted to go to the Aachen bike shop Bikes2Race, where Robert works, steal a BMX. He confidently asked for a test drive. However, when he wanted to make off with his bike, Robert followed him with his bike. Years of training and hard work quickly had an effect. Robert caught the thief, who didn't know who he was dealing with, after a few hundred meters. During the chase, he asked a passer-by to call the police. When she arrived, she met an acquaintance: They had already noticed the young person several times. He didn't want to comment on the facts themselves, unfortunately he didn't want to buy the BMX either...