Cycling ace threatened with GUN and has phone robbed while heading to training session but police ‘can’t do anything’

CYCLING star Oscar Sevilla was threatened with a gun and robbed of his phone while heading out for a training session.

The 49-year-old was attacked in Colombian capital Bogota yesterday morning as he made his way along the North Highway near 170th Street.

Sevilla was reportedly confronted by two men travelling on a high-powered motorcycle.

They allegedly intimidated the Spanish-Colombian rider with a firearm before stealing his mobile phone.

However, they were unable to take his bicycle during the terrifying incident.

Sevilla took to X to reveal exactly what happened during his morning training ride.

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The veteran began his professional career in the late 1990s and enjoyed his breakthrough on the Grand Tour stage in the early 2000s.

He won the white jersey (awarded to the best young rider in the overall time standings) at the 2001 Tour de France and finished second in the 2001 Vuelta a España after wearing the race leader’s jersey.

He was later linked to the 2006 Operacion Puerto doping investigation but was not suspended, before receiving a two-year ban in 2010 after testing positive for a blood-thinning substance.

Sevilla has since returned to racing with EPM and has remained a prominent figure in Colombian cycling, continuing to compete professionally.

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Tuesday 15 September

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