The Lance Armstrong bicycle stolen in Sacramento last year was snapped up at auction Sunday for $130,000.
The seven-time Tour de France winner wrote on the social networking site Twitter that the auction of seven of his Trek bikes hauled in $1.3 million at Sotheby's in New York City. All of the money benefits Armstrong's Live-strong cancer foundation.
Six of the bikes, including the one stolen when Armstrong was in Sacramento last February for the Tour of California, were custom painted by artists.
The auction catalog described the recovered bike as "California1274 'Stolen Bike.' " The number 1274 refers to the number of days Armstrong was in retirement following his seventh Tour de France victory in 2005.
"Stolen Bike" goes for 130,000.00!!!," tweeted Armstrong on Sunday.
Other bikes went for less, such as the bike used on the first run of this year's Tour de France that fetched $110,000. Other bikes went for more, such as the butterfly festooned Trek by artist Damien Hirst that Armstrong rode across the finish line of this year's tour.
"The Hirst bike from Champs Elysses goes for 500,000.00!!! Half a million bucks," Armstrong said in his tweet.
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