Four cyclists from Sri Lanka who are in Scotland to compete in the Commonwealth Games, which have their opening ceremony tonight at Glasgow’s Celtic Park, were this morning stopped by police – after taking to the M74 motorway for a training ride.
The quartet were spotted close to the exit for Motherwell and Hamilton, with a Police Scotland spokesperson saying, "Police attended the scene and advice and assistance was given."
Among those who spotted the riders was Olympic triathlon bronze medallist Jonathan Brownlee, who is competing in Glasgow and tweeted a picture of the riders.
Just seen the Sri Lankan cycling team on the M74. Suppose it is a nice wide road!! pic.twitter.com/1sMV3ZDAin
— Jonathan Brownlee (@jonny_brownlee) July 23, 2014
The episode is reminiscent of one that happened 12 years ago when the Commonwealth Games took place in Manchester and a pair of cyclists from Kenya decided to go for a training ride on the M61, covering 17 miles before police pulled them over.





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9 thoughts on “Commonwealth Games cyclists go training… on a motorway”
That’s a KOM that will stand
That’s a KOM that will stand for awhile.
That’s a KOM that will stand
That’s a KOM that will stand for awhile.
Stravaing it FTW!!!!!
Stravaing it FTW!!!!!
Who would have thought it –
Who would have thought it – history repeats itself.
isn’t the left hand lane on a
isn’t the left hand lane on a motorway the cycle lane then ???
might as well be on some … 🙂
Blue signs, on the left hand
Blue signs, on the left hand side, solid white line, no cars in it – looks like a cycle lane to me.
Oops! Sorry! My mistake! It can’t be a cycle lane as we’re in the UK and it’s a sensible width.
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levermonkey wrote:Blue signs,
Dunno, travel along any motorway for a short while, and you find someone parked in the hard shoulder/”cycle lane” on the phone, or havinfg a picnic, or just stopped for a wazz
Bloody motorway is probably a lot lot safer than most of the A roads what have been “motorway-ised”, even if you don’t play the stats game
Probably just a stupid
Probably just a stupid publicity stunt. Next thing you know, some fool will be cycling through the Channel Tunnel….
That’s something you don’t
That’s something you don’t see everyday.