Police stop Sri Lanka Commonwealth Games athletes cycling on motorway
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Version 0 of 1. Four members of Sri Lanka’s Commonwealth Games team sparked a police response after going for a bicycle ride down one of Scotland’s busiest stretches of motorway. The Glasgow 2014 athletes were spotted cycling down the M74 before police intervened near the exit for Motherwell and Hamilton and informed them they were breaking the law. The junction is close to Strathclyde Park, which hosts the triathlon events on Thursday and Sunday. Police confirmed they had been called to a report of four cyclists on the M74 at junction six at around 11.55am on Wednesday. A police spokeswoman said: “Police attended. Advice and assistance was given and the cyclists were advised to get off the road.” Just seen the Sri Lankan cycling team on the M74. Suppose it is a nice wide road!! pic.twitter.com/1sMV3ZDAin The spokeswoman confirmed they were from the Sri Lankan team and said the cycles were loaded on to a team vehicle and they left the area. A similar episode occurred during the Commonweath Games in Manchester in 2002 when two Kenya cyclists travelled 17 miles down the M61 before being pulled over by police near Bolton. |