Sri Lankan cycling team spotted riding on M74: Police called

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Police called after Sri Lankan cycling team spotted riding on M74
Police called after Sri Lankan cycling team spotted riding on M74

Police were called after four members of Sri Lanka's Commonwealth Games cycling team were stopped by police when they were spotted pedalling down the M74 near Glasgow.

The group were seen by Olympic champion and fellow Commonwealth Games athlete Alistair Brownlee, who promptly took a picture and uploaded it to Twitter.

He wrote: "Just seen the Sri Lankan cycling team on the M74. Suppose it is a nice wide road!"


The quartet were seen at the exit for Motherwell and Hamilton, one of Scotland's busiest stretches of road that is also close to Strathclyde Park, which hosts the triathlon event, reports the BBC.

Police Scotland confirmed they had received a report of four cyclists on the M74 at Junction 6 at around 11.55am on Wednesday.

A police spokeswoman told news.stv.tv: "Police attended. Advice and assistance was given and the cyclists were advised to get off the road."

The bikes were then loaded onto a team vehicle and the Glasgow 2014 athletes left the area.



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