Nine members of Brazil's cycling team were escorted off a motorway near Toronto, Canada, on Sunday after straying onto the busy road during a training ride for the Pan American Games, currently taking place in the city.
The riders were all wearing their distinctive green, blue and yellow national kit and were riding on the hard shoulder of the Don Valley Parkway when they were intercepted by police officers. A member of the public had telephoned the police to let them know cyclists were on the road.
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