Olympics-Cycling-On your bike Monsieur Hoy


FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Former cyclist Chris Hoy of Great Britain poses for a photo in front of the Eiffel Tower as he arrives for the opening ceremony. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - Chris Hoy might be one of the most successful Olympic cyclists of all time but that cut no ice with Parisian security staff on Tuesday when the Briton left his rental bike in the wrong place.

Hoy, six-time gold medallist and 11-times world champion in the velodrome, parked the bike outside the UNESCO headquarters as he arrived to be honoured, and also present prizes, at an event to mark the 100th anniversary of the International Sports Press Association.

Gate security staff instructed the man whose performances earned him an MBE and a knighthood to "get on his bike" and move it elsewhere to a designated parking zone, which, of course, he immediately did with an apology and his usual courtesy.

(Reporting by Mitch Phillips, editing by Toby Davis)

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