{"id":147627,"date":"2017-04-12T11:37:14","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T11:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=147627"},"modified":"2017-04-12T12:35:13","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T12:35:13","slug":"pro-gets-lost-paris-roubaix-police-escort-off-motorway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/04\/12\/pro-gets-lost-paris-roubaix-police-escort-off-motorway\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Gets Lost After Paris-Roubaix. Police Had to Escort Him off Motorway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Andrea Guardini from UAE Team Emirates was captured on video riding along a motorway by Quinten Couckuyt, who didn\u2019t hesitate for a second and posted the footage on Twitter with the following caption: \u201cGuardini knows the quickest way to Roubaix: the motorway.\u201d A photo of Guardini\u2019s bike in a police van appeared on Twitter as well. Rumours of the pro being arrested spread quickly throughout social media.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"nl\" dir=\"ltr\">Guardini nam de snelste weg naar Roubaix: de snelweg. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/parisroubaix2017?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#parisroubaix2017<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vannieuwkerke?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Vannieuwkerke<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rvangucht?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rvangucht<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/josedecauwer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@josedecauwer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bG99kDL907\">pic.twitter.com\/bG99kDL907<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Quinten Couckuyt (@quintencouckuyt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/quintencouckuyt\/status\/851131319694307328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The past Giro d\u2019Italia stage winner insisted the reports were exaggerated, but he did indeed get lost after abandoning the race at the second food stop. He headed straight for Roubaix, trying to avoid the zig-zagging route of the race.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Guardini&#39;s bike in the Police&#39;s van <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ParisRoubaix?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ParisRoubaix<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7oZc0KTHlV\">pic.twitter.com\/7oZc0KTHlV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; La Flamme Rouge (@laflammerouge16) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laflammerouge16\/status\/851179920499908608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI would have arrived 40 minutes ahead of the others if I hadn\u2019t found myself on a high-speed road. Luckily the Gendarmerie found me and took me to their barracks. I really must thank them truly from my heart for their hospitality, they even let me watch the end of the race \u2026 they were very kind. From there, I was able to contact my wife, who got in touch with the team through a few phone calls, who came to get me. They\u2019re still taking the piss. Who knows what I\u2019ll have to do to clear my name, but you should all know that I wasn\u2019t arrested! My criminal file is still unblemished, we all had a big laugh about it and I can say I have an original story to talk about from my career!\u201d Guardini wrote on his Facebook page.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-ys-post-pinup\"><article class=\"loop-simple post-147563 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-road-cycling tag-paris-roubaix tag-peter-sagan\" data-postid=\"147563\" role=\"article\" data-post-id=\"147563\" data-word-count=\"249\" data-headline-length=\"77\" data-category=\"Road cycling\" data-author=\"Monica Buck\" data-published=\"2017-04-10T13:22:32+00:00\" data-published-day=\"Monday\">\n    <div class=\"entry-thumbnail article-thumbnail\" content=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/04\/Untitled-444875478collage-1-150x150.webp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/04\/10\/peter-sagan-paris-roubaix-bit-unlucky-day\/\" class=\"image-holder\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/04\/Untitled-444875478collage-1.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/04\/Untitled-444875478collage-1.webp 900w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/04\/Untitled-444875478collage-1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/04\/Untitled-444875478collage-1-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/04\/Untitled-444875478collage-1-272x182.webp 272w\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1200px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 25vw, 100vw\" alt=\"peter-sagan-paris-roubaix-bit-unlucky-day\"\/><\/a><\/div>    <div class=\"entry-meta\">\n        <a class=\"label label-secondary post-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/category\/road-cycling\/\" title=\"Road cycling\">Road cycling<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"entry-details\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/04\/10\/peter-sagan-paris-roubaix-bit-unlucky-day\/\" class='entry-title-wrapper'>\n            <h3 class=\"entry-title\"><span>Peter Sagan after Paris-Roubaix: \u201cIt Was a Bit of an Unlucky Day for Me.\u201c<\/span><\/h3>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s certainly one to tell your grandchildren, Andrea!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrea Guardini from UAE Team Emirates was captured on video riding along a motorway by Quinten Couckuyt, who didn\u2019t hesitate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":147628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329],"tags":[995,893],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-147627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-cycling","tag-andrea-guardini","tag-paris-roubaix"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pro Gets Lost After Paris-Roubaix. 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