It was a favorite before the restroom.
Then Matthew van der Poel got into a fight with two girls and is now missing the championship.
– They thought it necessary to knock on my door several times, van der Poel tells Sporza.
Dutch cyclist Matthew van der Poel, 27, has had good credentials from the past few seasons.
Last year he came home in the Tour de France, this spring he won his first Tour Italia, then retained the pink leader jersey for three stages.
push children
Matthew van der Paul is currently in Wollongong, Australia where he was going to compete in the Road Cycling World Championships.
However, there will be no World Cup for Van der Poel, who was arrested by police on Saturday night, Australian time. This is after an argument with two girls knocking on the door of his hotel room.
He was said to have been involved in a verbal altercation with two teenage girls, ages 13 and 14.Police in New South Wales wrote in a statement, according to the BBC.
He further alleged that the man pushed the teens afterwards. One fell to the floor and the other was pushed into the wall, causing a slight scratch to her elbow.”
Hotel staff called the police, Van der Poel was arrested and the cyclist was not subsequently allowed to return to his hotel room until 4 a.m.
“I had enough”
Matteo van der Poel himself confirmed the incident.
– I went to bed early and there were many children in the corridor outside my room. Van der Poel told Belgian newspaper Spurza that they thought it necessary to knock on my door several times.
– After a few times I gave up. I strictly told them to stop before the police came and I was arrested.
Matthew van der Poel pulled out of the road cycling toilet and was summoned to a hearing in a local court on Tuesday.
