Van der Poel

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Alpecin-Deceuninck team boss: Mathieu van der Poel left mentally ... (VeloNews)

Alpecin-Deceuninck team boss: Mathieu van der Poel left mentally broken after UCI Road World Championships arrest · 'There were children in the corridor playing ...

There were children in the corridor playing and he went out to ask them to stop, but obviously not in the right way.โ€ Obviously there were children knocking at his door and after the third he was pissed off with them. Then the police were called, and I was taken. โ€œI went to bed early and many children in the hallway of my room found it necessary to knock on the door continuously.โ€ It was about noisy neighbors and they are quite strict here,โ€ Van der Poel told Sporza at the start of the road race. The Dutch rider was detained and then released on bail following an incident outside his hotel room the night before the race.

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Mathieu van der Poel arrested on eve of world road race (ESPN)

Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel, who was one of the title favourites for the men's World Championship road race, was arrested and charged by police for ...

Van der Poel started Sunday's 266.9-kilometre race but could be seen hanging off the back of the peloton with a supporting teammate by his side attempting to nurse him through. There was a small dispute," Van der Poel told Belgian website Sporza. According to reports, Van der Poel became annoyed after children knocked on his hotel room door several times late on Saturday evening, eventually confronting them.

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