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Mathieu van der Poel has been charged with battle and had his passport seized aft an alleged altercation successful Wollongong connected Saturday.
The Dutch rider was among the favourites for the Men's Elite Road Race astatine the UCI Road World Championships, but withdrew wrong the archetypal hr of the 266.9km thrust connected Sunday.
A study emerged detailing an alleged incidental connected the eve of the event's last contention involving van der Poel and 2 children.
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The cyclist volition caput to a southbound Sydney tribunal connected Tuesday.
"Mathieu van der poel is the speech of the contention truthful far," said Stan Sport presenter Mike Tomalaris.
"He started from Helensburgh, but has since withdrawn, and we bash person further quality – the constabulary from the St George Command successful Sydney person taken Mathieu van der Poel's passport and helium is owed to look successful Sutherland Court connected the 27th of September, truthful that's connected Tuesday.
"He can't permission the state until helium faces a court. Rather melodramatic circumstances for this Dutch rider who was expected to situation for a golden medal rainbow jersey."
Fellow Stan Sport presenter Scott McGrory added, "Absolutely, helium was 1 of the large favourites.
"All we're truly proceeding is determination was a ruckus astatine the edifice past night. Some radical were banging connected doors. People recovered retired wherever Mathieu was staying and banging connected doors allegedly. We don't cognize wherefore exactly.
"We don't cognize each the details and we don't privation to speculate excessively overmuch astir it. Obviously, determination was a study made to constabulary astir Mathieu."
According to Belgian outlet Sporza, van der Poel said did not get backmost successful his edifice country until 4am aft being questioned by police.
"It's true, yes. There was a tiny dispute. It was astir noisy neighbours and they are rather strict here," Van der Poel told Sporza.
"I went to furniture aboriginal and galore children successful the hallway of my country recovered it indispensable to sound connected the doorway continuously.
"After a fewer times I was done with it. I didn't inquire truthful nicely to stop. Then the constabulary were called and I was taken."
New South Wales Police confirmed the incidental successful a statement.
"About 10.40pm (Saturday 24 September 2022), a antheral was astatine a edifice connected The Grand Parade, Brighton-le-Sands, erstwhile helium was allegedly progressive successful a verbal altercation with 2 teenage girls – aged 13 and 14," a constabulary spokesperson said.
"It's further alleged the antheral past pushed some teenagers, with 1 falling to the crushed and the different being pushed into a partition causing a insignificant graze to her elbow.
"Hotel absorption were notified of the incidental who past called police. Officers from St George Police Area Command attended and arrested a 27-year-old antheral soon after.
"He was taken to Kogarah Police Station and charged with 2 counts of communal assault. He was granted conditional bail to look astatine Sutherland Local Court connected Tuesday 27 September 2022."
Stan Sport commentator Kate Bates suggested van der Poel was kept until the aboriginal hours of the greeting for fears helium mightiness effort to permission the country.
The Belgian-born rider had his passport subsequently seized.
In a little statement, UCI confirmed via Twitter that van der Poel had retired from the last lawsuit of the championships.
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