Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting two teenagers. in a hotel in Sydney and was sentenced to pay a fine of 1,500 Australian dollars (1,010 euros), judicial sources indicated, but hours later he was able to return to his country.
The 27-year-old was arrested on the eve of the 2022 World Cycling Championships in Wollongong when he was one of the favourites.
After the incident he competed in the test, but ended up abandoning the race after 30 kilometers. Van der Poel — who won a stage in the Tour de France — was due to appear in a local court on Tuesday, but decided to plead guilty on Monday, receiving two fines of A$1,000 and A$500 respectively, according to a court statement.
Now, a video that would be of the moment of the events is presented as a key test in the midst of silence.
In the registry, van der Poel and the alleged victims would appear.
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The video that corners van der Poel
On Sunday, without revealing, as usual, the identity of Van der Poel, the New South Wales police confirmed that a 27-year-old man had been accused of two cases of “aggression” against two young people aged 13 and 14.
“At around 10:40 p.m. on Saturday, a man was involved in a verbal altercation with two teenagers aged 13 and 14 at a hotel in Brighton-Le-Sands. He allegedly pushed the two teenagers, causing one to fall to the ground and the other to fall. another will hit a wall, causing a small scratch on the elbow”specified the police.
At the start of the road test, the cyclist did not deny the incident: “Yes, it’s true, there was a little dispute“, he told reporters.
“I wanted to go to bed early yesterday but there were a lot of children in the hotel corridor who kept banging on my door. At one point, I got tired. I told them in a very unkind way to stop. Someone called the police and they took me to the police station,” he continued.
Now, a short recording would show the details that preceded what happened.
“The images are grainy and Van der Poel cannot be clearly identified, but the decoration of the hotel in the video matches the scene of the Novotel Brighton Resort, where the incident occurred,” announces the specialized portal ‘VeloNews’.
Then, the reputed media, citing Dutch sources, ensures that the court documents read: “He waited for the victims to knock on his door and chased them to his hotel room.following them closely.
“It is then claimed that one of the girls ran into a corner of her room, crouched down and covered her face. Van der Poel is then alleged to have grabbed her by both arms, squeezing them and pushing her against a wall and yelling at her. According to reports , the girl suffered a small rug burn on her right elbow and redness on her left forearm.”reports ‘VeloNews’.
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So far, the cyclist has not commented on the video.
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