• Chronicle Van der Poel wins the Tour of Flanders after a beautiful fight with Pogacar

"At 10:40 a.m. on Saturday 24 September 2022, a 27-year-old man staying at The Grand Parade in Brighton-Le-Sand was involved in a verbal altercation with two teenage boys aged 13 and 14. He was subsequently taken to the Kogarah Police Station and charged with two counts of common assault. He has been granted conditional bond and is due to appear in Sutherland Local Court on Tuesday, September 27, 2022."

What happened this Saturday in a corner of Australia would not be relevant at the world level if it were not because that "27-year-old man" was

Mathieu Van der Poel

, one of the favorites for the World Cup that was played this Sunday, and because that mess forced to withdraw from the test and who knows what else.

At the moment, the Dutchman, twice winner of the Tour of Flanders and of stages in the Tour and Giro, cannot leave the country and, according to some experts, he will have to wait about six weeks to do so.

What really happened?

Nobody knows at the moment.

Between the version of members of Van der Poel's team and other hotel guests, a story is more or less understood.

The cyclist went to sleep early to face the World Cup the next day, two teenagers were making noise in the corridors, even knocking on the door of his room and, when he went out to reprimand them, the discussion was exaggerated.

The future of Van der Poel now depends on the details.

The Dutch team points out that he only grabbed one of them by the arm, other sources say that he pushed her and even caused a break in that arm.

Nobody knows at the moment.


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