Van der Poel 'every right to be angry, but not to do what he did' says teenage girls' father

 Mathieu Van Der Poel
Mathieu Van Der Poel (Image credit: Getty)

Mathieu van der Poel was “right to be angry, but not to do what he did,” the father of the two teenage girls involved in the altercation in a Sydney hotel the night before the men's Road World Championships has told the Daily Mail in Australia.

Van der Poel pleaded guilty to two common assault charges and a fine of 1,500 Australian dollars on Monday and was allowed to leave Australia. He has since recognised he made a mistake by trying to personally resolve the incident in his team hotel. 

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