Cyclist Mathieu van der Poel pleaded guilty Monday, September 26, 2022 to assaulting two teenage girls at a hotel in Sydney. The Dutchman was fined 1,500 Australian dollars (1,010 euros), Agence France Presse learned from a judicial source. The 27-year-old runner was arrested the day before the road race of the 2022 World Championships in Wollongong, the queen event of which he was one of the big favorites. After starting the race, he gave up after about thirty kilometers.
