According to Mathieu van der Poel, the 13- and 14-year-old girls made a racket in the corridor outside his hotel room and knocked on his door several times. "After knocking a few times, I was done with it, went out into the corridor and asked the children to stop in an unfriendly manner," he is quoted as saying by various media and the German news agency Deutsche Depeschen Agentur.

The police then arrived and took away the 27-year-old Dutchman, who had been considered one of the favorites for the road race of the World Championships. Journalist Thijs Zonneveld published part of the police report. It states that he, who is only referred to as a "27-year-old man", pushed the two girls, causing one of them to suffer minor injuries.

The police picked up the Dutchman shortly before midnight and he was back at the hotel at around four o'clock. A good six hours later, the world championship road race started, in which "MVP" had been considered one of the favorites due to the course. After 35 kilometers, Van der Poel dropped out, allegedly mentally broken.

The court hearing was scheduled for Tuesday. However, Van der Poel accepted the fine of around 960 francs so that he could fly home before then. His lawyer immediately lodged an appeal, but the cycling star can still leave the country. He continues to deny having pushed the girls.