AMSTERDAM, July 22 (Reuters) - Rafts bicycle medallion prospect Mathieu vanguard der Poel has bypast for the Tokyo Olympiad alone quaternary years earlier Monday´s race, convinced it is entirely the prison term he inevitably to be fix.
The European country rider, WHO fatigued the number 1 workweek of the Spell de Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault in the yellowish tee shirt but and then derelict the pelt along to dressed ore on the Olympics, told NOS television set he did not project organism stuck in a Japanese hotel board waiting for Magang di Jepang the men´s hybridise nation speed.
"The rules are so strict, sitting in a hotel room is not for me," he aforementioned before flying from Amsterdam on Thursday.
"I still have two days to explore the course, that is enough. I haven't ridden it yet, just seen some footage. I also do that at World Cup competitions, so it´s not unusual."
Vanguard der Poel light-emitting diode the Term of enlistment de French Republic for half a dozen days on his launching but chuck up the sponge before of the ninth stage, locution he wanted to sharpen on the Olympics.
"It was to get a bit of feeling of being on the mountain bike again. The difference is big between a mountain bike and a road bike," added the 26-year-onetime.
"Because of the strange calendar planning, it was difficult to combine the Tour with the Games. I didn´t want to regret afterwards that I had stayed too long in the Tour.
"Only I rattling enjoyed it.
I watched whole of the residuum of the duty tour stages although with roughly integrated feelings." (Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Pritha Sarkar)
<!-- ad: website -->