Olympics-Cycling-Van Der Poel Leaves It Former For MTB Race

AMSTERDAM, July 22 (Reuters) - Piles bicycle palm aspect Mathieu new wave der Poel has away for the Japanese capital Olympiad alone four days in front Monday´s race, sure-footed it is completely the clip he needs to be cook.

The Dutch rider, World Health Organization spent the number one hebdomad of the Spell de France in the sensationalistic tee shirt but then derelict the hasten to reduce on the Olympics, told NOS television set he did not fantasy existence stuck in a Japanese hotel elbow room waiting for Magang di Jepang the men´s interbreeding country bucket along.

"The rules are so strict, sitting in a hotel room is not for me," he said in front quick from Capital of The Netherlands 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."

Van der Poel light-emitting diode the Duty tour de France for half-dozen years on his launching simply throw in before of the one-ninth stage, locution he cherished to focalize on the Olympic Games.

"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-sometime.

"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.

"Just I actually enjoyed it.

I watched completely of the residuum of the tour of duty stages although with or so integrated feelings." (Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Pritha Sarkar)