Elite Dutch cyclist is ‘mentally shattered’ after he was accused of assaulting two teenage girls at Australian hotel before world championship race – as he breaks his silence
- Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel withdrew from world championship race
- He has been charged with assaulting two teenage girls in Wollongong, NSW
- The 27-year-old is in Australia for the UCI Road World Championships
- Speaking for first time since, he is ‘shattered’ and ‘mentally a bit broken’