Lotto-Dstny and Maxim Van Gils have issued a complete apology after the Belgian lashed out at any other rider within the end of the Japan Cup criterium on Saturday.
Van Gils, 23, was once stuck on digital camera turning in a headslap to a rider broadly recognized as Greek racer Giorgios Bouglas simply as the 2, a part of the principle peloton, have been crossing the road.
Bouglas completed 8th and Van Gils was once ranked as 10th within the criterium in Utsunomiya, a town close to Tokyo, which acts as a curtain-raiser for the principle Japan Cup street race later this weekend. Van Gils was once named previous this week via Lotto-Dstny as a part of their line-up for the 1.HC-ranked match.
“We sincerely be apologetic about the behaviour of our rider Maxim Van Gils within the Japan Cup Criterium,” the Lotto-Dstny remark learn. “Maxim and his crew wish to make an apology for his gesture on the finish of the race.”
“I deeply be apologetic about what I did and I already apologized to the race jury”, says Maxim. “They gave me a superb (50 CHF) and I can lose some UCI issues.”
“The gesture was once a response to the harmful behaviour of any other rider, however I do know that what I did was once fallacious. It was once a response within the warmth of the instant, however a fallacious one and I must no longer have punched him and saved my palms at the handlebars.”
“I settle for the penalty of the UCI and I make an apology for what I did. This may be a very powerful lesson for the long run to stay myself calm in scenarios like this and to react in a right kind method after the race.”
A professional since 2021, Van Gils highest consequence to this point was once a win within the Saudi Excursion again in 2022. He additionally completed 2d at the Grand Colombier degree of the Excursion de France this summer season.
The 2023 Japan Cup criterium itself was once gained via Edward Theuns (Lidl-Trek) for a 3rd time within the Belgian’s occupation.
Maxim Van Gils may well be going through a protracted suspension after clobbering any other rider on the finish of the Japan Cup Criterium 🙈 percent.twitter.com/8rK6mb6IoWOctober 14, 2023
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