Latvia protests non-disqualification of Van der Poel after he 'endangered spectators' at Worlds

"According to the rules, a rider jumping onto a walkway and endangering the public or other riders must be disqualified immediately," read the open letter from Sandis Akis, the federation's president. "The issue isn't merely that he was riding on the pavement, which would typically result in a fine of 200 to 1000 CHF; in this case, Van der Poel wasn't even given a fine."

"The real problem is that he endangered spectators, a violation that has consistently been penalized with disqualification this year. Van der Poel almost rode into a spectator while overtaking three riders on a footpath with no other particular reason, as he was not avoiding a crash."

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