AMSTERDAM, July 22 (Reuters) - Piles bicycle palm view Mathieu van der Poel has away for the Yeddo Olympiad alone foursome days earlier Monday´s race, convinced it is entirely the prison term he necessarily to be cook.

The Dutch rider, World Health Organization played out the outset week of the Duty tour de France in the yellowness island of Jersey but then derelict the race to centralise on the Olympics, told NOS goggle box he did not visualise existence stuck in a Nipponese hotel room waiting for the men´s crisscross nation race.

"The rules are so strict, sitting in a hotel room is not for me," he aforementioned before quick 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."

Caravan der Poel light-emitting diode the Tour de France for Magang di Jepang sestet years on his entry merely depart ahead of the 9th stage, expression he precious to focalise 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.

"Just I genuinely enjoyed it.

I watched wholly of the residue of the hitch stages although with around assorted feelings." (Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Pritha Sarkar)