Cycling Iljo Keisse (36) during a press conference, excused for his uncompromising stance when taking a picture with an Argentine woman. The rider of the Deceuninck–Quick.Step, after a training ride a few days before the start of the Tour of San Juan grappend in a little woman pose behind the lady. “People who know me, know that I am not an idiot or a disrespectful person.”

“First and foremost it was not my intention to be in this situation, the line to get to the hotel”, opened Iljo Keisse at the press conference. “But that’s happened anyway, so I now give my view on the facts. There is already much said and written, that is why I want the matter to clarify.”