The father of two teenage girls involved in an altercation at a Sydney hotel on the eve of the men's road world championships told The Daily Mail of Australia that Mathieu Van Der Pol "is right to be angry, but he shouldn't have done that."

Van der Pol pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of assault and a fine of A$1,500 and was allowed to leave Australia. He has since admitted that he made a mistake in attempting to settle the case privately at the team's hotel.

He also grabbed the arm of one of the teenage girls, but claimed that he "never intended to hurt anyone."

Emad, the girls' father, recognized that the game of knocking on Van der Pol's hotel room door was overkill, telling the Daily Mail that the girls' actions were "a little naughty." But he also condemned Van der Pol's reaction.

Emad said in an interview that Van der Pol "was yelling at my youngest, 12-year-old, saying, 'You did this too,' and she was freaking out. They are very upset."

"He has a right to be angry, but he has no right to do something like that," Emad added. They are little tiny girls and he is huge."

Van der Pol was taken into police custody and remained at the police station until 4 am Sunday morning. The next day he abandoned the race after one lap of the world championship.

In the same interview, Emad said that his wife, who was at the hotel with their daughters the night of the incident, was also angry that Van der Paul "fled the country and what he did."

Van der Paul, who returned to Europe on Tuesday, confirmed that the video that circulated online showing the incident "shows what I said," and admitted that his response was poor.

"I should have informed someone anyway, the front desk or something. It was late at night and I wanted to sleep. 'I tried to fix it myself, but that was completely wrong. Unfortunately, I can't change it now."