Michael Matthews (Jayco Alura) criticized Nathan Van Hooydonk (Jumbo Visma) after the two were involved in a Paris-Nice incident in which they were shoulder to shoulder.

Van Hooydonk has already addressed the issue on social media and made his defense, but Matthews is still unhappy and "still waiting" for an apology.

The incident occurred on the approach to the intermediate sprint of the Paris-Nice stage 2 on Monday. Van Hooydonk suddenly jumped to the right and hit Matthews. Matthews was kicked out to the right but escaped crashing.

Van Hooydonk countered that night that he too had been pushed to the right by another rider, and suggested that critics such as Belgian commentator Josée de Kower "need glasses."

Matthews again addressed the issue in an interview with Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad (opens in new tab) after Tuesday's team time trial.

"This is not what I want to show on TV, to young children or to the general public who watch cycling. I hope he understands what he did was wrong and will never do anything like this again," Matthews said.

"Fortunately, I can handle my bike just fine. I think he said something like an apology on the Internet, but I'm still waiting for that. I appreciate that."

Matthews also felt that Van Hooydonk should be punished. In the age of video judging, where riders are more often sanctioned for pushing others, the Paris-Nice jury panel seemed to agree with Van Hooydonk's statement that he himself had been pushed by a rider to his left who appeared to be a Groupama-FDJ rider.

"Every time.

"If you can get away with making excuses every time, these things will happen. As riders we have to respect each other," Matthews said.

"There can always be minor contact, but this was really unnecessary. It was unexpected and I flew to the other side of the road."

Matthews and Van Hooydonk came close to the yellow jersey in the team time trial on stage 3.

Van Hooydonk is second overall, one second behind EF Easy Post's Magnus Cote, and Matthews is third overall, three seconds behind.