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German cycling coach Patrick Moster has been sent home a day after apologising for using racist language to describe rival athletes during the Olympic time trial in Fuji.

Moster was caught on camera urging German rider Nikias Arndt to 'catch the camel drivers' as he rode behind Eritrea's Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier and Algeria's Azzedine Lagab on the road.

The comments were clearly audible on German station ARD's broadcast of the race on Wednesday, with microphones clearly picking him up shouting 'Hol die Kameltreiber! Hol die Kameltreiber'.

 German cycling coach Patrick Moster was facing calls to resign a day after using racist language

Moster was seen running behind Nikias Arndt, telling his rider to 'get the camel drivers' 

Former rider Moster, who has been a sports director with the German team since 2012, apologised afterwards, stating: 'In the heat of the moment and with the overall burden we have here at the moment, I have missed my choice of words. I am so sorry, I can only sincerely apologise. I didn't want to disrespect anyone.'

But a statement from the German Olympic Sports Confederation read: 'The head of the delegation of Team D has decided that Patrick Moster will no longer carry out his duties as sub-team leader for cycling in Team D. 

'The delegation management of Team D at the Olympic Games in Tokyo decided on Thursday that Patrick Moster will no longer perform his duties as part of the cycling team in Team D and will leave for Germany in the near future. 

'This decision was preceded by a detailed consultation of the delegation management and a renewed hearing of the person concerned, in which both the process and the consequences for Team D were discussed.'

Azzedine Lagab of Algeria (pictured) and Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eritrea) had gone out before the German competitor for the Olympics time trial on Wednesday

'We remain convinced that his public apology for the racist remarks he made yesterday is sincere,' president Alfons Hormann added.

'With this derailment, however, Mr. Moster violated the Olympic values. Fair play, respect and tolerance are non-negotiable for Team D.'

Team Africa Rising, an organisation which is seeking to develop cycling across Africa and create a number of professional teams based on the continent, issued a statement saying that Moster must leave his post.

In a tweet, the organisation wrote: 'We call for the immediate and unconditional resignation of @PatrickMoster @GermanyCycling. This is completely unacceptable and an apology is not enough'. 

German cyclist Rick Zabel, who is not competing at the Olympics, posted on Instagram to condemn Moster's language while asking why nothing more had yet been done.

German cyclist Rick Zabel, who is not competing at the Olympics, posted on Instagram to condemn Moster's language

'Even if I'm not at the Olympic Games myself, I'm ashamed of the statements,' Zabel wrote.

'Personally, I cannot understand that the (German cycling federation) or (Olympic federation) did not take immediate action after this behaviour.

'If you want to represent Olympic values and anti-racism campaigns in a credible way, such an incident should not be tolerated.' 

On German television, ARD commentator Florian Nass was left stunned, branding the comments 'totally wrong'. 'Words fail me,' he added.  

Lagab tweeted his own response to the derogatory language used to describe him, writing on Twitter: 'Well, There is no camel race in #olympics that's why I came to cycling. At least I was there in #Tokyo2020'.

Arndt also posted to condemn the words used by his coach.

'I am appalled by the incidents at today's Olympic time trial and would like to distance myself clearly from the statements of the sporting director!' the 29-year-old wrote. 'Such words are not acceptable.

'The Olympics and cycling stand for tolerance, respect and fairness. I represent these values 100% and take my hat off to all the great athletes who have come from all over the world here in Tokyo!'

On Wednesday night, cycling's world governing body the UCI issued a statement saying it 'deeply regrets' Moster's words, though it did not indicate if it would seek to take action of its own.