One of the most horrific crashes in cycling. Dylan Groenewegen of Jumbo-Visma drifted off his line in the sprint, forcing Fabio Jakobsen ever closer to the barriers until he had nowhere to go, smashing into them at nearly 80kph/49mph. Jakobsen suffered horrific injuries, he was air-lifted to hospital where he remained in an induced coma for a couple of days.
Jakobson, 23, suffered broken bones in his face and lost all his teeth. Speaking to the Polish media, Pawel Gruenpeter of Sosnowiec hospital explained he was now breathing on his own and concious, there were no indications of brain or spinal cord damage which is a tremdous relief.
Eye witnesses described it as a shocking, terrible scene to see. A race official, also struck in the collision, suffered head and spinal injuries but was concious when taken to hospital.
A statement from cycling’s governing body reads “The UCI, which considers the behaviour unacceptable, immediately referred the matter to the disciplinary commission to request the imposition of sanctions commensurate with the seriousness of the facts.”
Jumbo-Visma said: “Our thoughts go out to Fabio Jakobsen and other people involved in today’s terrible crash in the Tour of Poland – crashes like these should not happen. We offer our sincere apologies and we will discuss internally what has happened before we may make any further statement.”
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I can imagine that adrenaline runs high when racing. Even in fast group rides my adrenaline runs high. With that being said I do not think Dylan did this on purpose however, I do think that he caused this incident due to the ego getting the best of him and simply not letting Jakobsen win. This win that es not even his anymore, cost him possibly more than his career in cycling. Just not worth it.
Hoping for Jakobsen's speedy recovery.
After Armstrong , this sport can't really exit the "cunts on bikes" typecasting, can it.
Holy Crap! 100% intent with this move. I suspect a lengthy ban will be in order. It's pretty sickening what such high levels of competitiveness can do to some people's decision making, and for what?
i will never understand roadies, this seems so fucking dangerous.
He used elbow push Jakobsen…
Bunkerboy tactic
If i recall correctly. Peter sagan and elia viviani were disqualified or given suspension or warning due to sudden manuver on finishing line. Remember what happened to mark Cavendish ?
Stupid commentator, of course we need to see it again.
Hell yeah DG, I like the aggression and the will to win.
Race organizers deserve part of the blame for those flimsy, flimsy barriers. In the heat of the moment, these guys are competitive, I don't think you can blame Gorenwegen for trying to hold his lead. There's no way Gorenwegen could have predicted how bad that crash would be, I don't think he was even trying to crash him, just get him off his ass.
omg…. get well FABIO
Pathetic violation of holding your line.Lifetime ban.Nearly killed a man and injured many more.
He should be banned for life
Ban 9 mths ? RUBBISH!!! SHOULD BE BANNED FOR LIFE!!!!!!!!!!
Great crash!
F*ck Poland and Groenewegen! This should NEVER have happened!!
He knows the conclusions for sure.Obvious that he attempted to murder for purpose.Got only 9 months penalty!Olala and now he in Giro.What a wonderful world!
Gets caught in the barriers 'really' jees
The barriers move 'WHAT B.S'
The rider was forced into the stationary barriers by another rider who should NEVER ever be allowed to compete again…only he is. What a joke !
Lost all his teeth??? There is no way that he lost all his teeth. Ridiculous statement.
The UCI needs to address this issue ASAP. In this day and age, to still have such primitive barriers in place at sprint finishes is absurd and unacceptable. The barriers along the last 250M or so of all finishes (other than mountain stage finishes) should be higher, completely padded, and completely smooth with no braces visible that a rider or bike can possibly get entangled with. The consequence of falling into such a barrier should be that the padding absorbs some of the kinetic energy of the rider and then the rider slides/falls back down onto the roadway.
Изам бокх пал бу цигахь хилларг!
Dylan should have been suspended for more than 9 months.
Fabio won today Tour of Spain . A great win .
Jakobsen today 🥰🥰
Why the hell would you show a replay of this. Of course he’s not okay.
Today Jakobsen won at the Volta Valenciana and Groenewegen won at the Tour of Saudi. Life is a great director.
No talk about the cameraman getting hit??
Tour stage winner!
Fabio Jakobsen won stage 2 of Tour de France in Denmark 2022
. Congrats to him and good comeback.
At 55seconds. 'The barriers move'
What a pathetic comment to make.
Groenewegen should have been banned for life.
Last time someone rolled in that hard in Poland was the was not since the tour of 1939, blitzkrieg.
Anyone know what happent to the guy in the white t-shirt filming ??
what a criminal move
Former lawyer here. Only a 9 month ban?! WTF? Should be aggravated assault (or even attempted manslaughter) charges brought against Groenewegen.
Agree also they need to up their barrier game.
How fast are they going here would someone say roughly ? Clearly fast I’m just wondering how fast these guys can make them things go
I came here, because of the new Netflix doc, where they also showed this crash. I gotta say even though i have almost no knowledge about this sport, its still super interesting to watch this new documentary, cause it gives a real interesting insight & view on things. Im hooked😅
The announcers are SO soft