{"id":180362,"date":"2020-11-11T14:33:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T14:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=180362"},"modified":"2020-11-11T14:33:14","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T14:33:14","slug":"dylan-groenewegen-suspended-for-nine-months-over-the-tour-of-poland-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2020\/11\/11\/dylan-groenewegen-suspended-for-nine-months-over-the-tour-of-poland-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Dylan Groenewegen Suspended for Nine Months Over the Tour of Poland Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Dutch sprinter (24) has deviated from his line and caused a serious crash of Fabio Jakobsen (24) during the opening stage of the Tour of Poland in August. He has not raced since and has now been suspended from racing for nine months. The suspension will be back-dated to August 5, so Dylan Groenewegen will be eligible to race on May 7, 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nJumbo-Visma director Richard Plugge said: \u201cIt was a crash where the severity of the consequences was unfathomable. Now that the disciplinary case has been concluded, we can start looking forward again. We will do that together with Dylan. We are relieved that there is now perspective and clarity. We wish Fabio Jakobsen the same. The encouraging reports about his recovery do us good.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_180369\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-180369\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2020\/11\/Jakobsen-profimedia-0550479135.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-180369\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2020\/11\/Jakobsen-profimedia-0550479135-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Jakobsen crash\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-180369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crash began with Dylan Groenewegen colliding with Jakobsen, who was taken to hospital in serious condition and put into an induced coma. \u00a9 Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jakobsen was placed into an induced coma after the crash and has since undergone a surgery where part of his pelvis was removed and placed in his jaw. He is recovering well and should be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2020\/06\/30\/how-to-avoid-detraining-restart-your-training-right\/\">back to training<\/a> within a few weeks. Dylan Groenewegen has suffered a broken collarbone in the crash and has been recovering as well. The UCI announced the Dutchman will take part in \u201ca number of events to benefit the cycling community.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">4 weeks after the reconstruction of my upper and lower jaw it was time for the stitches to come out. The process of healing is going well. The transplanted bone has to grow strong and firm for the next 4 months now. Next surgery is scheduled in 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4MnBJ3KfXX\">pic.twitter.com\/4MnBJ3KfXX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabio Jakobsen (@FabioJakobsen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabioJakobsen\/status\/1323346328454311938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe crash in the first stage of the Tour of Poland will forever be a black page in my career,\u201d Groenewegen said. \u201cDuring the sprint, I deviated from my line. I am sorry because I want to be a fair sprinter. The consequences were very unfortunate and serious. I am very aware of that and I hope this has been a wise lesson for every sprinter. I follow the news of Fabio\u2019s recovery very closely. I can only hope that one day he will return completely. Closing the disciplinary matter creates clarity. That gives me the opportunity to look ahead again. I am happy about that, even though May 7 is still far away. I am happy with the support I get from Jumbo-Visma, my family and friends. Together we will work towards that day both mentally and physically.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The crash resulted in concerns about the safety measures during the said stage. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uci.org\/\">the UCI<\/a> has not made any ruling against the race organisers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dutch sprinter (24) has deviated from his line and caused a serious crash of Fabio Jakobsen (24) during the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":180363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329],"tags":[1757,3891,2718,3444,4344,443],"global-categories":[3366],"class_list":["post-180362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-cycling","tag-dylan-groenewegen","tag-fabio-jakobsen","tag-jumbo-visma","tag-richard-plugge","tag-tour-of-poland","tag-uci","global-categories-cycling"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dylan Groenewegen Suspended for Nine Months - 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