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Stable state for Jakobsen after his terrible fall, his director denounces a "criminal act"

2020-08-06T06:28:32.659Z


The Dutch rider had been pushed into the barriers by a competitor on Wednesday at the arrival of the first stage of the Tour of Poland. Its vital prognosis remains engaged.


The state of health of Dutch champion Fabio Jakobsen, who suffered a terrible fall on Wednesday at the finish line in Katowice of the first stage of the Tour of Poland, stabilized and the rider was placed in the coma, doctors announced Wednesday evening. “The patient was transported in serious condition, he was placed in a coma. His condition has stabilized. The cyclist has multiple injuries to his head and chest, ”said Pawel Gruenpeter, neurologist at the Sosnowiec hospital where the rider was transported.

Craniofacial surgery

“He will be hospitalized in an intensive care unit and will undergo craniofacial surgery. The intervention of specialists in jaw and plastic surgery will be necessary. The time of the operation will depend on the patient's state of health, ”he added to TVP Sport television. After the violent fall, the doctors feared for the life of the young Dutchman (23 years), one of the rising stars of the sprint, considering that his vital prognosis was engaged.

Massive crash on the finish line in stage 1 of @Tour_de_Pologne! # TDP20 (@sport_tvppl) pic.twitter.com/mwvDwS9Y3i

- World Cycling Stats (@wcsbike) August 5, 2020

Jakobsen was squeezed shortly before the line by compatriot Dylan Groenewegen in a sprint at full speed, on a downward false flat, and was thrown over the barriers. “He lost a lot of blood, but we managed to intubate him, his airways were free. He was given oxygen, all the necessary medication. The heart was working fine. He doesn't have a rib cage injury, it's mostly the skull and the brain, ”explained Barbara Jerschina, race doctor on Polish television Polsat Sport.

Groenewegen, the first to cross the line, was disqualified by the jury of commissioners. The International Cycling Union (UCI) condemned “strongly the dangerous behavior” of Groenewegen which it judged “unacceptable” and declared seizing the disciplinary commission “to ask for sanctions commensurate with the gravity of the facts”. A few meters before the finish, Groenewegen veered off to the right and hindered Jakobsen with his elbow, which flew into the barriers and made a "sun". He hit head-on a racing judge who was at the line, behind a barrier.

# TDP20 ‍♂️
IMPACTANTE GRABACIÓN (Otro ángulo) del accidente de #Jakobsen provocado por # Groenewegen. # Ciclismopic.twitter.com / Rfn4WwFO7Y

- Nicolás Gómez Periodista (@ ngomez_7) August 6, 2020

The barriers then fell onto the road, causing other falls, including those of Groenewegen and Frenchman Marc Sarreau who, according to his Groupama-FDJ team, suffers from a major shoulder trauma and multiple ligament ruptures. Sarreau, second on the stage, is forfeited for the next stage.

"Criminal fact"

The fall comes a year to the day after the death of Belgian hopeful Bjorg Lambrecht (22), who died after falling and hitting a concrete structure on the same Tour of Poland. According to the official results published on the race website, Jakobsen was declared the winner of this 198 kilometer stage after Groenewegen was disqualified. “I'm going to court. These kinds of actions must be eliminated from cycling. It is a criminal fact ”, reacted in a tweet Patrick Lefevere, the boss of the Deceuninck team.

I go to court this kind of actions have to be out of cycling. This is an criminal fact mister @GroenewegenD

- Patrick Lefevere (@PatLefevere) August 5, 2020

The Groenewegen team, Jumbo, for its part, presented its "sincere apologies" for the gesture of its rider. “Cyclists haven't run for a few months and are no longer used to it. And unfortunately this is such a tragic result, ”said race organizer Czeslaw Lang. At 23, Jakobsen has 18 victories to his name, including three won at the start of the year in front of references in the discipline. In front of Groenewegen in the fifth stage of the Tour of Valencia and in front of the Italian Elia Viviani in the first stage of the Tour of Algarve.

But it was last year, during the Vuelta, that the Dutchman really made a name for himself. For his first grand tour, he won two stages, the last of which was in Madrid, each time ahead of the Irishman Sam Bennett. Having turned professional in 2018 in Patrick Lefevere's Quick-Step team, Jakobsen donned the Dutch champion's tricolor jersey last year in June. He won the sprint before taking part for the first time in the Tour of Poland, in which he took third place in the opening stage.

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