Cycling: Groenewegen apologises for crash with Jakobsen


  • Cycling
  • Friday, 07 Aug 2020

A rescue helicopter is seen on the site where Dutch cyclists Fabio Jakobsen and Dylan Groenewegen crashed, while at the finish line on stage one of the Tour de Pologne in Katowice, Poland August 5, 2020. Grzegorz Celejewski/Agencja Gazeta/via REUTERS

(Reuters) - Dutch cyclist Dylan Groenewegen has apologised for the crash that resulted in compatriot Fabio Jakobsen being placed in a medically induced coma.

Groenewegen, who rides for the Jumbo–Visma team, was jostling for position with Jakobsen in the final metres of the first stage of the Tour of Poland when the pair came together.

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