Critical moment just before the finish. Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen (in yellow) and his falling compatriot Fabio Jakobsen.
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The goal from a gentle hill, where cyclists accelerate up to 80 km / h, has aroused controversy for many years. However, there were no serious accidents until yesterday.
“But such an accident was only a matter of time. After all, the situation is different at speeds of 50 km / h (during normal range) and different at 80. In addition, there has been a very fast and dangerous surface in Katowice for years, “Zamana tells Przeglad Sportowy in response to the horror scene.” I don’t know if it’s worth going further in this direction, “he asks a rhetorical question.
A terrible fall, the winner is fighting for his life! For this, the opponent should go to jail, the team boss thunders
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The former Polish cyclist also notes that the situation at this year’s Around Poland race is unique and linked to the coronavirus pandemic. Hiring cyclists into battle is extraordinary when restarted after a long break.
Cyclist Jakobsen is no longer in danger after a severe fall
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“Everyone is now maximally focused on the result, many cyclists have not signed new contracts and our sport has become poor after the pandemic. So there is a lot of pressure, everyone is upset when they lose. “Even that contributed to such an accident,” Zamana muses. He adds to the mass collision and the bodies of the injured racers rolling in the finish line: “The range is amazing, because the first five or six cyclists crossed the finish line.”
The route has been approved by the Cycling Union (UCI). “I would just like to remind you that the UCI also approved the route in Rio de Janeiro at the Olympic Games, where cyclists also fell. There was a high dangerous curb, “today the 52-year-old former cyclist criticizes the top cycling authority for benevolence.
The duel of elite sprinters was for Demar
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The collision was caused by Dylan Groenewegen. At the barrier, the Dutchman uncompromisingly closed the way for compatriot Fabio Jakobsen. “He also worked with his elbow. In this case, all borders were crossed. Being him, I would not show up at any race this year, “says Zamana, once also a well-known sprinter as the two main actors in the accident, of which Fabio Jakobsen fared much worse. He had to be revived. Another Deceuninck-Quick-Step member, Yves Lampaert, got wet in the fall, but his broken collarbone is a cycling banality against Jakobsen’s carombola …
“I immediately linked it to the accident at the Tour de France when I fought Olaf Ludwig, Laurent Jalabert and Wilfried Nelissen. He never really returned to racing. Then, with two children and at the age of twenty-five, he said he would never be a sprinter again. You just can’t have any inhibitions in this cycling specialization. And after such sprints … If Jakobsen recovered and started cycling again, I don’t want to believe that one day he will be able to win the finish, “concludes Zamana.
The winner of the traditional Milan-Turin race was the Frenchman Arnaud Démare.
