Dylan Groenewegen is out of the UAE Excursion forward of the sprint-friendly level 6 on Saturday after the Dutchman crashed onerous on level 5.
The Jayco-AlUla sprinter used to be one of the riders who hit the deck within the ultimate of Friday’s dash level at Hamdan Bin Mohammed Sensible College. He is out of the race struggling with a concussion, in keeping with a document in De Telegraaf.
Groenewegen had began his 2025 marketing campaign on the AlUla Excursion with two second-place finishes. He completed 7th on level 4 within the UAE and now may not get a possibility to combat for the win in Abu Dhabi Breakwater on Saturday.
“It’s better than yesterday, but unfortunately I’m not allowed to start anymore because of a concussion,” Groenewegen informed De Telegraaf.
Groenewegen’s withdrawal used to be showed via his workforce, who introduced on social media that, “As a result of yesterday’s crash at the UAE Tour, the decision was taken by our medical staff that Dylan Groenewegen will not start today’s stage 6. Get better soon, Dylan!”
The 31-year-old is not the one rider out of the race forward of the penultimate level. Fernando Gaviria (Movistar) additionally went down within the crash within the ultimate kilometre of level 5. Movistar introduced on Saturday morning that he’s a DNS “as a precaution after the fall”.
18-year-old Decathlon AG2R L. a. Mondiale neo-pro Paul Seixas is every other rider out of the race. He abandons from twenty sixth position upon getting stuck in a multi-rider crash past due on level 5.
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The Frenchman went down 3.5km from the end of the level at the side of a number of different riders, together with Pablo Castrillo and Carlos Rodríguez. His workforce introduced on Saturday morning that Seixas “won’t start today’s stage”, even though did not touch upon any accidents suffered via the rider.
Ineos Grenadiers also are down a rider as Victor Langellotti heads house, having fallen in the similar crash. The Monegasque rider used to be taking over his moment race for the British squad and raced within the breakaway along race chief Tadej Pogačar the day prior to this.
On the other hand, his workforce introduced that Langellotti suffered a damaged collarbone within the crash the day prior to this, that means he may not participate on this weekend’s remaining phases.
In any case, Lars Craps makes it 5 riders who depart the UAE Excursion forward of level 6. The Belgian used to be taking over his first WorldTour race along with his new workforce Lotto, however the Belgian squad introduced on Saturday that he used to be heading house. “He is still experiencing knee pain after a previous crash in Mallorca,” Lotto stated.
