Tour of Poland 2020 crash at the finish of Stage 1

One of the most horrific crashes in cycling. Dylan Groenewegen of Jumbo-Visma drifted off his line in the sprint, forcing Fabio Jakobsen ever closer to the barriers until he had nowhere to go, smashing into them at nearly 80kph/49mph. Jakobsen suffered horrific injuries, he was air-lifted to hospital where he remained in an induced coma for a couple of days.

Jakobson, 23, suffered broken bones in his face and lost all his teeth. Speaking to the Polish media, Pawel Gruenpeter of Sosnowiec hospital explained he was now breathing on his own and concious, there were no indications of brain or spinal cord damage which is a tremdous relief.

Eye witnesses described it as a shocking, terrible scene to see. A race official, also struck in the collision, suffered head and spinal injuries but was concious when taken to hospital.

A statement from cycling's governing body reads "The UCI, which considers the behaviour unacceptable, immediately referred the matter to the disciplinary commission to request the imposition of sanctions commensurate with the seriousness of the facts."

Jumbo-Visma said: "Our thoughts go out to Fabio Jakobsen and other people involved in today's terrible crash in the Tour of Poland - crashes like these should not happen. We offer our sincere apologies and we will discuss internally what has happened before we may make any further statement."