Dylan Groenewegen is out of the UAE Tour forward of the sprint-friendly stage 6 on Saturday after the Dutchman crashed exhausting on stage 5.
The Jayco-AlUla sprinter was certainly one of many riders who hit the deck within the closing of Friday’s dash stage at Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University. He’s out of the race struggling with a concussion, in line with a report in De Telegraaf.
Groenewegen had began his 2025 marketing campaign on the AlUla Tour with two second-place finishes. He completed seventh on stage 4 within the UAE and now will not get an opportunity to battle for the win in Abu Dhabi Breakwater on Saturday.
“It’s higher than yesterday, however sadly I’m not allowed to begin anymore due to a concussion,” Groenewegen advised De Telegraaf.
Groenewegen’s withdrawal was confirmed by his group, who introduced on social media that, “As a results of yesterday’s crash on the UAE Tour, the choice was taken by our medical workers that Dylan Groenewegen is not going to begin right now’s stage 6. Get higher quickly, Dylan!”
The 31-year-old is not the one rider out of the race forward of the penultimate stage. Fernando Gaviria (Movistar) additionally went down within the crash within the closing kilometre of stage 5. Movistar introduced on Saturday morning that he’s a DNS “as a precaution after the autumn”.
18-year-old Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale neo-pro Paul Seixas is one other rider out of the race. He abandons from twenty sixth place after getting caught in a multi-rider crash late on stage 5.
The Frenchman went down 3.5km from the end of the stage together with a number of different riders, together with Pablo Castrillo and Carlos Rodríguez. His group introduced on Saturday morning that Seixas “will not begin right now’s stage”, although did not touch upon any accidents suffered by the rider.
Ineos Grenadiers are additionally down a rider as Victor Langellotti heads dwelling, having fallen in the identical crash. The Monegasque rider was taking over his second race for the British squad and raced within the breakaway alongside race chief Tadej Pogačar yesterday.
However, his group introduced that Langellotti suffered a damaged collarbone within the crash yesterday, which means he will not participate on this weekend’s closing phases.
Finally, Lars Craps makes it 5 riders who go away the UAE Tour forward of stage 6. The Belgian was taking over his first WorldTour race along with his new group Lotto, however the Belgian squad introduced on Saturday that he was heading dwelling. “He remains to be experiencing knee ache after a earlier crash in Mallorca,” Lotto mentioned.
