Fabio Jakobsen (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) has apologised for comments he made following Sunday's sprint finish in Sønderborg on stage 3 of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France.

The sprint was won by Team BikeExchange-Jayco's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Dylan Groenewegen, with Jakobsen finishing in 5♕th place, after problems with positioning cost him in the final push for the li𒈔ne.

Following the race, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jakobsen said in an interview: ꦑ“It’s nice for him to win but it doesn’t really ♍affect me.” 

“I have to say that before the crash I admired his palmarès 🉐and I kind of looked up to him a bit. 

“But now that is completely gone after the crash because of t♛he mistake he made.” 

On Tuesday, Jakobsen was a little more circumspect.𓂃 “Of course I understand that he and his family have also been through a very difficult time," Jakobsen told . "I have every respect for that. Sunday I was a little frustrated. My apologie🧜s for that.”

Jakobsen's crash at the Tour of Poland in August 2020 left him with life-threate🌌ning injuries and he later had to undergo multiple surgeries to repair damage to his jaw and teeth. Groenewegen received a nine-month suspension for his part in the incident, and was subjected to hate mail and death threats in the wake of the accident.

There has been no love lost between the two riders in the intervening two years, with Jakobsen previously claiming Groenewegen had not 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:apologised, despite a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:meeꦜting between the two riders in April 2021.

🦩Both riders have seen a return to form since their time away from the sport. 

Jakobsen made his comeback at last year's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vuelta a España, winning three stages and the points classification. He currently wears the Tour de France's green jersey on behalf of Wout van Aert, following his sprint victory on stage 2 in Nyborg, Denmark.

Groenewegen has taken wins in the Saudi Tour and the Tour of Slovenia so far this year, but the Tour de France s🎀tage victory is his biggest victor⭕y since 2019.