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Slow motion always makes things look worse than they were, but he very clearly moved twice to try and block Jakobsen, then used an elbow that ultimately put him in the barriers. Whether that was intentional or not is hard to judge, but it was dangerous riding.
He doesn't have a reputation, at least as far as I'm aware, for being dirty, so the actions today came as a shock to me. But that's probably the most blatant door shutting I've seen for some time. That it had such terrible consequences, and at a race where a hugely talented young rider lost his life last year, amplifies it.
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The speed obviously made the situation particularly bad, but I don't think Groenewegen was uniquely evil. Will probably see more egregious sprinting this season