Fabio Jacobsen said he is not involved in the ongoing legal action against Dylan Groenewegen, but believes the outcome of the trial will "benefit cycling" and will provide clarity on the horrific crash at the 2020 Tour de Pologne.

Jacobsen crashed badly on the Katowice finish straight of last year's Tour de Pollogne when fellow countryman Groenewegen deviated from the line in the sprint. Roadside barriers exacerbated the outcome of the crash and Jacobsen fell into a coma.

He spent a week in intensive care in Poland and another three weeks in the ICU in the Netherlands. Jacobsen gradually recovered and returned to racing in April of this year. At the Vuelta a España, he scored a hat trick and took the points prize.

Groenewegen, who was suspended for nine months for his involvement in the crash, met privately with Jacobsen before returning to competition at the Giro d'Italia, but the two later disagreed about exactly what they said during their meeting. Groenewegen recently announced that he will move from Jumbo Visma to Bike Exchange Jayco in 2022, and it is likely that he and Jacobsen will once again engage in a sprint competition in the coming months.

Jacobsen and his Deceuninck-QuickStep manager Patrick Lefevere expressed disappointment that Groenewegen did not apologize during the meeting, and Jacobsen said the matter was in the hands of his lawyers.

"I don't think about it at all," Jacobsen said of the legal action in an interview published in De Telegraaf on Thursday.

"It is in the hands of the right people. I still support the path we have taken and I think this is something that should happen. Doing so would be positive and clear for the sport of cycling and everyone's conscience. As a result, my future will not be any different. Most of all, I am very happy to be back on a bike again and still good at it."

Jacobsen resumed competition at the Tour of Turkey in April and gradually got back into form, taking two stage wins at the Tour de Wallonie in July. After narrowly losing to Jasper Philipsen in the first group sprint of the Vuelta in Burgos, Jacobsen continued to improve with stage wins in Molina de Aragón, La Manga, and Santa Cruz de Bethana. He carried the green jersey to the finish in Santiago de Compostela and finished the season with victories in Guichse Paille and the Eurometropole Tour.

Jacobsen hopes to debut in the Tour de France in 2022, but admitted in July and during the 2022 season that he will have to compete with Mark Cavendish as lead sprinter for Quick-Step Alphavinil.

Cavendish was brought in to replace the injured Sam Bennett at this year's Tour de France and exceeded expectations with four wins, tying Eddy Merckx's all-time record of 34 stage wins. He also took the green jersey for the second time in 10 years.

"I would love to be in the Tour, but first I am looking forward to the spring," Jacobsen said of the Tour and the 2022 campaign.

"I've missed the spring campaign the last two years, so that's where I have to earn my spot on the Giro and Tour teams.

"I like that not everything is a sure thing and that keeps me sharp. Mark Cavendish is there. He showed his resurgence in the last Tour. We are both sprinters, but we give each other a lot."