Gruppama-FDJ's Marc Sarrault will not start Thursday's second stage of the Tour de Pollogne after tearing a tendon in his shoulder in the same finish line crash that left Dečuninck-Quick Step's Fabio Jacobsen seriously injured in hospital, the team announced. The team announced that he will not start the second stage of the Tour de Pollogne on Thursday. French sprinter Sallot collapsed after crashing into a barrier of spectators bounced up by Jacobsen's crash.

On the same day that Arnaud Demaret of Grupama-FDJ won the bunch sprint finish in Milan-Torino, Italy, teammate Sarrault was the victim of bad luck and, according to the race jury, was the victim of an irregularity by Dylan Groenewegen of Jumbo-Visma in Poland It was due to an erratic sprint by Dylan Groenewegen of Jumbo-Visma in Poland.

The 27-year-old Szalow later finished second, which was awarded to Jacobsen following Groenewegen's disqualification by the jury.

"Marc Sarrault suffered a major trauma to his shoulder, tearing multiple ligaments," Groupama-FDJ announced on social media Wednesday evening.

"He needs further medical tests and will of course not start tomorrow (Thursday). Thanks for your support for Marc."

The up-and-coming sprinter has five wins in 2019 with Groupama-FDJ, to which he has belonged since starting his professional career in 2015: the Paris-Bourges, Tour de Vendée, Chorée Pays de la Loire, and Route Adélie de Vitré, Etoile de Besseges stage wins.