In the rest of the world, Groenewegen was never that popular, neither was he popular in the peloton prior to the accident, and i think that won't have improved after the accident.
Do you have some secret Dutch/Belgian insider knowledge? To me Groenewegen just seemed like one of those guys who were neither super popular, nor super unpopular.
Anyway; I've seen several cases of talk about how Jakobsen is "finally" making his comeback. Meanwhile, I'm just sitting over here like; "He's back only seven months after that? That's impressive!"