One year after the horror fall: cycling star fulfills his dream

The 24-year-old won the fourth stage of the Tour of Spain over 163,9 km from El Burgo de Osma to Molina de Aragon on Tuesday ahead of the Frenchman Arnaud Demare and the Dane Magnus Cort Nielsen. Jakobsen was pushed into the barrier by his compatriot Dylan Groenewegen at 5 km/h on the Tour of Poland on August 2020, 80. The sprinter was temporarily in an artificial coma and had lost almost all of his teeth in the fall. His face required 130 stitches. He only celebrated his comeback on the Tour of Turkey in April 2021. “It’s been a long road back.” Fabio Jacobsen "A dream came true. It was a long way back. I had to invest a lot, a lot of time, a lot of energy,” said Jakobsen, who recently won a stage for the first time at the Tour of Wallonia. At the Vuelta he also took over the green jersey of the best point scorer. Taaramäe keeps the red jersey The red jersey of first place overall is still worn by Estonian Rein Taaramäe, who, however, reached the finish with scratches after a fall a good two kilometers before the end. But because of the three-kilometer rule, he stays ahead. The 34-year-old is still 25 seconds ahead of Frenchman Kenny Elissonde. The Slovenian defending champion and top favorite Primoz Roglic follows 30 seconds back in third place. On the fifth stage on Wednesday over 184,4 km from Tarancon to Albacete, the sprinters can once again hope for a mass finish. The Vuelta ends on September 5th with an individual time trial in Santiago de Compostela.

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One year after the horror fall: cycling star fulfills his dream

Around a year after his horror crash, Dutch professional cyclist Fabio Jakobsen has achieved another big victory.

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