Fabio Jakobsen takes 'another step forward' at the Critérium du Dauphiné

Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck-QuickStep)
Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck-QuickStep) (Image credit: Getty Images)

Fabio Jakobsen’s long battle to recover from his horrific crash at last year’s Tour de Pologne advanced a little further at the Critérium du Dauphiné, when for the first time since that incident the Dutch rider got himself into a position to contest a bunch sprint.

Although he was ultimately defeated by the hill up to the line in Saint-Haon-le-Vieux, Jakobsen described his performance on the race’s third stage, the only clear opportunity for the sprinters in the French stage race, as “another step forward.”

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Peter Cossins has written about professional cycling since 1993 and is a contributing editor to Procycling. He is the author of The Monuments: The Grit and the Glory of Cycling's Greatest One-Day Races (Bloomsbury, March 2014) and has translated Christophe Bassons' autobiography, A Clean Break (Bloomsbury, July 2014). 

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