Fabio Jakobsen (Dsm-firmenich PostNL) abandoned the Tour de France early during stage 12 after being dropped from the peloton during the early attacks.
The Dutch sprinter was reportedly not feeling 100%. He was first dropped after 15km of fast racing, fought for 20 km but eventually climbed off when he was timed more than four minutes behind the peloton.
“Tough times never last but tough people do,” the Dsm-firmenich PostNL team posted on social media.
“After battling through a fast and climb-filled #TDF2024, Fabio Jakobsen is forced to abandon the Tour, not feeling 100%.
“We zullen samen sterker terugkomen, Fabio! - We will come back stronger together, Fabio!” the team added in Dutch.
Jakobsen won a stage of the 2022 Tour de France and has 46 career victories.
Jakobsen joined Dsm-firmenich PostNL for 2024 but has so far only won a stage at the Presidential Cycling Tour of Türkiye.
His abandon comes only hours after Astana-Qazaqstan announced Michael Mørkøv would be a DNS on stage 12 following a positive COVID-19, amid concerns of several potential cases in the peloton.
