Teams & Riders Fabio Jakobsen thread

[SHAD0W93]

I didn't know the finish today was with this ramp in the last 100 meters. I think in that case he wasted a good chance yesterday, because i think had Philipsen not crashed, he would have beaten him with that ramp at the end. By which i mean maybe he was faster than Philipsen yesterday, but he wasn't positioned ideally. Today i think he would have lost. Not that it's important for him, he's got his win and he seems to be getting in shape in time.

And kept his streak going of winning on the second stage.

 

[yaco]

I didn't know the finish today was with this ramp in the last 100 meters. I think in that case he wasted a good chance yesterday, because i think had Philipsen not crashed, he would have beaten him with that ramp at the end. By which i mean maybe he was faster than Philipsen yesterday, but he wasn't positioned ideally. Today i think he would have lost. Not that it's important for him, he's got his win and he seems to be getting in shape in time.

Jakobsen was faster in stage one but there was little he could when MVP leads out to 100 metres to go - You only have six seconds to get off the wheel of Philipsen.

 

[jmdirt]

From Steels or Pati Laflaves:

"Fabio looked ahead to see if he could move up on his own and just then Mathieu van der Poel came with Jasper Philipsen on the right. He [Van der Poel] touched his front wheel against Fabio's rear wheel."

Usually when that happens the rider who gets their front wheel hit goes down. I don't care enough to go back through the replays, but I don't think that's what I saw.

I hope that he sleeps a little and survives tomorrow!

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

From Steels or Pati Laflaves:

"Fabio looked ahead to see if he could move up on his own and just then Mathieu van der Poel came with Jasper Philipsen on the right. He [Van der Poel] touched his front wheel against Fabio's rear wheel."

Usually when that happens the rider who gets their front wheel hit goes down. I don't care enough to go back through the replays, but I don't think that's what I saw.

I hope that he sleeps a little and survives tomorrow!

Van Poppel claims it was Philipsen. Haven't heard Jakobsen's own story yet.

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

Fun Fact: In the last two seasons. In stage races, of Jakobsens 13 wins, 8 have come on stage 2. This year it's 4 out of 4.

...He'll need to find his climbing legs in san sebastian for the tour then

I really should have put a bet on.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

after a dreadful Giro an even more dreadful Tour. Feel like they should have protected Jakobsen and just reset. Whatever they are doing at DSM is clearly not working for him.

 

[Potomac]

I thought he was going to have better tour.

 

[Samamba]

The doctors seem to have found a reason for his blatant thievery.

iliac artery endofibrosis in both legs. That's pretty insane and it would be an obvious reason for his below pro level racing right now.

Fabio Jakobsen stopt voorlopig met koersen door ingrijpende operatie

Fabio Jakobsen moet noodgedwongen tijdelijk stoppen met wielrennen. Onderzoek heeft uitgewezen dat de 28-jarige sprinter van Picnic PostNL een doorstromingsbeperking in de iliacale arteriën in beide benen heeft. Op 2 april moet hij daarvoor onder het mes. De prognose is dat hij kan terugkeren op...

www.wielerflits.nl

 

[Tricycle Rider]

The doctors seem to have found a reason for his blatant thievery.

iliac artery endofibrosis in both legs. That's pretty insane and it would be an obvious reason for his below pro level racing right now.

Fabio Jakobsen stopt voorlopig met koersen door ingrijpende operatie

Fabio Jakobsen moet noodgedwongen tijdelijk stoppen met wielrennen. Onderzoek heeft uitgewezen dat de 28-jarige sprinter van Picnic PostNL een doorstromingsbeperking in de iliacale arteriën in beide benen heeft. Op 2 april moet hij daarvoor onder het mes. De prognose is dat hij kan terugkeren op...

www.wielerflits.nl

Best wishes and a successful recovery to Jakobsen, he seems to be taking this in stride.

Ever since his catastrophic injuries at the Tour of Poland I've had a soft spot for him... I would love it if he made another comeback and was competitive again after surgery and recuperation, but unfortunately sometimes things just don't work out that way. So I'm hoping for the best...

Get well and strong, Fabio, I'm pulling for ya!

 

[Devil's Elbow]

It being in both legs does not exactly fill me with hope surgery is going to see him get back to his old level. Then again, if anyone in the peloton has dealt with worse, it's him, and in some ways the news must be a relief to him...

 

[Tricycle Rider]

So the latest on Jakobsen, according to CN News...

'It will be a very long rehabilitation' - No Tour de France for Fabio Jakobsen as he recovers from iliac artery surgery

'I came out of it in a very bad way. I feel like an old grandpa, but I walk and move' says Picnic-PostNL sprinter

www.cyclingnews.com

Maybe pro cycling won't be in his cards anymore, so I'm just hoping he can still even walk upright after all this!

 

[MJR]

That's a lot to have to go through. Even more so considering they had to cut his abs top to bottom.

Really hoping he's able to make a full recovery and get back to full form.

 

[Gratemans]

So the latest on Jakobsen, according to CN News...

'It will be a very long rehabilitation' - No Tour de France for Fabio Jakobsen as he recovers from iliac artery surgery

'I came out of it in a very bad way. I feel like an old grandpa, but I walk and move' says Picnic-PostNL sprinter

www.cyclingnews.com

Maybe pro cycling won't be in his cards anymore, so I'm just hoping he can still even walk upright after all this!

Now you're just being overly dramatic. The surgery involved cutting his abdomen muscles, which admittedly is quite a drastic measure, but it only means that recovery will take a lot longer. Now that's unfortunate of course, but it's got nothing to do with his ability to walk or cycle in the future.

Sure, some cyclists never got back to their level after a procedure like this, but I suspect that's only because they diagnosed the problem far too late in those cases. Having your abdominal muscles cut isn't good ofcourse, especially for a sprinter, but it'll only affect the duration of his recovery imo.