Teams & Riders Jakob Fuglsang discussion thread

[Peter von]

he doesn't have a contract for next year for now, and he hasn't contributed much for the team this year. since the future of the team right now is very promising, i guess that they can extend him for another year, unless they will do more signing then their max allowed riders (like they did last year).

idk, he looked like he did a lot of work in their battle for positions, he went in the late break on the gravel stage, which helped his TM in the original break. So he has definitely contributed, even if less flashy than in 2014. But yeah his only top 10 this year was in the KoM of the 56th Tour des Alpes-Maritimes(2.1), so they wouldn't loose many points directly by letting him go.

 

[Danskebjerge]

I love his relaxed interviews.

 

[RedheadDane]

His age is starting to show. He didn't think he'd done Plateau de Beille before...

Tour de France 2015 Stage 12 results

Joaquim Rodríguez is the winner of Tour de France 2015 Stage 12, before Jakob Fuglsang and Romain Bardet. Chris Froome was leader in GC.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[Samu Cuenca]

His age is starting to show. He didn't think he'd done Plateau de Beille before...

Tour de France 2015 Stage 12 results

Joaquim Rodríguez is the winner of Tour de France 2015 Stage 12, before Jakob Fuglsang and Romain Bardet. Chris Froome was leader in GC.

www.procyclingstats.com

And he rode it in 2011 as well.

 

[staubsauger]

His age is starting to show. He didn't think he'd done Plateau de Beille before...

Tour de France 2015 Stage 12 results

Joaquim Rodríguez is the winner of Tour de France 2015 Stage 12, before Jakob Fuglsang and Romain Bardet. Chris Froome was leader in GC.

www.procyclingstats.com

Wasn't that the stage Fuglsang got crashed by the motorbike?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Wasn't that the stage Fuglsang got crashed by the motorbike?

No, that was on Glandon on stage 18.

 

[staubsauger]

No, that was on Glandon on stage 18.

💡

 

[Valv.Piti]

- Jeg synes egentlig, at jeg har haft en god Tour. Jeg har haft en flot Tour, hvor jeg har været en kæmpe støtte for holdet og Derek (Gee, red.). Måske ikke på alle 21 etaper, men på de vigtige dage har jeg næsten været den sidste mand hos ham. På sprinterdagene har jeg siddet med Pascal Ackermann langt inde i finalen.

If you know, you know

 

[aruipksni]

- Jeg synes egentlig, at jeg har haft en god Tour. Jeg har haft en flot Tour, hvor jeg har været en kæmpe støtte for holdet og Derek (Gee, red.). Måske ikke på alle 21 etaper, men på de vigtige dage har jeg næsten været den sidste mand hos ham. På sprinterdagene har jeg siddet med Pascal Ackermann langt inde i finalen.

If you know, you know

he is currently 38 on gc, so if he will hold on to this place , his UCI points will even count for the team ranking...

 

[Danskebjerge]

Fuglsang has announced that he will take one more year at Israel Premier Tech. I assume his pay check will decrease.

 

[Pantani_lives]

Congratulations to Jakob Fuglsang. Life starts at forty!

He will be the oldest participant in Milan–San Remo today.

 

[RedheadDane]

Congratulations to Jakob Fuglsang. Life starts at forty!

He will be the oldest participant in Milan–San Remo today.

Could be a funny joke if someone handed him a cane as a birthday present.




(OTOH, that would also give him something to chase the disrespectful kids with.)

 

[aruipksni]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1903486414471249970

View: https://x.com/IsraelPremTech/status/1903486414471249970

 

[ice&fire]

Could be a funny joke if someone handed him a cane as a birthday present.




(OTOH, that would also give him something to chase the disrespectful kids with.)

Oscar Freire used to carry a tire pump in his training rides only for that purpose.

 

[Danskebjerge]

A 6th place for the 40-year-old in the Tour of the Alps. That's nice. Not enough to score a single UCI point though. He got a couple via the GC.

It would be amazing if he could get a top result this year, maybe just in a small race. But I'm afraid even Tour of Denmark is ridden too aggressively to leave him with a good chance.

 

[Danskebjerge]

From Danish TV2 this evening:

"One of Fuglsang's best periods in his career came in 2019, when he finished third in Amstel Gold Race, second in Flèche Wallone and then won Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

He has repeatedly expressed a desire to have those legs again, but that's no longer the case.

‘I think that dream is long gone. It's not even certain that those legs from back then could do much against Pogacar and Evenepoel,’ he says with a laugh."