Fabio Jakobsen Archives

2024 Looks Like a Great Year for Sprinters

March 14, 2024 at 10:15 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

Soudal–Quick-Step’s Tim Merlier continued the bright start to his season by winning Wednesday’s sprinter-friendly Nokere Koerse for a third consecutive year. Fabio Jakobsen (DSM-Firmenich-PostNL) finished second and last year’s Tour de France Škoda Green Jersey winner, Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), was third.

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Opinion: Philipsen Easily Won the Škoda Green Jersey – But…

July 25, 2023 at 10:54 am4 min reading

Road cycling

It took 17 stages to decide the yellow jersey winner of the 2023 Tour de France. The battle for the Škoda Green Jersey was effectively over after stage 11 in which Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Jasper Philipsen won his fourth bunch sprint (out of five runs) in this…

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The Battle for the Škoda Green Jersey: Philipsen (and van der Poel) Seize the Lead

July 7, 2023 at 8:49 am4 min reading

Road cycling

Just to be different, I’ll open this blog about the race for the Tour de France Škoda Green Jersey with a video, courtesy of Eurosport (the pertinent footage begins at 2 minutes). It shows Mathieu van der Poel leading out his Alpecin-Deceuninck teammate Jasper Philipsen…

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Two Farewells + Strong Contenders = Hot Škoda Green Jersey Race at the Tour

June 29, 2023 at 5:02 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

It would be crass to begin this preview of the race for this year’s Tour de France Škoda Green Jersey with anyone other than Mark Cavendish, though he has only a slim chance of winning. The greatest sprinter of them all has won 57 Grand…

Tour de France: Unchained Plunges You into the Wild Heart of the Tour de France

June 16, 2023 at 7:55 am4 min reading

Road cycling

I know what I want from an eight-part documentary series about the 2022 Tour de France: to see and hear and learn what I couldn’t see and hear and learn about the riders, teams and the race itself when I watched it on TV. I…

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A Brief History of the Vuelta a España Škoda Green Jersey

August 24, 2022 at 1:26 pm5 min reading

Road cycling

The first Vuelta a España was run in 1935, inspired by the popularity of the Tour de France. Ten years later, again taking a page from the Tour, it began awarding a prize for the best sprinter, calculated from points allocated on the basis of…

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Action-Packed European Road Championships 2022 Crown a Winner

August 15, 2022 at 11:46 am5 min reading

Road cycling

Dutch cyclist Fabio Jakobsen crowned his comeback from a horrific crash in the 2020 Tour of Poland by winning the Elite Men’s European Road Race Championships on Sunday with a powerful sprint. He finished a bike length ahead of France’s Arnaud Démare, with Tim Merlier…

Fabio Jakobsen Wins the European Championship Road Race: “I’m super happy”

August 15, 2022 at 10:21 am4 min reading

Road cycling

The Dutchman outsprinted everyone to claim the gold in Munich.

The Race for the Škoda Green Jersey

July 7, 2022 at 1:00 pm6 min reading

Road cycling

It’s no secret that we love Wout van Aert. Though he will never win the Tour de France yellow jersey, he is, simply put, the most talented all-around road racer in the world. After five stages of the 2022 Tour de France, the 27-year-old Belgian…

Groenewegen on the Comeback Victory: ‘It was a long way back’

July 4, 2022 at 10:47 am4 min reading

Road cycling

Dylan Groenewegen is at his first Tour since serving the nine-month suspension for causing the crash at the Tour of Poland. Fabio Jakobsen who suffered horrible injuries as a result of the said crash has since returned to winning ways. However, the road was a…