Patrick Lefevere provides first update on Fabio Jakobsen's condition: "He has abrasions on his elbow, shoulder and back"
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It's not Fabio Jakobsen's Tour de France yet. The Dutchman from Soudal-Quick Step is one of the favorites for the mass sprints, but after slightly disappointing fourth place in stage three, Jakobsen didn't improve his result in stage 4 as he hit the deck after contact with Alpecin-Deceuninck riders.
Team boss Patrick Lefevere provided Sporza with a quick update on the rider's situation. "He has abrasions on his elbow, shoulder and back," Lefevere gives a first update on the condition of his rider.
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"Julien wanted to bring him forward, because the team was too far. They could get out with just the two of them, which is logical because no team wants to make room, of course," said Lefevere. "Fabio looked forward to see if he could move up on his own and just then Mathieu and Jasper came from right. He touched his front wheel or Fabio touched his rear wheel," Lefevere explains the cause of the fall.
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Ondřej Zhasil is a cycling journalist at CyclingUpToDate and has been part of the team since 2023. He is based in Ostrava, the third-largest city in the Czech Republic, and covers professional cycling across the main UCI competitions, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España. A key focus of his work is startlist analysis and pre-race coverage, where he examines team selections, rider line-ups, and tactical scenarios ahead of major events.
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- A great champion but a better human. jus' sayin'
Davide15-11-2026 - Congrats! It is done so now is time for CX.averagecyclist15-11-2026
- It's going to happen at some point. It will happen to Tadej as well, we all get older. Jonas was in pretty great form at the tour. I still consider him a top two or three cyclist in the world, until he's not.awp15-11-2026
- mij, I am not so sure of that. I have been on a spine ward at a Denver hospital that had quite a few spinal injuries from mountain biking.BDBigGuy15-11-2026
- Pogi takes care of his teammates in races and training. Tadej Pogačar is widely praised within the cycling peloton for his fair and egalitarian leadership, actively supporting his UAE teammates both on the road during races and behind the scenes at training camps. Rather than acting like an untouchable superstar, he has intense team loyalty by sharing daily chores, giving up personal glory to help domestiques, and publicly praising their sacrifices. Unlike some Grand Tour contenders, like Vingegaard, who occasionally train away from their squads, Pogi consistently attends team training camps alongside his domestiques, making the exact same sacrifices to build friendship. I love how Pogačar shares his teammates-domestiques, either when they succeed or win in races or when they simply just do a good job for him. It has to be a great moral boost for them. And then they work even harder and go even deeper for Pogi. This is teamwork.PogiSloFans15-11-2026
- Yeah, what he said!Lozza15-11-2026
- I’m sure Jasper Philipsen would disagree with you.Lozza15-11-2026
- Article says he was “out for a spin around the town”, implying not off-road.Lozza15-11-2026
- let’s be honest, Alpecin is all about one rider - MVDP. I’m sure he gets whatever he needs, the rest get the scraps.mij15-11-2026
- there are more vicious injuries on a road bike than a mountain bike far and away.mij15-11-2026
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🚴🇫🇷 | Fabio Jakobsen ging hard onderuit in de aanloop naar de sprint en ploegbaas Patrick Lefevere maakt zich zeker zorgen om de Nederlander. 😪😪 #TDF2023 📺 Koers kijk je op discovery+
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