Fabio Jakobsen earns emotional Vuelta stage win one year after horrific crash

  • Jakobsen sprints to stage win, Rein Taaramae keeps overall lead
  • Dutchman seriously injured in Tour of Poland crash last August

Fabio Jakobsen powered to an emotional victory on stage four of the Vuelta a España, earning his first Grand Tour stage win since a horrific crash at the Tour of Poland just over a year ago.

The Deceuninck-Quick-Step sprinter powered past France’s Arnaud Demaré (Groupama-FDJ) inside the final 200m in Molina de Aragón to earn the third Grand Tour stage win of his career. Denmark’s Magnus Cort (EF Education-Nippo) finished third. Victory marked the biggest step so far in Jakobsen’s comeback after winning two stages of this year’s Tour de Wallonie.

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