Fabio Jakobsen deserted his remaining race of the season on the Tour of Guangxi as a non-starter on stage 3, ending a troublesome first 12 months at DSM-Firmenich PostNL wherein he has solely managed one victory.
It has been a season of wrestle for Jakobsen suffering from crashes and sickness, with the Dutch sprinter not making it previous stage 12 at both of his key objectives – the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France. Jakobsen has eight withdrawals amongst his 2024 outcomes, with right this moment’s DNS in Guangxi being his third from his previous six race days.
DSM-Firmenich PostNL did not particularly reveal the explanation why Jakobsen pulled out of his remaining race of the season, nonetheless, the Dutchman had struggled within the first two phases, ending in forty eighth and 123rd, respectively, with out contesting both bunch dash and confirmed indicators of sickness.
“The workforce got down to go for it with Fabio Jakobsen within the finale. Nevertheless, throughout the stage Jakobsen indicated to the automobile that he wasn’t feeling so good, so the workforce switched their roles and guarded Casper van Uden as dash finisher,” learn DSM’s post-race report after day 1.
Jakobsen joined DSM-Firmenich PostNL from Soudal-QuickStep for the 2024 season, nonetheless, the partnership between Dutch quick man and Dutch workforce hasn’t been as profitable as they’d hoped, with their lead-out practice not firing and their sprinter not performing.
The 28-year-old is contracted for 2 extra years at DSM-Firmenich PostNL till 2026.
“It was every little thing collectively. Then you definitely miss only a few per cent and you’re feeling that very arduous in top-level sport. I believe it could possibly all be solved. Solely, you first have to seek out out what it’s. I do know roughly myself, however after all not fully but,” stated Jakobsen of his points in 2024 to WielerFlits earlier within the season.
“Then it is working along with the individuals who find out about it with my very own feeling and perception as effectively after which it needs to be tremendous in the direction of subsequent 12 months. In the end, sprinting is the one factor I can actually do with the professionals, in the remainder I’ll all the time be one of many worst. However we wish to win once more with that sprinting. Then we now have to work on every little thing.”
It is Jakobsen’s lowest win tally in a season since he turned professional with QuickStep in 2018, together with his sole win coming on the 2.Professional Tour of Turkey in April. He is twice been a runner-up in 2024, together with his finest WorldTour end result being fourth on stage 1 of the UAE Tour.
In 2021, after he fought again to kind after a life-threatening and close to career-ending crash on the 2020 Tour de Pologne, Jakobsen miraculously managed six wins and three on the Vuelta a España.
With out Jakobsen, a six-time Grand Tour stage winner, being nowhere near his prime kind, DSM have but to crack the highest 14 on a stage of the Tour of Guangxi and look unlikely to attain one other win and escape ending with their lowest WorldTour win whole because the WT was began in 2011.
