Jakobsen avoids crash in messy finale

The final stage of the Vuelta a San Juan saw former Wolfpack member Maximiliano Richeze say goodbye to cycling after 18 years in the pro ranks, four of which he got to spend with our team, winning six races. After a well-deserved guard of honor for “El Atomico”, the race kicked off with a breakaway that had to fight hard to put one minute into a peloton whose main goal Sunday afternoon was to see this come down to a mass gallop.
The bunch’s missing wasn’t a straight forward one, as they had to really work for it, especially in the final 15 kilometers, when Remco Evenepoel and Quinn Simmons took off. The World Champion and his US companion snapped the elastic and carved out a 25-second gap which allowed them to stay in the lead until two kilometers to go, when they were swallowed by the chasing group.
It came as no surprise that the bunch sprint was again a chaotic one, on the wide boulevard in San Juan, but the recklessness of some of the spectators made it even more dangerous. Fabio Jakobsen launched on the right side of the road close to the barriers, only for a spectator holding out his phone to hit him in the face and almost knock him off his bike. Luckily, Fabio managed to stay upright and concluded just behind Sam Welsford (DMS) in second place.
“Vuelta a San Juan was for the riders here a good race to start the season and we leave not just with a stage win, but also with the confidence given by how our guys rode. They showed here that they are ready for the next races. Maybe we could have done more, but the level was very high this week, so overall we can be pretty content with how things went for us”, explained Soudal Quick-Step sports director Davide Bramati.
Photo credit: ©Maximiliano Blanco / Getty Images
Race details
1 |
Sam Welsford Team DSM |
2:23:41 |
2 |
Fabio Jakobsen
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
3 |
Giacomo Nizzolo Israel - Premier Tech |
0:00 |
4 |
Yevgeniy Gidich Astana Qazaqstan Team |
0:00 |
5 |
Danny van Poppel BORA - hansgrohe |
0:00 |
6 |
Attilio Viviani Team Corratec |
0:00 |
7 |
Giovanni Lonardi EOLO-Kometa |
0:00 |
8 |
Peter Sagan TotalEnergies |
0:00 |
9 |
Jon Aberasturi Izaga Trek - Segafredo |
0:00 |
10 |
Enrico Zanoncello Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè |
0:00 |
35 |
Michael Mørkøv Christensen
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
46 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
75 |
Yves Lampaert
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
102 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
106 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
1 |
Miguel Ángel López Moreno Team Medellin - EPM |
25:40:57 |
2 |
Filippo Ganna INEOS Grenadiers |
0:30 |
3 |
Sergio Higuita García BORA - hansgrohe |
0:44 |
4 |
Einer Augusto Rubio Reyes Movistar Team |
0:50 |
5 |
Brandon Smith Rivera Vargas INEOS Grenadiers |
1:01 |
6 |
César Nicolás Paredes Avellaneda Sindicato de Empleados Públicos of San Juan |
1:19 |
7 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:19 |
8 |
Kevin Vermaerke Team DSM |
1:30 |
9 |
Matthew Riccitello Israel - Premier Tech |
1:41 |
10 |
Quinn Simmons Trek - Segafredo |
1:46 |
20 |
Yves Lampaert
Soudal - Quick Step |
2:28 |
40 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step |
10:26 |
62 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
23:44 |
88 |
Fabio Jakobsen
Soudal - Quick Step |
36:22 |
89 |
Michael Mørkøv Christensen
Soudal - Quick Step |
37:02 |
1 |
Manuele Tarozzi Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè |
24 pt |
2 |
Christofer Robín Jurado López Panamá es Cultura y Valores |
19 pt |
3 |
Juan Pablo Dotti Sindicato de Empleados Públicos of San Juan |
14 pt |
4 |
Miguel Ángel López Moreno Team Medellin - EPM |
10 pt |
5 |
Filippo Ganna INEOS Grenadiers |
8 pt |
6 |
Marcos Omar Mendez Argentina |
8 pt |
7 |
Sergio Higuita García BORA - hansgrohe |
6 pt |
8 |
Stefano Gandin Team Corratec |
6 pt |
9 |
Emiliano Contreras Chimbas Te Quiero |
4 pt |
10 |
Leandro Carlos Messineo Chimbas Te Quiero |
4 pt |
1 |
Matthew Riccitello Israel - Premier Tech |
25:42:38 |
2 |
Quinn Simmons Trek - Segafredo |
0:05 |
3 |
Vicente Rojas Naranjo Chile |
0:31 |
4 |
Mathias Vacek Trek - Segafredo |
2:41 |
5 |
Marco Brenner Team DSM |
7:29 |
6 |
Tobias Lund Andresen Team DSM |
9:04 |
7 |
Vinicius Rangel Costa Movistar Team |
12:24 |
8 |
Rodrigo Daniel Díaz Municipalidad de Rawson |
19:42 |
9 |
Hector Exequiel Quintana Vidal Chile |
23:17 |
10 |
Iker Bonillo Martin Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè |
27:40 |
1 | INEOS Grenadiers | 77:05:22 |
2 | Movistar Team | 2:20 |
3 | Team Medellin - EPM | 3:04 |
4 | Soudal - Quick Step | 4:05 |
5 | Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 5:21 |
6 | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 6:02 |
7 | TotalEnergies | 7:26 |
8 | Trek - Segafredo | 7:32 |
9 | Sindicato de Empleados Públicos of San Juan | 10:35 |
10 | BORA - hansgrohe | 14:41 |