Fabio Jakobsen wins in Denmark

The first Soudal Quick-Step victory on the new Specialized Tarmac SL8 came Wednesday afternoon in the Danish city of Silkeborg, where Fabio Jakobsen picked up his 44th pro win at the end of Danmark Rundt’s 163.6km second stage.
The day was up-and-down the whole time and it included a hilly circuit that the riders had to cover three times. The presence of a 1km climb averaging 5.5% there looked to advantage the attackers, and the finale didn’t lack daring moves for that matter, but the peloton – after bringing back the original breakaway – somehow managed to keep things together even after the third time up there, reeling in seven men with the flamme rouge in sight.
Thanks to an incredible lead-out of Casper Pedersen, Fabio started the sprint as the main favourite and confirmed his status in style, by putting more than a bike length between him and overall leader of the race, Soren Warenskjold (Uno-X), and taking a solid victory for the morale in what is his first race since the Tour de France.
“Winning always feels good, but especially now, after what has been a tough summer with my Tour de France crash and subsequent abandon. But I never gave up, and with the support of this great team, I showed again what I’m capable off and I’m really happy now. I’m also proud of becoming the first Soudal Quick-Step rider to take a victory on this fantastic machine that is the Specialized Tarmac SL8. I couldn’t have dreamed of a better return to competition”, said Fabio, who now counts pro wins in sixteen different countries.
Photo credit: ©Danmark Rundt
Race details
1 |
Fabio Jakobsen
Soudal - Quick Step |
3:41:09 |
2 |
Søren Wærenskjold Uno-X Pro Cycling Team |
0:00 |
3 |
Søren Kragh Andersen Alpecin-Deceuninck |
0:00 |
4 |
Tobias Lund Andresen Team dsm - firmenich |
0:00 |
5 |
Mads Pedersen Lidl - Trek |
0:00 |
6 |
Mattias Skjelmose Jensen Lidl - Trek |
0:00 |
7 |
Magnus Cort Nielsen EF Education-EasyPost |
0:00 |
8 |
Jensen Plowright Alpecin-Deceuninck |
0:00 |
9 |
Matyáš Kopecký Team Novo Nordisk |
0:00 |
10 |
Filippo Magli Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè |
0:00 |
13 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
31 |
Michael Mørkøv Christensen
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
40 |
Tim Declercq
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
62 |
Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
95 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
2:26 |
1 |
Søren Wærenskjold Uno-X Pro Cycling Team |
7:31:03 |
2 |
Fabio Jakobsen
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:06 |
3 |
Mads Pedersen Lidl - Trek |
0:18 |
4 |
Søren Kragh Andersen Alpecin-Deceuninck |
0:18 |
5 |
Filippo Ridolfo Team Novo Nordisk |
0:20 |
6 |
Tobias Lund Andresen Team dsm - firmenich |
0:22 |
7 |
Vito Braet Team Flanders - Baloise |
0:22 |
8 |
Sebastian Kolze Changizi Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
0:22 |
9 |
Matyáš Kopecký Team Novo Nordisk |
0:22 |
10 |
Sebastian Nielsen Team ColoQuick |
0:22 |
15 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:22 |
38 |
Tim Declercq
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:22 |
60 |
Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step |
5:15 |
66 |
Michael Mørkøv Christensen
Soudal - Quick Step |
6:38 |
87 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
9:04 |
1 |
Søren Wærenskjold Uno-X Pro Cycling Team |
27 pt |
2 |
Fabio Jakobsen
Soudal - Quick Step |
27 pt |
3 |
Mads Pedersen Lidl - Trek |
18 pt |
4 |
Tobias Lund Andresen Team dsm - firmenich |
18 pt |
5 |
Søren Kragh Andersen Alpecin-Deceuninck |
17 pt |
6 |
Julius Johansen Denmark |
10 pt |
7 |
Vito Braet Team Flanders - Baloise |
10 pt |
8 |
Kristian Egholm Restaurant Suri - Carl Ras |
8 pt |
9 |
Sebastian Kolze Changizi Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
7 pt |
10 |
Mattias Skjelmose Jensen Lidl - Trek |
7 pt |
1 |
Frederik Irgens Jensen BHS - PL Beton Bornholm |
22 pt |
2 |
Mads Østergaard Kristensen Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling |
20 pt |
3 |
Henrik Pedersen Team ColoQuick |
18 pt |
4 |
Wessel Krul Human Powered Health |
18 pt |
5 |
Nicklas Amdi Pedersen Team ColoQuick |
10 pt |
6 |
Jeppe Aaskov Pallesen HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski |
8 pt |
1 |
Filippo Ridolfo Team Novo Nordisk |
7:31:23 |
2 |
Tobias Lund Andresen Team dsm - firmenich |
0:02 |
3 |
Matyáš Kopecký Team Novo Nordisk |
0:02 |
4 |
Logan Currie Bolton Equities Black Spoke |
0:02 |
5 |
Kasper Andersen Denmark |
0:02 |
6 |
Tobias Svarre Team ColoQuick |
0:32 |
7 |
Jenno Berckmoes Team Flanders - Baloise |
4:06 |
8 |
Robin Juel Skivild Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling |
4:34 |
9 |
Martin Svrček
Soudal - Quick Step |
4:55 |
10 |
Henrik Pedersen Team ColoQuick |
5:41 |
1 | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 22:33:53 |
2 | Soudal - Quick Step | 0:06 |
3 | Lidl - Trek | 0:18 |
4 | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 0:18 |
5 | Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling | 0:22 |
6 | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:22 |
7 | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 0:22 |
8 | HRE Mazowsze Serce Polski | 0:22 |
9 | Team ColoQuick | 0:52 |
10 | Team Novo Nordisk | 4:15 |