Diagnosis like Bob Jungels: Pechvogel Fabio Jakobsen worries about his future

The former tour level winner and European champion Fabio Jakobsen has to interrupt his cycling career for the foreseeable future. His team Picnic-Postnl announced that the pelvic arteries of the Dutch do not flow enough blood and that he had to undergo surgery. Jakobsen had long complained not to be able to perform his full performance. Because of the same diagnosisthe so -called endofibrosis, the Luxembourg bike professional Bob Jungels had been operated on in June 2021.

« The operation means that Fabio will initially not sit on the bike for about six weeks and that no other strenuous physical activities must be carried out, » said team doctor Camiel Aldershof. If there is no abnormalities after the intervention planned on Wednesday, the sprinter can slowly start training in a good two months. At that time, Jungels had only given his competition comeback after three months.

Jakobsen has experience with involuntary breaks: In August 2020, the 28-year-old crashed so heavily on the tour of the Poland with 80 kilometers per hour, that he had to fight for his life. The sprinter suffered several broken bones and also had to be sewn on the face with 130 stitches.