On 5 August 2020, after a terrible crash at the Tour of Poland, the Dane was practically dead. Then one surgery after another, 130 stitches, the reconstructed jaw, as well as the teeth, physiotherapy, re-education. And Fabio is back in the saddle, to win …
Fabio Jakobsen was not in danger of life: he was practically dead. His friend Florian Sénéchal, who had just finished sprinting him, suddenly saw him thrown into the air, over the barriers. He was the first to reach him in that limbo, making his way through the collapsed barriers. He saw him, lying on the asphalt. He mechanically lifted his head, to avoid choking on his own blood.