Fabio Jakobsen to undergo iliac artery surgery in both legs after loss of sprint power

Fabio Jakobsen has gone through all the ups and downs of cycling. Now he has to fight for his career again.

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Since his arrival at DSM-Firmenich PostNL (now Picnic PostNL in 2025) last year, Fabio Jakobsen won only one victory in the Tour of Turkey last April. A rather catastrophic balance for a sprinter who had 45 victories, including Grand Tour stages and classics, before arriving on the Dutch team. But the 28-year-old Dutchman may have found the cause of his counterperformances. He suffers from a restriction of the flow in the iliac artery of his two…

The Dutchman has gone through all the ups and downs of cycling. Now he has to interrupt his career again.

Dutch cyclist Fabio Jakobsen has had surgery on both iliac arteries and will be out of action for an unspecified period of time, the Picnic PostNL team, for which the 28-year-old sprinter works, announced on its website.

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