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Stephen Farrand

'My sprinting instinct is 100% still there' – Fabio Jakobsen hungry for success after double iliac artery surgery

Netherlands' Fabio Jakobsen of Team Picnic PostNL poses at the start of the 'Classic Brugge-De Panne' men's elite one-day cycling race, in Bruges, on March 26, 2025. (Photo by DIRK WAEM / Belga / AFP) / Belgium OUT.

Fabio Jakobsen will head to next week's AlUla Tour with a simple objective: to be in the action of the expected three sprint finishes and fight for the best possible result.

After just one victory in 2024, more frustration in 2025 and then surgery to resolve an Iliac artery problem in both of his legs, the Dutch Picnic-PostNL sprinter is both cautious but determined to make a successful comeback.

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