AL MANSHIYAH SAUDI ARABIA JANUARY 28 A general view of Fabio Jakobsen of The Netherlands John Degenkolb of Germany Nils Eekhoff of The Netherlands Enzo Leijnse of The Netherlands Niklas Markl of Germany Frank Van Den Broek of The Netherlands Casper Van Uden of The Netherlands and Team Picnic PostNL prior to the 5th AlUla Tour 2025 Stage 1 a 1427 km stage from Al Manshiyah Train Station to Al Manshiyah Train Station on January 28 2025 in Al Manshiyah Saudi Arabia Photo by Szymon GruchalskiGetty Images.
Following a heavy crash in the final kilometres of Thursday's stage 3 at the AlUla Tour, Nils Eekhoff has been ruled out of action for six to eight weeks with a jaw fracture.
The Dutch rider was part of Picnic-PostNL's lead-out train for sprinter Fabio Jakobsen before going down during a hectic run-in to Tayma Fort at the Saudi Arabian stage race.
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