Fabio Jakobsen San Juan spectator (GCN/Eurosport) Road racing is definitely back if silly scenes such as these are on our screens… �� Fabio Jakobsen comes in contact with a supporter who knocks the glasses off his face in mid-sprint. Goes to show that safety on sprint finishes needs to be improved! People should not be able to have their arms so close to the riders when they are sprinting! #VueltaSJ23 (link is external) pic.twitter.com/SYv9DDvydv (link is external) In what other sport would you get over-zealous fans causing their heroes risk of serious injury, enabled by inadequate safety infrastructure at events? It has got to make you flinch thinking about speeding up the inside towards victory knowing any one of the hundreds of spectators could knock you to the ground with an outstretched arm. Even more so when you remember what Fabio Jakobsen has been through…
Jakobsen finished second, behind double stage winner Sam Welsford, and was pictured with red marks on his sunglassless face at the finish… Not the ending we would have wanted from the #VueltaSJ2023 (link is external) , but luckily @FabioJakobsen (link is external) stayed upright in that insane finale. Fabio Jakobsen taking a call during the sprint. � The idiot spectator almost caused him to crash. #VueltaSJ2023 (link is external) pic.twitter.com/2WSaus1HYW (link is external) Elsewhere at the race this weekend, Miguel Ángel López had something of a point to prove at his first event out of the WorldTour and dominated Friday night’s queen stage, putting 30 […]
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