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09/07/2019

Tour de France. Stage 4. Bunch sprint in Nancy, solid day for Jakob Fuglsang

The second bunch sprint of the Tour de France was won by Elia Viviani, while Jakob Fuglsang stayed out of trouble during the finale together with his teammates. Halfway today’s stage 4, Magnus Cort and Gorka Izagirre were involved in a crash. Izagirre had no serious injuries, but Cort has a small fracture in one of his fingers, x-rays showed after the finish. He will be able to continue the race.

Tour de France

08/07/2019

Tour de France. Stage 3. Strong team performance resulting in finish among GC favorites for Jakob Fuglsang

Today’s hard final at the Tour de France stage 3 got animated by Omar Fraile and Alexey Lutsenko, but the Kazakh champion got caught and while Julian Alaphilippe won the stage and moved into the GC lead, Jakob Fuglsang was able to take the fourteenth place on the stage. Finishing in the group of GC favorites, Fuglsang didn’t lose time on the first stage in line after his crash on stage 1.

Tour de France

07/07/2019

Tour de France. Stage 2. Decent team time-trial of Astana Pro Team in Brussels

Finishing in a time of 29’38”56, Astana Pro Team finished tenth in today’s team time-trial at the Tour de France. They finished on 41 seconds of the winning team, Team Jumbo-Visma, the day after Jakob Fuglsang had a hard crash on stage 1.

Race

06/07/2019

Tour de France. Stage 1. Hectic start of the Tour with crash of Jakob Fuglsang

With less than 20 kilometers to go in stage 1 of the 2019 Tour de France, Jakob Fuglsang couldn’t avoid a rider crashing in front of him and hit the deck. With the help of his teammates, he was able to return into the pack and he finished the stage without any time losses. Examinations showed that he has no fractures and is able to continue the race tomorrow.

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06/07/2019

Medical update Jakob Fuglsang

Due to a crash in stage 1 of the Tour de France, Jakob Fuglsang was brought to the organizations medical truck by ambulance after he finished the stage. The results of the examinations: A cut above his eye that had to be stitched (4 stitches) and abrasions on his knee, shoulder, and elbow. Radiography showed no fractures, but the knee echo showed muscle contusions around his knee.

“A rider crashed in front of me at the moment we were going to the front of the peloton to stay out of trouble, it was impossible to avoid him and so I crashed. It’s not the way you want to start the Tour. I’m happy that there were no fractures, so I’m able to continue the race. We’ll see how it goes tomorrow.” – Jakob Fuglsang