Volta ao Algarve 2022 - Fabio Jakobsen secures second stage victory with sprint win in Faro

Fabio Jakobsen secured his second stage victory of the 2022 Volta ao Algarve, taking the win in a bunch sprint into Faro. After the longest stage of five to be held in picturesque Portugal, Jakobsen held his speed up a deceptive ramp to the line after another outstanding job from Remco Evenepoel to string out the peloton. Ad/> A blustery, fast day forced the sprinters over plenty of ups-and-downs, but all of the lead favourites made it over the climbs and stayed upright on a winding downhill run into the Algarve capital of Faro.

Volta ao AlgarveJakobsen sprints to Stage One victory after supreme Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl performance16/02/2022 AT 17:50 Despite coming under pressure from Tim Merlier, contesting a sprint finish for the first time in the young season, there was again nobody who could get round Jakobsen, who secured his fourth victory of the year. «We always try to win, but we lost Tim Declercq who fell sick in the night two days ago. We missed him today, but the rest of the guys did a great job today.

»Huge credit to Kasper Asgreen. He kept me out of the wind all day and was there at the end despite feeling ill. /> «I'm happy to have the strongest legs on the uphill.

It is never easy but it is about positioning in the final two kilometres and we were always there in the top ten. I'm happy I could win.» A break went away early in the stage, comprised of seven riders, all from non-World Tour teams. They were allowed to open up an advantage in excess of six minutes, with Alpecin-Fenix, QuickStep-Alpha Vinyl and Groupama-FDJ controlling the pace of the peloton in a bid to tee up their sprinters.