Quick-Step Floors’ Fabio Jakobsen won the 189km first stage of the Tour des Fjords, which finished Egersund yesterday.
The Dutchman completed the stage in 4:22:32, beating compatriots Lotto Soudal’s Moreno Hofland and LottoNL-Jumbo’s Timo Roosen in a bunch sprint.
DiData’s Edvald Boasson Hagen finished fifth in stage one of the Tour des Fjords in Norway yesterday. Photo: Stiehl Photography
DiData’s Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway) finished fifth, Amanuel Gebreigzabhier (Eritrea) 19th, Nick Dougall (South Africa) 101st, Johann van Zyl (South Africa) 102nd, Merhawi Kudus (Eritrea) 114th and Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg (South Africa) 115th.
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Stage one
1. Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 4:22:32
2. Moreno Hofland (Ned) Lotto Soudal
3. Timo Roosen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
4. Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) LottoNL-Jumbo
5. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
6. Eduard Michael Grosu (Rom) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
7. Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij +0:01
8. Michael Albasini (Swi) Mitchelton-Scott
9. Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise +0:03
10. Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal
Selected
101. Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data +1:38
102. Johann van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data
115. Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data +5:27
