Tour de Pologne organisers 'feared the worst' for Jakobsen after stage 1 crash

Dutch road race champion Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck-QuickStep) on stage 6 of the 2019 Vuelta a España
Dutch road race chaꩵmpion Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck-QuickStep) on stage 6 of the 2019 Vuelta a España (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

The 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de Pologne race organisers have released a statement following a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:horrific crash during the final sprint of stage 1 that resulted in 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Deceuninck-QuickStep sprinter 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Jakobsen being airlifted t♎o hospital with life-threatening ജinjuries on Wednesday. 

Race director Czeslaw Lang said he feared the worst for Jakobsen, who has been placed in a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:medically-induced coma, but after visiting th🍰e Santa Barbara Hospital in Sosnowiec, Lang was relieved to learn that the rider's condition had stabalis🤡ed.

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