DUTCH CYCLIST FABIO Jakobsen has months of convalescence ahead after the life-threatening crash which left him with only one tooth and requiring 130 stitches, his team said on Thursday.
Jakobsen suffered severe facial injuries in the Tour of Poland first stage accident on 5 August and had to undergo lengthy surgery.
“They (doctors) took out 130 facial stitches. He’s only got one tooth, his palate is still not healed and one of his vocal chords is still paralysed,” his Deceuninck-Quick Step team manager Patrick Lefevere reported.
“He is still not able to breathe properly,” Lefevere added in a statement.
The 23-year-old Jakobsen was placed in a medically-induced coma and underwent a five-hour operation, regaining consciousness two days later.
His teammate Remco Evenepoel went on to win the race in Poland before himself suffering a bad fall in the Tour of Lombardy in Italy.
“He (Jakobsen) is in a much worse condition than Remco Evenepoel. Remco’s fractures should heal within six weeks, according to the doctors, but with Fabio Jakobsen they are talking about a recovery period of several months,” said Lefevere.
Top 6 this season
Liverpool
City
Arsenal
Spurs
Chelsea
United
@Chonky Racoon: quietly confident united can get top 4 . Chelsea are going to crumble badly and David Luiz is not Arsenal’s answer at centre back . City/pool 1-2 and spurs probably 3rd but united have a great chance of getting ahead of the other 2 .
@Niall James Fergal McCormack: yeah I’d say United have a better chance than Chelsea. Lampards not going to cut it at all.. Arsenal have the firepower to get third ahead of spurs, we’ll still have a decent defence in a few weeks. Zaha coming tomorrow as well, two unreal wingers and lethal strikers.
@Chonky Racoon: Your still Rubbish at the back, Don’t get the Luiz transfer at all, Tierney is a great signing, sad to see him go from Celtic, Arsenal will be fighting for the top 4 all right, don’t know who pepe is either, Don’t think Zaha is good enough either, you’ll be fighting for fourth again
@Chonky Racoon: You say Lampard isn’t going to cut it as if Ole has won all there is to win as a football manager! The only certs for top 4 this year are City and Liverpool. You’d likely say Spurs are there too. Of the remaining 3, only Arsenal have improved significantly in terms of recruitment. So I think it’s really a free for all for that last top 4 position.
@Quoka: is that a rabbit in your profile? And yeah spot on.. Realistically 4th is going to be a tight scrap between 3 teams, Arsenal will there at stage. But think we’ll get out of it
@Chonky Racoon: Think city will win league, and liverpool will struggle to keep pace with them over the season.. We’ll soon find out if Klopps tactic of not reinforcing with a big money signing will be a moment of genius or a missed opportunity.
I understand his philosophy not buying for the sack of buying but will the young guns be good enough to win them a league only time will tell. Fingers crossed they will eventually end the wait and become champions for the first time since 1990
1.City
2.Liverpool
3.Spurs
4.Chelsea
5. West Ham
6. Arsenal
7. Everton
8. United
Top 6
City
Pool
Arsenal
Spurs
Chelsea
Wolves
Leicester
Utd/Everton
Hopefully I’m wrong and Chelsea can get top 4 for king frank, but with only kovacic in and hazard gone and champs league can’t see us making top 4, others have bought v well incl Everton if they get Zaha too 4
Where will Chelsea’s goals come from now Hazard has left?