Fabio Jakobsen avoids disaster after spectator phone hit in San Juan sprint - Cyclingnews

Fabio Jakobsen narrowly avoided catastrophe connected the last signifier of the Vuelta a San Juan aft helium was deed by a spectator's outstretched limb – and mobile telephone – during the sprint finish.

The Dutchman was battling for triumph successful San Juan and sprinting adjacent to the barriers erstwhile helium was deed successful the face, losing his sunglasses successful the process.

The Soudal-QuickStep sprinter, who ended up finishing 2nd down Team DSM's Sam Welsford astatine the finish, said aboriginal that the incidental could person been worse, recalling his life-threatening clang astatine the Tour de Pologne successful 2020.

Luckily, Jakobsen was capable to enactment successful power of his motorcycle and enactment upright aft the incidental successful the closing metres of the clump finish. He did, however, prolong a chopped to his close feature arsenic a effect of the hit.

"I thought Nizzolo was going to descent to the left, but I should person known better, and I rode excessively choky to the barriers," Jakobsen told Sporza (opens successful caller tab).

"Someone reached retired with a phone. I deliberation a batch of radical got déjà vu aft that signifier successful Poland. It was partially my ain responsibility but determination was room. I didn't spot the hand.

"I person a chopped and it's each a spot swollen but this could person been overmuch worse. Fortunately, it ended up OK."

Sporza reported that Argentine constabulary are investigating the incidental and person apprehended the spectator.

Miguel Angel López (Medellín-EPM) took wide triumph astatine the Vuelta a San Juan, beating Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) by 30 seconds astatine the extremity of the week's racing. Jakobsen near the contention wounded but with a signifier triumph connected the 2nd time successful Jáchal to his name.