Jakobsen survives final Vuelta a España mountain test with teammates by his side

MOS SPAIN SEPTEMBER 04 Andrea Bagioli of Italy Josef Cerny of Czech Republic Fabio Jakobsen of Netherlands green points jersey James Knox of United Kingdom Florian Senechal of France Zdenek Stybar of Czech Republic Bert Van Lerberghe of Belgium Mauri Vansevenant of Belgium and Team Deceuninck QuickStep and Robert Stannard of Australia and Team BikeExchange celebrate cross the finishing line during the 76th Tour of Spain 2021 Stage 20 a 2022km km stage from Sanxenxo to Mos Alto Castro de Herville 502m lavuelta LaVuelta21 on September 04 2021 in Mos Spain Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images
Fabio Jakobsen with his Deceuninck-QuickStep teammates celebrating in the green points jersey after stage 20 at the Vuelta a Espana (Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

With the help of his Deceuninck-QuickStep teammates, Fabio Jakobsen made it through the final mountain stage 20 at the Vuelta a España on Saturday, bringing the green jersey of the points classification leader with him to the start of stage 21 in Santiago de Compostela.

In surviving another brutal stage in Spain, the Dutchman has completed a phenomenal comeback from the career-threatening crash that he suffered at last year's Tour de Pologne and is now on the verge of winning his first career Grand Tour points jersey.

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