Fabio Jacobsen is clear after the failure of the Classic Brugge-de-Panes and the spring: “Not satisfied”

interview Fabio Jacobsen ended the first part of the season with a failed sprint in the Classic Brugge-De Panne. The runner from DSM-Firmenich PostNL was behind the accident in the last corner and therefore had no chance of winning. His win counter is still at zero after 20 days of racing, so his conclusion after the first months is clear. “I'm not satisfied,” he says in conversation with. Cycling.

“Look, as a runner you want to win. I didn't do that,” Jacobsen thinks. “We've learned a lot, but you want to win. We are doing a lot of good things, but with the exception of the Nocker Corse (where it came in second place, ed.) we are not close to victory. This has to be improved and this is something everyone is working hard on. Me too. Now we will continue it.”

So he learns a lot from a race like the Classic Brugge-De Panne, where many of his runners started. “We're discussing that, and how we can do that in communications. Just before the final, we were in the wind very early and losing each other. And Jacobsen realizes it's not a well-oiled machine. “Everyone is racing together for the first time. It doesn't mean we rode together for 40 or 50 race days. “That's part of it, but I don't mind.”

The final stage in De Panne was a build-up, according to Jacobsen. “It was mistake after mistake after mistake,” he says. “I was too far into the last turn, so I was behind the accident. It's my fault, but Bram Welten and I were not in a losing position. Just because of that fall. I stood completely still, with my chain. Then it was over. It can happen, and so does he.” a path”.

The setback in these first months only serves to fan the fire for DSM PostNL's leader. “I'm not frustrated, but I have to do better. I'll work on it in the coming period towards the Turkish Tour and the Giro, because I'm not doing it for the podium or these results,” says Jacobsen. “I'm close to the top of my game, no We still have to look at that with the coaches. “I will keep building from here, and now I will train for a month.”