Fabio Jacobsen on the choice of the Balois Tour Belgium: “You can’t simulate team sprints in training”
Wed Jun 15 2022 at 09:27
After a month without a race, Fabio Jacobsen immediately resumed competition with a win in eleven cities. Today begins the Baloise Belgium Tour, and for him it is the last step towards the Tour de France. “You can’t simulate group sprints in training. Hence my preference for this stage race, where I can go multiple times in the peloton To practice.†
You can already read in a quick interview on Sunday how Fabio Jacobsen analyzed the eleven-city round and its final race. After that, the number one runner in Quick-Step-Alpha Vinyl also stopped thinking about the Tour de France, which is coming out in half a month. Jacobsen thinks Caleb Ewan is a good indicator after all.
“What if there’s really Tour Fever? I got it in my head, yeah. I’ve been training for the Tour de France for over two months now. The sentence is great. And that it’s been exciting between me and Caleb, gives confidence. He pulled out fast last year , but the Australian is usually of constant value among the best runners.”
“The Baloise Belgium tour is really perfect”
Some of them are currently active in Switzerland, others are driving in Slovenia. Jacobsen then preferred to tour Balois Belgium. “I found Switzerland as well as Dauphiné a little tricky. The Baloise Belgium Tour is really perfect: two periods, two stages a bit harder and a time trial. Less altimeters. But do you want to win the fast races on the Tour or shine in the mountains?”
We are trying to beat it. “That’s right. But before that I went on altitude training with my teammates. For hard training, along with teammates (including Alaphilippe, Lampaert, Sénéchal and Declercq, ed.). But during training you can simulate a race, but not Group sprints. Hence my preference for this stage race, where I can go several times in the peloton To practice†
work on lead
On Sunday on the Eleven Cities Tour, the start wasn’t perfect yet in Quick-Step-Alpha Vinyl. “But this week we have to get back into the rhythm, feel better for each other. Morkov, Sénéchal and Lampaert, these are the guys who might also go to the Tour, although that explanation is not definitive. But this is a good path to continue working together.”
He says Jacobsen has no say in this choice. “I think my favorite will be polled, but in the end I think it’s two or three people who make the decision, including Patrick (Lefevere, editor) of course. For me, it’s important for the best to come in, and to specify that we have people on the team with more experience” .
