Jakob Fuglsang is a danish professional cyclist racing for the Israel Premier Tech..

Jakob was born the 22 March 1985 in Geneva, Switzerland. 

Cycling career 

Jakob started cycling when he was around 12 years old when he also joined his first Mountainbike Club.

In 1998 he did his first mountain bike race as he got more an more serious about racing his mountain bike.

He got selected for the national team in 2002 as a first year junior. The following year he came 2nd at the Europeans and got his first international medal.

The following years he participated regularly at international races, European championships and World Championships.

In 2007 he won the U23 World championship and put on the rainbow jersey which was a very big achievement for him and a dream that came true. 

In 2008 he won the Overall of Tour of Denmark which was a first big victory on the road. The same year he participated as a first time on the Olympics still riding his mountain bike.

Shortly after, in 2009, he turned professional on the road with the professional team Saxo Bank. He started as an all-round talent and  did many results at young age, such as the overall victory of Tour of Slovenia and Tour of Denmark, and Top 10 classifications in Vuelta a Catalunya and Dauphiné Libéré.

2010 continued successful with a 3rd place Overall at Tour de Suisse, a victory at the Danish TT Nationals and a Overall victory at Tour of Denmark.

Jakob was an important helper for the Schleck brother in the Grand tours.

In 2011 he joined the Leopard Trek team and in the same year he finished in the top 10 at the Wolrd championships among other victories and top 10 classifications. 

The following year, in 2012,  he joined the Radio Shack Nissan Trek Team where he won 1 stage and the overall of Tour of Austria same as the overall of Tour of Luxembourg. He also completed his 2nd Olympics where he finished 12th.

In 2013 he joined the Astana Pro Team where he is still riding today. At the 100th edition of Tour de France, Jakob was for the first time  Team captain in the Tour de France  and finished 7th in General classement.

In 2014  he did several races as a Team captain with many great results, often finishing important World tour races in the top 5 or top 10 such as Paris Nice, Tour de Romandie and Dauphiné Libéré, and he completed his 5th Tour de France helping Vincenzo Nibali to the Overall victory.

2015 was followed by many top 10 classifications but also lots of bad luck because of crashes which took Jakob many chances for victories.

2016 Jakob started his season with a podium spot in Tour of Oman where he finished 3rd Overall.

On the Olympic games in Rio 2016, Jakob achieved his biggest success by taking the Olympic Silver Medal.

At the Critérium du Dauphiné 2017, Jakob wins stage 6 and an impressive stage 8 and takes the yellow jersey on the last stage, winning the overall classification of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2017. 

In 2018, Jakob won stage 4 of the Tour de Romandie, and he finished 3rd Overall at the Vuelta Ciclista Valenciana and 2nd Overall at the Tour de Suisse. In the Tour de France 2018, several factors made Jakob not be at his best, nevertheless he finished 12th Overall.

2019 has been a strong year for Jakob. He started his season with the overall victory at the Ruta del Sol, followed by a victory in Tirreno Adriatico and a 3rd overall as well as other fantastic results. The Spring classics were also marked by impressive performances... Jakob finished 2nd in Strade Bianche, 3rd in Amstel Gold Race and 2nd in la Fleche Wallone. 

A dream came true when Jakob won Liege-Bastogne-Liege, leaving everyone behind and winning his first monument race!

The year continued successful as Jakob won the Criterium du Dauphiné overall for a second time.

The Tour de France was another big goal on his program but unfortunately a crash on stage 1 has weakened him and a dramatic crash on stage 16 forced him to abandon the Tour de France 2019. After a short period of recovery, Jakob competed in the Vuelta a Espana to hunt for a stage victory and he completed his mission by winning stage 16 which was one of the hardest and most mountainous stages of the race. 

Jakob finished 2019 with an impressive 3rd overall in the UCI world ranking.

Jakob started his season2020 by  winning 2 stages and the overall classification at Ruta del Sol. In March 2020, Covid-19 hit Europe for real and all races were cancelled, the season was put on hold. It was a strange time for everyone with no clear plans of when racing can start again. Finally in August 2020, Jakob restarted the season with Strade Bianche where he finished 4th. Soon after he competed in the Italian classics. Another big dream came true when Jakob won Il Lombardia 2020 and with that secured his 2nd monument. 

The goal after Il Lombardia was to target the overall classification in the Giro Italia. The race was full of ups and downs for Jakob, he lost two  his strongest mountain domestiques on the first day to a crash and illness. The race went on but kept holding a lot of bad luck for Jakob, he suffered a puncture in the final descent before the finish which made him lose important time and put his GC chances in doubt. Nevertheless he kept fighting, finished 4th on the Queens stage in the dolomites and finished the Giro Italia as 6th overall.

2021 Jakob will focus on one day races  and shorter Stage races. His big goals are the  Ardenne classics, tour de suisse and the world championships.

His strength is climbing and riding for Overall Classifications and hilly one day races, Jakob is also very strong technically and his strength is riding long and challenging races due to his impressive endurance.

Jakob is a well known rider in the peloton, always striving for the best possible results, always at the front, always motivated and always fighting. By now he has a solid palmares proving he is one of the strongest riders of this time.

He is a precious rider for Israel Premier Tech and his experience will be of great value for the team.

His biggest dreams are winning another monument, another  one-week stage race, or the Road World Championships which he will keep fighting for. 

Palmares 

2020

1st Il Lombardia

2nd Overall Tour de Pologne

4th Strade Bianche

1st stage 1 - Vuelta a Andalucia (Ruta del Sol)

2019

1st Liege - Bastogne - Liege

1st overall Critérium du Dauphiné

1st overall Vuelta a Andalucia - Ruta del Sol 

1st stage 5 Tirreno-Adriatico

1st stage 16 Vuelta a Espana

3rd in the UCI world ranking

2nd Strade Bianche

2nd La Flèche Wallone

3rd overall Tirreno-Adriatico

3rd overall Tour of the Basque Country

3rd Amstel Gold Race

4th Giro del Lombardia

2018

1st - stage 4 Tour de Romandie

2nd Overall Tour de Suisse

3rd Overall Vuelta Ciclista Valenciana

4th Overall Tour of Andalusia

8th Amstel Goldrace

4th Overall Tour de Romandie 

12th Overall Tour de France

8th Milano - Torino

2017

6th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

1st - stage 6 Critérium du Dauphiné

1st - stage 8 Critérium du Dauphiné

1st - Overall Critérium du Dauphiné

2016 

3rd Overall Tour of Oman

11th Strade Bianche

3rd Overall Giro del Trentino

Olympic silver medal at Olympic Games in Rio 2016

2015 

7th Tour of Oman

7th Paris Nice

8th Flèche Wallone

9th Liége - Bastogne - Liège

2014 

5th Overall Paris Nice

7th Tour of Romandie

10th Dauphiné Libéré

2nd stage 5 Tour de France

2013 

7th Overall Tour de France - 2nd at stage 9

6th Tour of Andalousia

8th Tour of Murcia

4th Dauphiné Libéré - 2nd at stage 7

2012 

4th Trofeo Deia

1st Overall Tour of Luxembourg

1st Danish TT Nationals 

1st Overall Tour of Austria - 1st at stage 4

12th Olympics London

6th Overall Tour of Colorado

2011

3rd stage 3 Critérium International

4th Amstel Goldrace

4th Overall Tour de Suisse - 3rd at stage 3

2nd Danish Nationals

1st stage 3 Tour of Denmark

10th World Championships TT

2010

Road:

3rd Overall Tour de Suisse

1st Danish Nationals TT

1st Overall Tour of Denmark

3rd Overall Franco-Belge

2nd Memorial VDB

2nd GP Beghelli

4th Giro dell Lombardia

2009

Road:

6th Overall Vuelta a Catalunya

6st Overall Dauphiné Libéré - 5th at stage 5 and stage 7

1st Overall Tour of Denmark - 1st at stage 3

1st Overall Tour of Slovenia - 1st at stage 1

3rd Danish Nationals

3rd at stage 10 of Vuelta a Espana

3rd at stage 14 of Vuelta a Espana

3rd  stage 18 at Vuelta a Espana 

2nd Giro dell Emilia

2008

Mountainbike:

25th Olympics Beijing

4th World Cup 5

4th World Cup 1

3rd European Championship

1st Absa Cape Epic - 2 Stage victories

1st Internationale d'Italia, Montichiari

Road :

1st Overall Tour of Denmark

3rd Paris - Troys

2nd Overall 3 Jours Vaucluse

2nd Overall Ronde L'Oise

2007

Mountainbike:

World Champion U23

3rd European championship U23

6th World ranking

1st Roc d'Azur Marathon

Road :

3rd Overall GP Tell

7th Overall Tour of Denmark

4th Paris - Troys

2006 

Mountainbike:

1st Overall World cup U23

5th World championship U23

Danish Champion

Road:

13th Overall Tour of Denmark

2005

Mountainbike :

4th World championship U23

2004 

Mountainbike:

7th European championship U23

2003 

Mountainbike:

2nd European championship - junior

3rd Worldcup St Wendel - Junior