A year ago in a coma, today on the podium: Jakobsen won the 4th stage of the Vuelta

In the final sprint, Jakobsen overtook second Frenchman Arnau Demare and third Danish Magnus Kort Nilsen.

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The Dutchman Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck-QuickStep) is the winner of the fourth stage of the Vuelta, driven from El Burgo de Osma to Molina de Aragon in a length of 163,9 kilometers.

Estonian Rein Tarame (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert), despite falling two kilometers before the finish line, kept the lead in the overall standings.

In the final sprint, Jakobsen overtook the second Frenchman Arnau Demare (Groupama-FDJ) and the third Dane Magnus Kort Nilsen (EF Education-Nippo) and reached his third stage victory at the Vuelta in his career, he achieved the first two in 2019.

Last year, however, he suffered a terrible fall, which put him in an induced coma.

"This is a dream come true for me. It's been a long time since that crash," Jakobsen said after the race.

Tarame crashed two kilometers before the finish line today, but given the rule that a rider who crashes within the last three kilometers of a flat stage is given the same time as everyone in the group he was in at the time, the Estonian maintained a 25-second advantage in the overall standings ahead of second Frenchman Kenny Elisonde (Trek-Segafredo), that is, 30 seconds ahead of defending champion Slovenian Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma), who occupies the third position.

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