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| Full name | Jakob Diemer Fuglsang | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | King in the North, Fuglen, Birdsong, Birdy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 March 1985 Geneva, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Israel–Premier Tech | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005 | Heijdens–Ten Tusscher (MTB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006–2008 | Cannondale–Vredestein (MTB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Team Designa Køkken (road) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | CSC–Saxo Bank (stagiaire) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Team Saxo Bank | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Leopard Trek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2021 | Astana[2][3][4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Israel–Premier Tech[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (born 22 March 1985) is a Danish professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam Israel–Premier Tech.[6] Before turning professional for Team Saxo Bank, he was a mountain biker racing for Team Cannondale–Vredestein, winning the Under-23 World Cup and Under-23 World Championships.
Fuglsang has finished 7th overall at the Tour de France and 6th at the Giro d'Italia, his best result at a Grand Tour. His best career results are his win in the 2019 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, the 2020 Il Lombardia and his overall wins in both the 2017 and 2019 editions of the Critérium du Dauphiné stage race, in the former of which he won two stages. He has also won several other stage races during his career including Danmark Rundt 3 times in a row from 2008 to 2010, Tour de Luxembourg and Tour of Austria in 2012, and Tour of Slovenia in 2009.
- ^ a b "Astana – Pro Team". Archived from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ "Astana Pro Team presented renewed roster for 2019". Astana. Apgrade. 16 December 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Astana Pro Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Astana - Premier Tech". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Fuglsang, Houle confirmed with Israel Start-Up Nation". cyclingnews.com. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "ISRAEL START-UP NATION". UCI. Retrieved 3 January 2022.