Johan Jacobs

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Johan Jacobs

| image = Johan Jacobs 2019.jpg

| caption = Jacobs in 2019

| fullname =

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|03|01|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Zürich, Switzerland

| height = 1.92 m

| weight = 72 kg

| currentteam = {{UCI team code|FDJ}}

| disciplines = Road
Cyclo-cross

| role = Rider

| ridertype =

| amateuryears1 = 2015

| amateurteam1 = Lares–Doltcini

| amateuryears2 = 2017

| amateurteam2 = Balen BC

| amateuryears3 = 2019

| amateurteam3 = {{UCI team code|LTS U23|2019}}

| proyears1 = 2016

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|MNG|2016}}

| proyears2 = 2018

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|PSV|2018}}

| proyears3 = 2020–2024

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|MOV|2020}}{{cite news|url=https://movistarteam.com/en/2019-12-19/2020-launch|title=Movistar Team ready to open new era in 2020|work={{UCI team code|MOV|2020}}|publisher=Abarca Sports SL|date=19 December 2019|accessdate=2 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15231/1000467/279|title=Movistar Team|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=1 January 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210101212805/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15231/1000467/279|archivedate=1 January 2021}}

| proyears4 = 2025–

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|FDJ|2025}}

| majorwins =

| medaltemplates =

}}

Johan Jacobs (born 1 March 1997) is a Swiss road and cyclo-cross cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|FDJ}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/20241|title=Groupama – FDJ|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=5 January 2025}}

Career

Jacobs early career started in cyclo-cross, winning multiple national titles and world cup races.{{cite web |title=Johan Jacobs: Swiss power for the Movistar Team {{!}} Movistar Team |url=https://movistarteam.com/en/2019-08-16/johan-jacobs-signing |website={{UCI team code|MOV men|2019}} |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=16 August 2019}} In 2015 Jacobs won the eighth race in the Superprestige at Middelkerke series. This stopped Eli Iserbyt from winning every race in the series.{{cite web |last1=Reimann |first1=Andrew |title=Jacobs Dashes Iserbyt's Perfect 2014-15 Superprestige Series with a Win at Middelkerke: Race Report and Full Results |url=https://www.cxmagazine.com/jacobs-beats-iserbyt-superprestige-win-overall-race-report-results |website=Cyclocross Magazine - Cyclocross and Gravel News, Races, Bikes, Media |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=14 February 2015}} At the Junior Koppenbergcross Jacobs attacked from the start and held off everyone for the entire race forcing Iserbyt and Thijs Wolsink to work together.{{cite web |last1=Reimann |first1=Andrew |title=Sweeck and Jacobs Take U23, Junior Wins in BPost Bank at Krawatencross - Updated: Full Results |url=https://www.cxmagazine.com/2015-sweeck-jacobs-u23-junior-wins-bpost-bank-krawatencross |website=Cyclocross Magazine - Cyclocross and Gravel News, Races, Bikes, Media |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=7 February 2015}}

Jacobs elected not to ride cyclo-cross race in his final year as an Under-23 instead wanting to focus on road cycling, this put him into the spotlight for a contract with {{UCI team code|LTS U23|2019}}.{{cite web |title=Get to know Johan Jacobs |url=https://u23cyclingzone.wordpress.com/2019/05/13/get-to-know-johan-jacobs/ |website=U23 Cycling Zone |access-date=27 January 2024 |language=en |date=13 May 2019}}

He was the only rider able to follow the winning move by Tom Pidcock in the Paris–Roubaix Espoirs which earned him a second place. These efforts caught the eye of {{UCI team code|MOV men|2019}}'s manager Eusebio Unzué and led to getting a two-year contract with the UCI WorldTour team in 2020.

While riding the 2021 Vuelta a España Jacobs crashed during stage 9. He went through a guardrail resulting in a broken shoulder, rib and a collapsed lung.{{cite web |title=VN news ticker: UAE-Team Emirates retains Fernando Gaviria, others; Joss Lowden signs for Uno-X |url=https://velo.outsideonline.com/news/vn-news-ticker-joss-lowden-signs-for-uno-x-johan-jacobs-has-collapsed-lung-broken-bones-after-vuelta-a-espana-crash/ |website=Velo |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=23 August 2021}} He did not race again in the 2021 season.

{{UCI team code|MOV men|2024}} extended Jacobs contract by one year till the end of 2024.{{cite web |last1=Moultrie |first1=James |title=Movistar unveil 12 contract extensions in single announcement |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/movistar-unveil-12-contract-extensions-in-one-announcement/ |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=27 January 2024 |language=en |date=10 October 2023}}

Jacobs elected to not race cyclo-cross over the 2023 winter so that he would have more time to prepare for the 2024 road season.{{cite web |last1=Hamilton |first1=Alastair |title=EUROTRASH Thursday: The Uijtdebroeks Fiasco and All the Latest News! |url=https://pezcyclingnews.com/eurotrash/eurotrash-cycling-news-thursday-14-12-2023-uijtdebroeks-bora-visma-evenepoel-tarling-wiggins-cavendish-jorgensen-padun-mohoric-gilbert-uci-ineos-soudal-jayco-tdu-vuelta-tour/ |website=PezCycling News |access-date=27 January 2024 |date=14 December 2023}}{{cite web |title=Johan Jacobs will skip cyclocross races this year to be fully prepare for early start to the new season: "There would be little time to do any racing anways" |url=https://cyclinguptodate.com/cyclocross/johan-jacobs-will-skip-cyclocross-races-this-year-to-be-fully-prepare-for-early-start-to-the-new-season-there-would-be-little-time-to-do-any-racing-anways |website=CyclingUpToDate.com |access-date=27 January 2024 |language=en |date=13 December 2023}}

Major results

Sources:{{cite web |title=Johan Jacobs |url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=38169 |website=FirstCycling.com |access-date=27 January 2024 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Johan Jacobs |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/johan-jacobs |website=www.procyclingstats.com |access-date=27 January 2024}}{{cite web|title=Johan Jacobs| url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=98418|publisher=cyclingarchives.com|accessdate=1 February 2016}}

=Cyclo-cross=

;2013–2014

: 1st {{cjersey|swiss}} National Junior Championships

: 2nd Overall Junior Superprestige

::1st Middelkerke

::2nd Hoogstraten

;2014–2015

: 1st {{cjersey|swiss}} National Junior Championships

: Junior BPost Bank Trophy

::1st Koppenbergcross

::1st GP Sven Nys

::1st Krawatencross

: 2nd Overall UCI Junior World Cup

::1st Namur

::3rd Valkenburg

: 2nd Overall Junior Superprestige

::1st Middelkerke

::2nd Zonhoven

::2nd Ruddervoorde

::2nd Hoogstraten

::3rd Gieten

::3rd Diegem

: 3rd 15px UEC European Junior Championships

;2015–2016

: 3rd National Under-23 Championships

;2016–2017

: 1st {{cjersey|swiss}} National Under-23 Championships

;2017–2018

: 2nd National Under-23 Championships

: National Trophy Series

::3rd Ipswich

=Road=

;2019

: 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Tour de l'Avenir

: 2nd Paris–Roubaix Espoirs

: 7th Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften

: 8th Sundvolden GP

;2020

: 4th Road race, National Championships

;2021

: 3rd Road race, National Championships

==Grand Tour general classification results timeline==

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