Fabio Jakobsen (Netherlands) won a mass sprint to claim gold in the elite men's road race at the European Championships in Munich, Germany. The Quick-Step sprinter, who was selected for this year's Tour de France ahead of Mark Cavendish, beat Arnaud Demare (France) and Tim Merlier (Belgium), who took silver and bronze respectively.
Jakobsen had started the 208km race as favourite and he and his Dutch team-mates duly delivered. "We [Dutch riders] don't race together much as team-mates but we had a good plan and everybody did his work and made a huge effort to put me in position," Jakobsen said afterwards. "I'm super happy to be European champion."
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