{"id":63236,"date":"2025-08-13T04:43:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T04:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/63236\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T04:43:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T04:43:06","slug":"he-should-get-all-the-attention-he-can-possibly-get-denmark-waves-goodbye-to-jakob-fuglsang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/63236\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHe should get all the attention he can possibly get\u201d \u2013 Denmark waves goodbye to Jakob Fuglsang"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jakob Fuglsang<\/a> is taking on this year\u2019s Tour of Denmark<\/a> with
\nmore than just a race on his mind, the 40-year-old will retire at the end of
\nthis year\u2019s PostNord Danmark Rundt. For Danish cycling fans, the week marks a
\nbittersweet moment: while many celebrated Mads Pedersen\u2019s victory on stage one,
\nthey were also starting to bid farewell to one of the country\u2019s most
\naccomplished riders. Fuglsang\u2019s career includes victories at
\nLi\u00e8ge\u2013Bastogne\u2013Li\u00e8ge and the Giro di Lombardia, as well as a silver medal from
\nthe 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.<\/p>\n

Teammates and rivals alike have been keen to pay tribute.
\n\u201cIt’s a huge honor to be allowed to ride the last lap with him. He should get
\nall the attention he can possibly get. You shouldn’t be talking to me. You
\nshould spend your time with him,\u201d Anders Foldager told Feltet.<\/p>\n

For Foldager, the moment carries extra meaning. \u201cI haven’t
\nridden with Jakob before, but he’s always someone I’ve looked up to. He’s
\nsomeone I’ve followed over the years. He’s also fairly local, compared to where
\nI’m from.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

National coach Michael M\u00f8rk\u00f8v echoed the admiration. \u201cIt’s a
\ngreat story, after he has represented Denmark for so many years, especially
\nwith Olympic silver in Rio, to end up on the Danish national team, and even in
\nhis childhood town of Silkeborg.\u201d<\/p>\n

M\u00f8rk\u00f8v, who shares a long history with Fuglsang, reflected
\non their beginnings. \u201cWe started together as professionals at Saxo Bank in
\n2009. I myself experienced being praised throughout the country when I rode
\nhere after winning the Olympics. That’s why I told Jakob that he should try it
\ntoo. So I’m sure he’ll get a big shoutout.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jakob Fuglsang is taking on this year\u2019s Tour of Denmark with more than just a race on his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-63236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}