Johan Jacobs
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Zürich, Switzerland
 Jacobs in 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 March 1997 Zürich, Switzerland |
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Groupama–FDJ |
| Disciplines | Road Cyclo-cross |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2015 | Lares–Doltcini |
| 2017 | Balen BC |
| 2019 | Lotto–Soudal U23 |
| Professional teams | |
| 2016 | Marlux–Napoleon Games |
| 2018 | Pauwels Sauzen–Vastgoedservice |
| 2020–2024 | Movistar Team[1][2] |
| 2025– | Groupama–FDJ |
Johan Jacobs (born 1 March 1997) is a Swiss road and cyclo-cross cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ.[3]
Jacobs early career started in cyclo-cross, winning multiple national titles and world cup races.[4] In 2015 Jacobs won the eighth race in the Superprestige at Middelkerke series. This stopped Eli Iserbyt from winning every race in the series.[5] 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.[6]
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 Lotto–Soudal U23.[7] 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.[4] These efforts caught the eye of Movistar Team's manager Eusebio Unzué and led to getting a two-year contract with the UCI WorldTour team in 2020.[4]
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.[8] He did not race again in the 2021 season.
Movistar Team extended Jacobs contract by one year till the end of 2024.[9] 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.[10][11]
