<p> Dutch cyclist Fabio Jakobsen has months of convalescence ahead after the life-threatening crash which left him with only one tooth and requiring 130 stitches, his team said on Thursday.</p>.<p>Jakobsen suffered severe facial injuries in the Tour of Poland first stage accident on August 5 and had to undergo lengthy surgery.</p>.<p>"They (doctors) took out 130 facial stitches. He's only got one tooth, his palate is still not healed and one of his vocal chords is still paralysed," his Deceuninck-Quick Step team manager Patrick Lefevere reported.</p>.<p>"He is still not able to breathe properly," Lefevere added in a statement.</p>.<p>The 23-year-old Jakobsen was placed in a medically-induced coma and underwent a five-hour operation, regaining consciousness two days later.</p>.<p>His teammate Remco Evenepoel went on to win the race in Poland before himself suffering a bad fall in the Tour of Lombardy in Italy.</p>.<p>"He (Jakobsen) is in a much worse condition than Remco Evenepoel. Remco's fractures should heal within six weeks, according to the doctors, but with Fabio Jakobsen they are talking about a recovery period of several months," said Lefevere.</p>
<p> Dutch cyclist Fabio Jakobsen has months of convalescence ahead after the life-threatening crash which left him with only one tooth and requiring 130 stitches, his team said on Thursday.</p>.<p>Jakobsen suffered severe facial injuries in the Tour of Poland first stage accident on August 5 and had to undergo lengthy surgery.</p>.<p>"They (doctors) took out 130 facial stitches. He's only got one tooth, his palate is still not healed and one of his vocal chords is still paralysed," his Deceuninck-Quick Step team manager Patrick Lefevere reported.</p>.<p>"He is still not able to breathe properly," Lefevere added in a statement.</p>.<p>The 23-year-old Jakobsen was placed in a medically-induced coma and underwent a five-hour operation, regaining consciousness two days later.</p>.<p>His teammate Remco Evenepoel went on to win the race in Poland before himself suffering a bad fall in the Tour of Lombardy in Italy.</p>.<p>"He (Jakobsen) is in a much worse condition than Remco Evenepoel. Remco's fractures should heal within six weeks, according to the doctors, but with Fabio Jakobsen they are talking about a recovery period of several months," said Lefevere.</p>