Fabio Jacobsen (Deceuninck-QuickStep) took his first win of the season at the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in Spain, five months after winning the final stage of the Vuelta a España in Madrid.

After losing to Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma) on the first and third stages, Jacobsen narrowly outpaced his compatriot on the final stage.

Groenewegen was well positioned at the final corner, but Jacobsen did not fight for position and took his place in front of him after a great lead-out by Davide Ballerini, who timed his final acceleration perfectly to take his first win of 2020.

"The team did their job for three days in a row. I wanted to win for them and for myself," Jacobsen told Cycling News after receiving his victory bouquet.

Detunink-Quickstep built a new leadout for Jacobsen, with Stijn Steels playing a key role in the second half and Italy's Davide Ballerini taking a new leadout. They played a major role in Jacobsen's success in Valencia, as did the rest of his teammates during the stage.

"If you finish in second place twice, especially with this team, you want to win and details are important. Every split-second decision is important and the team did a great job today. I'm really happy to get a win for myself and for the team."

Jacobsen is no stranger to close wins and losses. At last year's Vuelta a España, he narrowly defeated his Dečuninck-Quick-Step teammate Sam Bennett, and in the first stage in Valencia, he lost to Groenewegen by the smallest of margins, but managed to outpace his compatriot in the race's final chance.

"At the end of the day it's a sprint, so it's never more than a bike length difference, but it can be a close race, and sometimes you can lose in a close race and sometimes you can win in a close race. But a win is a win," he noted.

Detunink Quickstep has switched its sprinter and leadout lineup for the 2020 season, but continues to win. Elia Viviani moved to Cofidis, but was replaced by Sam Bennett, who, with the help of Mikhail Morkov's excellent leadout and Shane Archibald, took two wins in his debut in Australia.

"First [Tim] DeClercq and [James] Knox, then [Remi] Cavagna, [Stein] Steels, [Yves] Lampert, and Davide Ballerini.

"I'll be racing a lot with Davide and he'll be my lead-out guy.

Jacobsen will now take on the Volta Ao Algarve (February 19-23), then Tirreno-Adriatico, before making his debut at the Giro d'Italia.

"My big goal this year is to win a stage at the Giro d'Italia. I also plan to compete in the Tirreno-Adriatico, and those are my two main goals in Italy," Jacobsen said.