Winner of the second stage of the Tour de France in July, Jakobsen emerged from the wheel of Belgian Tim Merlier, third.
The French Arnaud Démare, a time locked up, ranks second as in 2020.
"I came out of his aspiration and I was able to overtake him, I am delighted to be European champion", delivered the new wearer of the starred jersey.
The miraculous Oranje, two years after the fall that almost killed him in the Tour of Poland, continues to make up for lost time and confirms that he is the best finisher.
Only Wout van Aert missing on Sunday among the aces of the peloton.
After his first success in the Tour de France, the Quick-Step sprinter soon won his first title in the national team at the age of 26.
On August 5, 2020, the Dutch champion, at the time, was crushed into the barriers by his compatriot Dylan Groenewegen in the middle of a false flat sprint descending in Katowice.
Launched at very high speed into the barriers, disintegrated under the impact, the sprinter had been placed in an artificial coma, in a "serious but stable condition", according to the press release from his team.
It took eight months for the Dutchman to resume racing and gradually regain the highest level as evidenced by his title on Sunday.
The Italians, who had taken matters into their own hands two kilometers from the line and who have been monopolizing the starry jersey since 2018, are the losers of the day: Elia Viviani, the highest ranked, finishing only seventh.
Several men tried unsuccessfully to thwart the plans of the sprinters, the last of which was the Swiss rider Stefan Bissegger at four kilometers.
Before him, another Swiss, Silvan Dillier, accompanied by the Austrian Lukas Pöstlberger, had volunteered from the start for the breakaway of the day, taken up just under thirty kilometers from the finish.
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Meanwhile, a contender for victory, the German Pascal Ackermann had already been eliminated in a fall about fifty kilometers from the finish after touching the foot of a Vauban barrier.
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