Abrahamsen reveals he raced most of 2026 with a prolapsed disc as he commits to Uno-X until 2030

Jonas Abrahamsen has revealed he spent most of the 2026 season racing with a prolapsed disc, an injury that disrupted his sleep, sapped his energy and left his left leg weaker than his right.

The Uno-X Mobility rider only realised how much it had affected him once the pain cleared at the start of September.

“I was struggling a lot with my back with a prolapse and I haven’t slept very well. That’s been a very tough recovery,” Abrahamsen told Domestique. “I feel especially in the last month, when I’m not struggling anymore, I have so much more energy. Then I understand why the energy hasn’t been so good from January to the start of September.”

The injury also showed up in his power numbers. Abrahamsen is normally stronger on his left side, but lost two to three per cent of his power on that leg, and now produces around three percent more with his right. “My prolapse was on the left, so I think it has a big impact,” he said. “It was pretty interesting, how important sleeping and not having pain is for your body.”

He has now signed a new contract with Uno-X that runs until 2030, extending a deal that already ran to 2028. He joined the team in 2016 and the development team when it launched a year later, and has watched the organisation grow from around 20 people to roughly 150.

He says there was interest from a bigger team after his breakthrough in 2024, but with two years left on his contract at the time, a move was never straightforward. He would like to stay at Uno-X for the rest of his career.

“There’s a lot of good people in the team, and we’re having so much fun together,” Abrahamsen said. “We work not like colleagues, but as teammates and friends for each other. I think that’s a lot of the reason why we are doing so well, when the budget is not so big.”

His own season fell short of the last three, even though he was among Uno-X’s top five scorers of UCI points. He was fifth at the E3 Saxo Classic and in the top ten at Gent-Wevelgem, but punctured at the Tour of Flanders and did not get a result at Paris-Roubaix.

“If you don’t have Pogačar or Van der Poel, you have to be a bit lucky in Roubaix and Flanders,” he said.

The bigger change was how the peloton treated him. Abrahamsen won Uno-X’s first Tour de France stage in Toulouse in 2025 and wore the polka-dot jersey for much of that race, and in 2026 he found the breakaways much harder to get into.

“It’s a bit more difficult for me now when everyone knows you, and you’re not going to the breakaway anymore, but you have to go from the peloton,” he said. “When I was riding for Uno-X in 2022 and 2023, I was helping other guys, and now a lot of eyes are on me. Maybe it’s the year I’ve learned the most in my career.”

That has led him to rethink his preparation. He is leaving coach Lars, whom he credits with much of his progress, and plans to train less but with more explosive work, with the classics as his main target.

“He did a very good job with me, but sometimes you have to change and do something else,” Abrahamsen said. “I’m training a lot. Maybe I will reduce the training a bit and think more explosive next year.”

The 2027 Tour de France route also suits him. He says the opening week, with its short climbs, resembles the terrain on which he won in 2025, and the second time trial is in Toulouse. It climbs the Côte de Pech David, which he crossed on the way to his stage win there.

“Hopefully I’ll ride the Tour de France next year,” he said. “My seasons the last three years have been amazing for me. I’ve taken steps every year. This year I haven’t been so good, but I’m looking very forward to next season.”