Mikel Landa Discussion Thread

[thesrick]

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i think people are now overhyping landa if they think he will drop a top froome or quintana.

even his best performances in vam and w/kg this giro don't even come close to top level froome/quintana records..

Wait, didn't you already know he's the second coming of Messiah?

 

[Taxus4a]

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i think people are now overhyping landa if they think he will drop a top froome or quintana.

even his best performances in vam and w/kg this giro don't even come close to top level froome/quintana records..

That kind of comparations has no sense, maybe landa has better VAMs in other races or training... a VAm is just the speed yoiu get climbig, that is affected for a lot of circusntances..

As I said, I think Froome and Quintana are stronger than Landa, maybe you must read better. At the moment they have a big advantage respect him.

As I said Maybe in Mortirolo just Quintana could be stronger, but iof you put landa in ventoux, Quintana and Froome were stronger... you cant compare races and situasions, is stupid, and the VAm depends a lot on the wind.

You can do an average in similar races qith similar conditions, and get some conclusions, no more.

 

[Taxus4a]

Re: Re:

i think people are now overhyping landa if they think he will drop a top froome or quintana.

even his best performances in vam and w/kg this giro don't even come close to top level froome/quintana records..

Wait, didn't you already know he's the second coming of Messiah?

He is a very normal guy, and as I said Quintana is a better climber.

Other weaker riders, yes, it looks like if we have here the Messiah

 

[sienna]

Re: Mikel Landa

I like what I saw from Landa - a good climber and a seemingly good guy.

 

[IamIronMan]

Re: Re:

i think people are now overhyping landa if they think he will drop a top froome or quintana.

even his best performances in vam and w/kg this giro don't even come close to top level froome/quintana records..

Wait, didn't you already know he's the second coming of Messiah?

He is a very normal gay, and as I said Quintana is a better climber.

Other weaker riders, yes, it looks like if we have here the Messiah

Go ahead say it, "Contador", we all know what you mean

 

[HiroAntagonist]

Jeez, which of you are going to buy the guy an engagement, because I'm pretty sure you're in love and want to make the babies.

 

[sienna]

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Jeez, which of you are going to buy the guy an engagement, because I'm pretty sure you're in love and want to make the babies.

He doesn't have the number of potential suitors Alberto has - it would take the Giro winner decades to work through that lot.

 

[KazakhNeRider]

Landa's arrival to Astana, Kazakhstan - http://vesti.kz/astana/205401/
http://www.sports.kz/news/mikele-landa-schastliv-chto-smog-dobitsya-takogo-vpechatlyayuschego-rezultata

 

[SeriousSam]

Landa looks like he has arrived in the paradise. An expression of pure unadulterated joy.

 

[KazakhNeRider]

http://astanafans.com/nochnoj-veloprobeg-v-almaty.html

 

[KyoGrey]

Re: Mikel Landa

Hi, for all the Spanish speaking members of the forum, here is an extended calmed interview of this nice guy called Mikel Landa.

(Thanks to Dolomitico)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9_CpGaRNf0

Next steps: San Sebastian, Burgos, Vuelta!

 

[Sciocco]

Re: Mikel Landa

Hi, for all the Spanish speaking members of the forum, here is an extended calmed interview of this nice guy called Mikel Landa.

(Thanks to Dolomitico)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9_CpGaRNf0

Next steps: San Sebastian, Burgos, Vuelta!

I hope he gets some victories.

Maybe.

 

[Marco Pantani]

Playing PCM with the new Landa is fun. I hope he stays with Astana.

 

[Taxus4a]

It is his usual calendar. this year the possibility of Poland was there. I am happy he is in my land.

This year Burgos has another mountain finish, a stage that start in my town , Belorado, has one important climb in the route, wind, hot, some samll climbs and finally finish in Sierra de la Demanda in the sky resort valle del sol (Pineda de la sierra) 3,4 km quite hard, about 8 % average, especially at the begining, plus than 15 %.

He was 5 th in San Sebastian and 3rd in Neila with this calendar. He was younger, now he is stronger, but difficult to repeat that 5th place in san Sebastian, it was a superb result compared to drop Contador in Finestre for him, becouse is not the best race for him, and the people that came from le Tour are stronger.

My friend Dolomitico will be happy to know he has been mentioned here, He is a big fan of Landa, he got the maillot of Landa in a draw in an spanish web I was helping in 2010

http://elpedaldefrodo.com/sorteo-maillot-euskaltel-euskaltel-de-mikel-landa/

 

[May0maniac]

His idol is Iban Mayo, I always like him but now I really have to cher for him.

 

[Taxus4a]

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His idol is Iban Mayo, I always like him but now I really have to cher for him.

I know what he think about Mayo, and I dont want to say here, but as well as me, Mayo was his idol, it is normal, Mayo is a climber, he was the idol of the basque country cycling fans, and Igorre and Murguia are 22 km straith away.

Landa is similar on the bike to Mayo, agressive. Not the same out of the bike.

But they belong to different eras, so from that there are a lot of differences.

 

[SeriousSam]

Landa, who finished second in the Giro d'Italia in May, has been on Brailsford's and Team Sky's radar for several years and despite L'Equipe reporting today that Movistar have offered the Basque rider 1.5 million Euro, Cyclingnews has been told by one source close to Team Sky that the rider is set to sign for them.

I'm interpreting this as Porte going. If Landa gets even better at Sky, even Froome needs to watch out. He might no longer be the best climber in the world, or his own team.

 

[DBotero]

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Landa, who finished second in the Giro d'Italia in May, has been on Brailsford's and Team Sky's radar for several years and despite L'Equipe reporting today that Movistar have offered the Basque rider 1.5 million Euro, Cyclingnews has been told by one source close to Team Sky that the rider is set to sign for them.

I'm interpreting this as Porte going. If Landa gets even better at Sky, even Froome needs to watch out. He might no longer be the best climber in the world, or his own team.

Hard to tell what Landa will do at Sky.You have Nieve example and he's not doing too great.

 

[SeriousSam]

1.5 million is pretty good. If I were a rider I think I'd do everything to be able to be a super good climber in Grand Tours. Eat and sleep properly, train hard (harder even than prescribed by the team), slim down, used modern technology etc. It pays.

 

[Taxus4a]

Of course if you have an offer of 1.5 million an another of 700000, you have to take seriously the fisrt one, but for landa money is not the most important.

Movistar is an spanish team, from Navarra, so close to his home and it will be a good choice as they looks quite intertesting on him... with Beñat and Amador out maybe there is a place for him. they were in the past as well interested on him.

It is not an easy choice when you can get less money an not very strong team, but you will be the leader, or to be in an strong team with other people more important, but with a good team and lees presion, and more money.

Yes, serius sam, he has worked very hard to be here, but luck is not always with you...but he is lucky he has a big talent, and with that everything is easy, becouse he get in good sahpe quicky, it is the same for Quintana, Contador, Valverde,... they have that capacity...

i would like to know you and introduce you Landa and to be with him one week, and you will change you mind about him for sure, becouse you have the opossite image as he is.

 

[Pantani Attacks]

Landa won't go to Sky. It makes no sense

 

[damian13ster]

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Landa won't go to Sky. It makes no sense

It makes perfect sense. Froome will be defending TdF victory next season so with Porte gone Landa will be able to target Giro and/or Vuelta. Plus good salary, good support

 

[Metabolol]

I really hope Landa doesn't go to Sky. Really bad for cycling. Because this is a guy who potentially can drop Froome in the climbs next year.

 

[MatParker117]

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I really hope Landa doesn't go to Sky. Really bad for cycling. Because this is a guy who potentially can drop Froome in the climbs next year.

Be a hell of a psychological boost for Froome to potentially have the Maglia Rosa as your last man at the tour next year.

 

[Moviestar]

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Landa won't go to Sky. It makes no sense

It makes perfect sense. Froome will be defending TdF victory next season so with Porte gone Landa will be able to target Giro and/or Vuelta. Plus good salary, good support

He can have the same programme with Movistar and perhaps in contrast to Sky he can have more freedom.WIth Intxausti leaving and Valverde focussing on the classics he will have plenty of freedom. Sky has a bunch of cards they can play ( Thomas, Henao jr., Henao, Nieve, Poels, Konig, and soon Kwiatkowski)