Mikel Landa Discussion Thread

[gregrowlerson]

It's Landa's first race. Is it considered the first real race of the season?

Not sure, but I just wondered something else: Would CyclistAbi dislike Landa because he has an and in his name?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1620760202139283456

View: https://twitter.com/BHRVictorious/status/1620760202139283456?t=69GzNBGRKlMBRXCqDNEgSQ&s=19

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Looks like half the forum is there

 

[Netserk]

Not sure, but I just wondered something else: Would CyclistAbi dislike Landa because he has an and in his name?

His name is L&a!

 

[gregrowlerson]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1620760202139283456

View: https://twitter.com/BHRVictorious/status/1620760202139283456?t=69GzNBGRKlMBRXCqDNEgSQ&s=19

Their style of chanting seems to suggest a love of comma's, rather than of full stop's.

 

[gregrowlerson]

And....our Mikel is looking good for a possible assault on the podium in Paris in July.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

And....our Mikel is looking good for a possible assault on the podium in Paris in July.

Did you see that he won the sprint yesterday!

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Mikel is getting in trouble with nonbelievers on twitter for drinking from his bidon at 500m to go in a bunch sprint

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1637871231293612034

View: https://twitter.com/timothe64/status/1637871231293612034?t=3nTj_E3khPwG7B83fALSbQ&s=19

 

[tobydawq]

Mikel is getting in trouble with nonbelievers on twitter for drinking from his bidon at 500m to go in a bunch sprint

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1637871231293612034

View: https://twitter.com/timothe64/status/1637871231293612034?t=3nTj_E3khPwG7B83fALSbQ&s=19

It does seem like a pretty daft thing to do generally, but in an uphill sprint it's probably not particularly dangerous.

 

[RedheadDane]

It does seem like a pretty daft thing to do generally, but in an uphill sprint it's probably not particularly dangerous.

And also, he wasn't exactly right up at the front.
If Roglic had done it, then it would have been a different matter. Mainly just showing off, though.

 

[movingtarget]

Looks like half the forum is there

How would Cadel Evans have coped .........mmmm

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Mikel Landa

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1643648692690333697

View: https://twitter.com/lasgafasdesolda/status/1643648692690333697?t=L4gHYai3naROjthaVzGuKQ&s=19

 

[Samu Cuenca]

So is he the favourite for the last step on the Tour podium now?

 

[gunara]

So is he the favourite for the last step on the Tour podium now?

Like Nibali in 2014

 

[QueenStagiaire]

He‘s gonna be on the Tour podium, be it for Supercombatif, the KOM classification, third in GC or the team classification.

 

[Pinot's goat]

So is he the favourite for the last step on the Tour podium now?

Mas and Carapaz should still be ranked ahead imo but he is in the fight with Hindley and possibly S.Yates as well. I don't rate Gaudu as highly as the ones I have named.

Landa's best performances so far have been on shorter efforts though, no strong performances on the long climbs yet. I think after last year's struggles of getting a gap, he has done more shorter training efforts to improve his punch.

 

[staubsauger]

Mas and Carapaz should still be ranked ahead imo but he is in the fight with Hindley and possibly S.Yates as well. I don't rate Gaudu as highly as the ones I have named.

Landa's best performances so far have been on shorter efforts though, no strong performances on the long climbs yet. I think after last year's struggles of getting a gap, he has done more shorter training efforts to improve his punch.

The question is what Francaise des Jeux can put on the table once the arms race for the Tour de France starts off.

If it's equal, than yes Gaudu can podium!

 

[ice&fire]

Today he was closer to Pogacar in Mur de Huy than in the hilly finishes in Andalucia two months ago. There is hope for something big from him.

 

[johnymax]

I'm not sure if I am doing this right, but...

He is now the favourite to win the Tour

 

[tobydawq]

I'm not sure if I am doing this right, but...

He is now the favourite to win the Tour

What about Vingegaard and Pogacar? Easily forgettable riders, of course, but I think they have also proved their mettle so far in 2023.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

So is he the favourite for the last step on the Tour podium now?

Close but no cigar. You forgot about Chris.

 

[johnymax]

What about Vingegaard and Pogacar? Easily forgettable riders, of course, but I think they have also proved their mettle so far in 2023.

Pogačar is going to get smoked by Remco on sunday, Vingegaard couldn't even make the team for the Ardennes' classics.
Landa on the other hand: spiritual leader of Landismo and gives joy to the world.

 

[durtyfat7]

What do you expect from him at the Tour? I wouldn't judge his Dauphine's performance because he didn't race in a long time and he's peaking for the second part of the Tour. If he was capable to follow Vingegaard in Basque Country, which i don't remember riders doing it, i think he's on track for a podium.

 

[Cookster15]

What do you expect from him at the Tour? I wouldn't judge his Dauphine's performance because he didn't race in a long time and he's peaking for the second part of the Tour. If he was capable to follow Vingegaard in Basque Country, which i don't remember riders doing it, i think he's on track for a podium.

On what we know, Jai Hindley should beat Landa to a podium spot at the Tour. Hindley looks like he’s possibly better then when he won the Giro - his recent time trialing suggests so. In the 2022 Giro Hindley comfortably bettered Landa in the mountains.

 

[gregrowlerson]

What do you expect from him at the Tour? I wouldn't judge his Dauphine's performance because he didn't race in a long time and he's peaking for the second part of the Tour. If he was capable to follow Vingegaard in Basque Country, which i don't remember riders doing it, i think he's on track for a podium.

At best he's currently 5th in the pecking order behind Vingegaard, Pogacar, Hindley and Mas (some might add Carapaz). But things change, bad luck can happen, as Landa very well knows.