Mikel Landa Discussion Thread

[HelloDolly]

Well he still wants to win a GT ?
I guess its the Vuelta he will target

Who is the competition ?

Well I'm guessing there will be no Roglic or Remco or Pogocar at the Vuelta and if Kuss is leading possibly no Vingegaard

So he will have to beat Kuss or a few of the up and coming youngsters like Ayuso, Almedia or Uijtdebroeks and maybe a Yates twin ?

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[rallybanana]

So he will have to beat Kuss or a few of the up and coming youngsters like Ayuso, Almedia or Uijtdebroeks and maybe a Yates twin ?

You went to the trouble of spelling Uijtdebroeks but couldn't bother spelling Almieda correctly?

 

[theyoungest]

You went to the trouble of spelling Uijtdebroeks but couldn't bother spelling Almieda correctly?

It's Almeeda.

 

[Netserk]

Almeida > Almedia > Almieda > Almeeda > Almid

 

[Elos Anjos]

Alright then.

Reco Evenpool.

 

[HelloDolly]

You went to the trouble of spelling Uijtdebroeks but couldn't bother spelling Almieda correctly?

Yes that was my great anti Portuguese stance....glad you spotted it

I had all the right letters but not necessarily in the right order

 

[Berniece]

Well he still wants to win a GT ?
I guess its the Vuelta he will target

Who is the competition ?

Well I'm guessing there will be no Roglic or Remco or Pogocar at the Vuelta and if Kuss is leading possibly no Vingegaard

So he will have to beat Kuss or a few of the up and coming youngsters like Ayuso, Almedia or Uijtdebroeks and maybe a Yates twin ?

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Yes, he is targeting the Vuelta. I agree that if he gets B-tier opponents, he has a shot as a B-tier GT rider himself. Vuelta last year showed he's able to definitely ride podium if not all the best riders participate.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I read a belge article saying that this will be the full programme of Landa. I try and find the link:

Figurea Classic
Volta Algarve
Volta Catalunya
Itzulia Basque Tour
Ardennes Classics
Dauphine
Tour de France
Vuelta España
World championship

That schedule has basically been confirmed. But he is also now doing some races at Challenge Mallorca next week, as a warm up for Figueroa and Algarve. Excited. I think probably altitude training camp comes after Algarve, before the big Catalunya - Ardennes block..

 

[AmRacer]

#Free Landa

 

[Unchained]

#Free Landa

When he was harnessed to grunt for Remco he rode a fantastic race, he was really really outstanding.

 

[joseph89]

Not Roglic but Mikel Landa helped Sepp Kuss win the Vuelta

The Spanish rider of Bahrain Victorious caught up with Kuss and said: “If you want to win the Vuelta you have to follow me,” the 29-year-old rider of Visma | Lease a Bike in the documentary series. In the last kilometers of the grueling final climb, Landa functioned as a master servant for the American. Kuss came in 19 seconds behind his teammates, to his surprise this was enough to retain the red jersey. “I thought I had lost the jersey. Landa will never have to pay for his own beer again!”

Niet Roglic maar Mikel Landa hielp Sepp Kuss aan Vuelta-winst: "Hij hoeft nooit meer voor zijn bier te betalen!"

Mikel Landa zorgde er in de 17e etappe van de Vuelta a España 2023 voor dat Sepp Kuss zijn rode trui bleef behouden toen ploeggenoten Primoz Roglic en Jonas Vingegaard bij hem wegreden. Dat blijkt uit de nieuwe documentaireserie All In over het afgelopen seizoen van Jumbo-Visma. Hoe zat het ook...

www.wielerflits.nl

 

[TourOfSardinia]

And Mikel could do that coz he was leaving Bahrain, I guess.

 

[joseph89]

And Mikel could do that coz he was leaving Bahrain, I guess.

I think he would have still done it regardless as Kuss said "Many riders from other teams came to him to say that they would help him if his teammates attacked him again."

 

[SHAD0W93]

Landa the best of the number 2 leaders between UAE, Bora, Visma, and Quickstep.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

It brings me so much joy to see him climbing like that. After a decade of lost opportunities and heartbreak he still has that bit of magic on his best days

 

[Berniece]

He rode very well, wonder if he's automatically put in domestique role in Itzulia, or if he has to fight it out on the road. I hope the latter.

 

[Didinho]

The new Spanish signing can climb really well. Got a beautiful career ahead of him.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Wanted to say chapeau Landa but noticed @HelloDolly, @joseph89 strikethrough and @Berniece banned. Pogi did all that?

 

[SHAD0W93]

Wanted to say chapeau Landa but noticed @HelloDolly, @joseph89 strikethrough and @Berniece banned. Pogi did all that?

And if you go to moderation you’ll see another. Wonder what happened the last 3 hrs.

 

[ppanther92]

#Free Landa

I would at some point call to #unfree Landa. Thats where he seems to be best. Domestique for Aru, Froome, Evenepoel is where he shines.

 

[peterfin]

I would at some point call to #unfree Landa. Thats where he seems to be best. Domestique for Aru, Froome, Evenepoel is where he shines.

He is mentally free by being #unfree. I think we will see the best Landa again. Landa gives the team more tactical options than just being the last man in a climb train. Hopefully the tactical geniuses at QS understand this.

 

[scribers]

Looking good so far!

Too bad he’ll have to exhaust himself teeing up stage wins for remco at the tour, where remco honors his mates sacrifice by hanging up the phone !

 

[Salvarani]

Aging like wine!

 

[Pinot's goat]

I would at some point call to #unfree Landa. Thats where he seems to be best. Domestique for Aru, Froome, Evenepoel is where he shines.

He is not a domestique for anyone in this race, nor Itzulia 2023 or Vuelta 2023 or Giro 2022 etc.

 

[Sciatic]

By mistake I opened to the original thread post:
“How many grand tours will he win? he might be the strongest in this giro.
I think he might be the next Froome.”

Funny and also a little sad.