Mikel Landa explains what ‘Landismo’ consists of

Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious) was set as a goal for Tour de France who will start this Saturday in Bilbao to achieve a place on the final podium in Paris, a “very ambitious” goal that he has been “looking for” for a long time and which if achieved will allow him to “close a cycle”.

“There is a lot of battle, but we believe that it can be possible,” stressed the Alava runner in a telematic press conference organized by his team, where he also revealed that he “marked” the alpine stages at the end of the second week of the run and the beginning of the third.

Landa, on the other hand, is “very grateful for the support” and “affection” shown to him by the Basque fans in the days before the start of the Tour and is also “proud to have so many landistas”.

“That’s what riding on the ground is all about, dreaming that special things can happen,” said the cyclist dream Knowing that the fact that “there is a bit of a time trial” and what there is -22.4 kilometers in the 16th stage- is “quite tough” it will “benefit him a lot” when it comes to achieving his goals.

“The Tour is very demanding every day. There’s no day to relax until you cross the finish line and bad days can make more of a difference than a good day. It’s more important to defend yourself in those bad days rather than taking advantage of the good ones,” he thought.

Finally, Landa did not hide the fact that the Biscayan Bilbao hair This is the “best asset” of Bahrain Victorious for the first stage, a tour of Biscayan roads with a departure and arrival in Bilbao that will have a key point in the ascent of the Pike Bidea 10 kilometers from the finish line.

“It is a very tough two-kilometer wall and after a leg-breaking stage, the group will definitely be chosen and those who can fight on the stage will be determined. Pello is our best option and I hope he will be close,” Landa said.