Mikel Landa (Barhain) He ended this Friday’s stage of the Vuelta “happy” in the final in the Tourmalet, a day in which he always saw himself with the best and even attacked several times in the second main port of the day, that of Spandelles.
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However, the Basque rider, seventh on both stages and overall, considered that “it was very difficult to win” due to the importance of the day. “The best were going to risk the race and I am a little below,” he said, in any case encouraged with an eye on the rest of the Vuelta.
“I’m there, I have a good feeling and there are many stages left,” he noted, explaining that in the Spandelles cabbagethe second big climb of the day, he tried to escape with a Jumbo rider, but they told him they couldn’t do that, because it wasn’t their plan.
In that sense, he believes that, looking at the rest of the career, “(Sepp) Cuss “He is a candidate to win the Vuelta” because he is the leader and Jumbo is “a very strong team.”
Source: La Verdad

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