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2023 Tour de France: Landa set to lead Bahrain Victorious on home soil

Team will ride Tour de France ‘in memory of Gino Mäder’

Bahrain Victorious have confirmed their lineup for the 2023 Tour de France , with Mikel Landa set to lead the team on home soil when the race departs from Bilbao on July 1. 

Memories of the painfully-recent loss of Gino Mäder remain very strong within the peloton and even more so in his team, with the squad stating in their Tour de France press release Sunday. “We want to ride in his memory and dedicate it to him. Today and every day we ride for you, Gino.”

Twice fourth in the Tour de France and third in the Giro d’Italia last year , Landa makes his first Tour participation in three years. He is expected to battle for GC, with teammate and fellow Basque Pello Bilbao also a protected rider for the overall.

Jack Haig, riding his second Grand Tour of the year after his recent completion of the Giro d’Italia, and former Angliru winner Wout Poels will have a climbing support role for Landa and Bilbao, while not forgetting their own chances in the mountains, as well.

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Fred Wright will look to follow up his breakthrough National Championships win with a return to the race where last year he had several near-misses. Both he and Matej Mohorič, a double stage winner in 2021, will once again be looking for breakaway opportunities.

Last but not least, Phil Bauhaus and fellow sprinter and good friend Nikias Arndt, who will act as his leadout, will be looking to make the most of the 2023 Tour’s eight flat stages. “The start in the Basque Country is going to be really exciting, I can already feel the fans passion and excitement,” Landa said in the press release. “I think it’s going to be a big celebration of cycling, so I’m really happy to be a part of that.”

Never a fan of time trialling, in a Tour route with minimal kilometres against the clock, at 33 Landa has one of the best opportunities of the latter part of his career.

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“I’d love to finish close to the podium in the GC and also look to win a stage, which is also a dream,” Landa said. 

“This year the team and all of us have been impacted by the loss of our friend and teammate, Gino. We need to look at this for extra motivation and to be at our best every day and try and race for him and honour him."

Bahrain Victorious for the 2023 Tour de France

• Nikias Arndt
• Phil Bauhaus
• Pello Bilbao
• Mikel Landa
• Matej Mohorič
• Fred Wright

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Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews , he has also written for The Independent ,  The Guardian ,  ProCycling , The Express and Reuters .

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Mikel Landa Leads Bahrain Victorious Lineup to Tour de France

June 25, 2023

Mikel Landa leads the Bahrain Victorious lineup with the 110th edition of the race departing on home roads for the Basque rider. Departing from Bilbao, this year’s edition will have riders take on 3,404 km and over 55,000 vertical meters of climbing across the 21 stages, which only includes a hilly 22km time trial on stage 16. 

With only the one time trial, this year’s Tour de France takes the peloton from across the mountains, starting in the Basque Country and the Pyrenees, across to the Alps, Jura and Vosges. With few coastal roads and no cobblestones or dirt roads, it seems a more suited course for the pure climbers. 

The 21 stages have been categorised into eight flat stages for the sprinters, which Phil Bauhaus will contest with the support of Nikias Arndt, four hilly stages suited to breakaways, where Fred Wright and Matej Mohoric will look for their opportunities and eight mountain stages where Jack Haig and Wout Poels will support Landa. Pello Bilbao will also keep his eye on the GC and riding home roads for the Grand Depart; he will be highly motivated to aim for another place in the top ten as he did back in 2021.

In contrast to the Giro d’Italia, the Tour de France only has two stages over 200km long. However, there will be shorter intense days where the peloton will take on highly challenging mountainous stages. A big day marked for the GC battle is Stage 17 and this year’s Queen Stage. It has over 5,300 vertical meters across the 166km stage. The peloton will face two Cat-1 climbs before taking on the gruelling Hors Categorie climb, Col de Loze, which is 28.3km long and averages 6%.

With a single time trial, a grand depart in his home country and plenty of climbing, Mikel Landa is looking forward to this edition of the Tour de France: “The depart in the Basque Country is going to be really exciting! I’ve already been feeling the passion and excitement of the fans. They are supporting me already. I think it’s going to be a big celebration of cycling, so I’m really happy to be a part of that.

The key stages start in the Basque country with two hard opening stages, and it will be crucial to be ready, as there could be some gaps already at the finish line.

Looking at my ambitions, I’d love to finish close to the podium in the GC and also look to win a stage, which is also a dream.

This year the team and all of us have been impacted by the loss of our friend and teammate, Gino. We need to look at this for extra motivation and to be at our best every day and try and race for him and honour him.”

Lead Sports director Gorazd Štangelj believes the strong team gives Bahrain Victorious good options across the stages: ” We are coming into this Tour de France with big ambitions, and I believe we have an excellent team to have opportunities across all the stages. We’ve got two highly motivated Basque riders who have the opportunity of racing at a Grand Depart on home roads and a route that suits their style of racing. Landa will be our leader, and Pello will co-lead. We then have Matej and Fred, who can look for their opportunities through breakaways, while Phil will have his chances as there are many stages for the sprinters on paper at this year’s Tour, and he will have a highly experienced lead-out man in Nikias. We then are lucky to have fantastic support in the high mountains with Jack and Wout, and both have the ability to fight for a stage win. Overall, we have a strong lineup, and every rider can take advantage of an opportunity across the stages.”

This year we have had a challenging lead-up with the tragic loss of our dear friend Gino. We want to ride in his memory and dedicate it to him.”

Today and every day, we ride for you, Gino.

#rideforGino

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5 e of the Tour de l'Avenir, of the fourth stage of the Ronde de l'Isard (Muret>Saint-Girons)

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12 e of the second stage of the Tour de l'Avenir (Vierzon>Saint-Amand-Montrond)

13 e of the eighth stage of the Tour de l'Avenir (Guillestre>Risoul [ITT])

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18 e of the World Championships U23 - Road Race

19 e of the third stage of the Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid (Alcobendas>Puerto de Morcuera)

20 e of the Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana (Lloseta - Lloseta)

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22 e of the second stage of the Ronde de l'Isard (Saverdun>Mazères), of the fifth stage of the Vuelta Asturias Julio Alvarez Mendo (Cafés Toscaf>Alto del Acebo)

24 e of the third stage of the Tour de l'Avenir (Saint-Amand-Montrond>Cusset)

25 e of the Vuelta a Burgos, of the fifth stage of the Vuelta a Burgos (Areniscas de los Pinares>Lagunas de Neila)

2011. Euskaltel - Euskadi

1 er of the fifth stage of the Vuelta a Burgos (Areniscas de los Pinares>Lagunas de Neila)

12 e of the fifth stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol (Córdoba>Antequera)

18 e of the second stage of the Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid (Colmenar Viejo>Colmenar Viejo)

19 e of the Vuelta a Burgos

23 e of the Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid

24 e of the first stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné (Albertville>Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse)

25 e of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol

2012. Euskaltel - Euskadi

2 e of the Gran Premio Miguel Indurain

4 e of the second stage of the Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid (Colmenar Viejo>Pto. de la Morcuera)

7 e of the fifth stage of the Vuelta a Burgos (Revenga>Lagunas de Neila), of the Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid

14 e of the second stage of the Tour de Romandie (Montbéliard>Moutier)

16 e of the seventeenth stage of the La Vuelta Ciclista a España (Santander>Fuente Dé)

17 e of the Klasika Primavera de Amorebieta

18 e of the first stage of the Tour de Romandie (Morges>La Chaux-de-Fonds)

20 e of the second stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné (Lamastre>Saint-Félicien)

2013. Euskaltel - Euskadi

2 e of the Vuelta Asturias Julio Alvarez Mendo, of the second stage of the Vuelta Asturias Julio Alvarez Mendo (Bueño (Ribera de Arriba)>Alto del Naranco (Oviedo)), of the Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid

3 e of the first stage of the Vuelta Asturias Julio Alvarez Mendo (Oviedo>Pola de Lena)

6 e of the Vuelta a Burgos, of the Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa

8 e of the fifth stage of the Vuelta a Burgos (Comunero de Revenga>Lagunas de Neila)

9 e of the fourteenth stage of the La Vuelta Ciclista a España (Bagà>Collada de la Gallina)

10 e of the third stage of the Vuelta a Burgos (Cuatro Villas (Villadiego)>Complejo Karstico de Ojo Guareña)

15 e of the Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana (Lloseta - Lloseta)

19 e of the third stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol (Lucena (Córdoba)>Rincón de la Victoria (Málaga))

20 e of the first stage of the Vuelta a Burgos (Burgos>Burgos)

21 e of the Il Lombardia

23 e of the second stage of the Vuelta a Burgos (Roa de Duero>Ciudad Romana de Clunia), of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol

24 e of the fifteenth stage of the La Vuelta Ciclista a España (Andorra>Peyragudes)

2014. Astana Pro Team

1 er of the fourth stage of the Tour of the Alps (Val Daone>Monte Bondone)

3 e of the third stage of the Vuelta a Burgos (Comunero de Revenga>Lagunas de Neila), of the third stage of the Tour of the Alps (Mori>Roncone)

8 e of the fourth stage of the Itzulia Basque Country (Vitoria-Gasteiz>Eibar (Arrate))

10 e of the Tour of the Alps, of the first stage of the Itzulia Basque Country (Ordizia>Ordizia)

14 e of the Itzulia Basque Country

17 e of the eighth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Foligno>Montecopiolo)

18 e of the second stage of the Tour of the Alps (Limone sul Garda>San Giacomo di Brentonico)

19 e of the Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana (Lloseta - Lloseta)

20 e of the twentieth stage of the La Vuelta Ciclista a España (Santa Estevo de Ribas do Sil>Puerto de Ancares)

21 e of the sixth stage of the La Vuelta Ciclista a España (Benalmádena>La Zubia (Cumbres Verdes)), of the fifth stage of the Itzulia Basque Country (Eibar>Markina-Xemein)

22 e of the sixteenth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Ponte de Legno>Val Martello/Martelltal)

23 e of the fourteenth stage of the La Vuelta Ciclista a España (Santander>La Camperona), of the second stage of the Vuelta a Burgos (Briviesca>Villadiego)

24 e of the Vuelta a Burgos, of the ninth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Lugo>Sestola (Passo del Lupo))

25 e of the fourth stage of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (Alp>Vallter 2000-Setcases)

2015. Astana Pro Team

1 er of the eleventh stage of the La Vuelta Ciclista a España (Andorra la Vella>Cortals d'Encamp), of the sixteenth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Pinzolo>Aprica), of the fifteenth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Marostica>Madonna di Campiglio), of the fifth stage of the Itzulia Basque Country (Eibar>Aia)

2 e of the eighth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Fiuggi>Campitello Matese), of the Tour of the Alps, of the third stage of the Tour of the Alps (Ala>Fierozzo Val dei Mòcheni), of the second stage of the Tour of the Alps (Arco>Brentonico)

3 e of the Giro d'Italia

4 e of the twentieth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Saint Vincent>Sestriere)

6 e of the fifteenth stage of the La Vuelta Ciclista a España (Comillas>Sotres. Cabrales), of the fifth stage of the Giro d'Italia (La Spezia>Abetone)

7 e of the nineteenth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Gravellona Toce>Cervinia)

10 e of the first stage of the Vuelta a Burgos (Santo Domingo de Silos>Romana de Clunia), of the twelfth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Imola>Vicenza (Monte Berico))

12 e of the Milano - Torino, of the sixth stage of the La Vuelta Ciclista a España (Córdoba>Sierra de Cazorla), of the second stage of the La Vuelta Ciclista a España (Alhaurín de la Torre>Caminito del Rey)

13 e of the ninth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Benevento>San Giorgio del Sannio)

14 e of the sixteenth stage of the La Vuelta Ciclista a España (Luarca>Ermita de Alba. Quiros)

17 e of the fourteenth stage of the La Vuelta Ciclista a España (Vitoria>Alto Campoo. Fuente del Chivo), of the fourth stage of the La Vuelta Ciclista a España (Estepona>Vejer de la Frontera), of the third stage of the Itzulia Basque Country (Vitoria-Gasteiz>Zumarraga)

21 e of the fifth stage of the Vuelta a Burgos (Comunera de Revenga>Lagunas de Neila)

22 e of the seventh stage of the La Vuelta Ciclista a España (Jódar>La Alpujarra (Capileira)), of the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Chiavari>La Spezia), of the Itzulia Basque Country

23 e of the eighteenth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Melide>Verbania), of the eleventh stage of the Giro d'Italia (Forlì>Imola), of the fourth stage of the Tour of the Alps (Malè>Cles)

25 e of the La Vuelta Ciclista a España, of the Vuelta a Burgos

2016. Team Sky

1 er of the Tour of the Alps, of the second stage of the Tour of the Alps (Arco>Anras), of the second stage of the Itzulia Basque Country (Markina-Xemein>Amurrio-Baranbio)

3 e of the fourth stage of the Tour of the Alps (Malè>Cles)

6 e of the third stage of the Tour of the Alps (Sillian>Mezzolombardo)

8 e of the eighth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Foligno>Arezzo)

10 e of the National Championships Spain - ITT

11 e of the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali

12 e of the nineteenth stage of the Tour de France (Albertville>Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc), of the Critérium du Dauphiné, of the prologue of the Critérium du Dauphiné (Les Gets>Les Gets), of the Itzulia Basque Country

13 e of the tenth stage of the Tour de France (Escaldes-Engordany>Revel)

14 e of the fifth stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné (La Ravoire>Vaujany), of the sixth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Ponte>Roccaraso (Aremogna))

15 e of the fifth stage of the Itzulia Basque Country (Orio>Arrate (Eibar))

16 e of the National Championships Spain - Road Race, of the sixth stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné (La Rochette>Méribel), of the fourth stage of the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali (Pavullo>Pavullo)

17 e of the seventh stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné (Le Pont>Superdévoluy), of the fifth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Praia a Mare>Benevento), of the second stage of the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali (Riccione>Sogliano al Rubicone)

20 e of the ninth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Radda in Chianti>Greve in Chianti [ITT]), of the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Catanzaro>Praia a Mare), of the fourth stage of the Itzulia Basque Country (Lesaka>Orio)

21 e of the second stage of the Tour de France (Saint-Lô>Cherbourg)

2017. Team Sky

1 er of the Vuelta a Burgos, of the third stage of the Vuelta a Burgos (Oja Guareña>Picón Blanco), of the first stage of the Vuelta a Burgos (Burgos>Burgos), of the nineteenth stage of the Giro d'Italia (San Candido/Innichen>Piancavallo)

2 e of the National Championships Spain - ITT, of the eighteenth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Moena>Ortisei/St. Urlich), of the sixteenth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Rovetta>Bormio), of the third stage of the Tour of the Alps (Villabassa/Niederdorf>Funes / Villnöß)

3 e of the fifth stage of the Vuelta a Burgos (Comunero de Revenga>Lagunas de Neila), of the fourteenth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Castellania>Oropa)

4 e of the Tour de France, of the thirteenth stage of the Tour de France (Saint-Girons>Foix), of the twelfth stage of the Tour de France (Pau>Peyragudes)

5 e of the Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa, of the Tour of the Alps, of the second stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol (Torredonjimeno>Alto Peña del Águila, Mancha Real (Jaén))

6 e of the eighteenth stage of the Tour de France (Briancon>Izoard), of the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France (La Mure>Serre-Chevalier), of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol

7 e of the National Championships Spain - Road Race

8 e of the ninth stage of the Tour de France (Nantua>Chambéry), of the fourth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico (Montalto di Castro>Terminillo), of the first stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol (Rincón de la Victoria (Málaga)>Granada)

9 e of the fifth stage of the Tour of the Alps (Smarano>Trento)

13 e of the eighth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Molfetta>Peschici)

14 e of the fifteenth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Valdengo>Bergamo)

15 e of the twentieth stage of the Tour de France (Marseille>Marseille [ITT]), of the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France (Le Puy-en-Velay>Romans-sur-Isère), of the eighth stage of the Tour de France (Dole>Station des Rousses), of the fifth stage of the Tour de France (Vittel>La Planche des Belles Filles)

16 e of the fourth stage of the Gree-Tour of Guangxi (Nanning>Mashan Nongla Scenic Spot), of the fourth stage of the Vuelta a Burgos (Bodegas Nabal>Clunia)

17 e of the Gree-Tour of Guangxi, of the Giro d'Italia

18 e of the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Cefalù>Etna)

20 e of the fourteenth stage of the Tour de France (Blagnac>Rodez), of the third stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol (Lucena>Córdoba [ITT])

21 e of the first stage of the Tour of the Alps (Kufstein>Innsbruck/Hungerburg)

23 e of the twentieth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Pordenone>Asiago), of the sixth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Reggio Calabria>Terme Luigiane)

2018. Movistar Team

1 er of the fourth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico (Foligno>Sarnano Sassotetto)

2 e of the Itzulia Basque Country, of the sixth stage of the Itzulia Basque Country (Eibar>Arrate), of the fourth stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol (Sevilla>Alcalá de los Gazules)

4 e of the second stage of the Itzulia Basque Country (Zarautz>Bermeo), of the second stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol (Otura>La Guardia de Jaén)

5 e of the twelfth stage of the Tour de France (Bourg-Saint-Maurice Les Arcs>Alpe d'Huez)

6 e of the fifth stage of the Itzulia Basque Country (Vitoria>Eibar), of the Tirreno-Adriatico, of the third stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico (Follonica>Trevi), of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol

7 e of the Tour de France, of the nineteenth stage of the Tour de France (Lourdes>Laruns), of the fifth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico (Castelraimondo>Filottrano)

9 e of the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France (Bagnères-de-Luchon>Col Du Portet), of the seventh stage of the Tour de Suisse (Eschenbach/Atzmännig>Arosa)

13 e of the eleventh stage of the Tour de France (Albertville>La Rosière Espace San Bernardo)

14 e of the first stage of the Itzulia Basque Country (Zarautz>Zarautz)

16 e of the sixth stage of the Tour de France (Brest>Mûr de Bretagne), of the Tour de Suisse

18 e of the fifth stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol (Barbate>Barbate [ITT])

19 e of the fifth stage of the Tour de Suisse (Gstaad>Leukerbad)

20 e of the tenth stage of the Tour de France (Annecy>Le Grand-Bornand)

21 e of the fifth stage of the Tour de France (Lorient>Quimper), of the sixth stage of the Tour de Suisse (Fiesch>Gommiswald)

24 e of the thirteenth stage of the Tour de France (Bourg d'Oisans>Valence)

25 e of the sixth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico (Numana>Fano)

2019. Movistar Team

1 er of the second stage of the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali (Riccione>Sogliano al Rubicone)

2 e of the twentieth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Feltre>Monte Avena), of the second stage of the Vuelta Asturias Julio Alvarez Mendo (Soto de Ribera>Cangas del Narcea)

3 e of the twentieth stage of the Tour de France (Albertville>Val Thorens), of the fifteenth stage of the Tour de France (Limoux>Foix), of the thirteenth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Pinerolo>Ceresole Reale (Lago Serrù))

4 e of the Giro d'Italia, of the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali

5 e of the fourteenth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Saint Vincent>Courmayeur (Skyway Monte Bianco))

6 e of the Tour de France, of the fourteenth stage of the Tour de France (Tarbes>Col du Tourmalet)

7 e of the sixteenth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Lovere>Ponte di Legno), of the Liège-Bastogne-Liège, of the Itzulia Basque Country, of the sixth stage of the Itzulia Basque Country (Eibar>Eibar), of the fifth stage of the Itzulia Basque Country (Arrigorriaga>Arrate)

10 e of the sixth stage of the Tour de France (Mulhouse>La Planche des Belles Filles), of the fifteenth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Ivrea>Como)

11 e of the first stage of the Vuelta Asturias Julio Alvarez Mendo (Oviedo>Pola de Lena), of the fourth stage of the Itzulia Basque Country (Vitoria-Gasteiz>Arrigorriaga)

12 e of the third stage of the Itzulia Basque Country (Sarriguren>Estibaliz)

16 e of the eighteenth stage of the Tour de France (Embrun>Valloire)

17 e of the nineteenth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Treviso>San Martino di Castrozza)

19 e of the seventeenth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Commezzadura (Val di Sole)>Anterselva / Antholz), of the twelfth stage of the Giro d'Italia (Cuneo>Pinerolo)

20 e of the third stage of the Giro d'Italia (Vinci>Orbetello)

21 e of the twenty-first stage of the Giro d'Italia (Verona>Verona [ITT])

22 e of the second stage of the Itzulia Basque Country (Zumarraga>Gorraiz)

23 e of the fifth stage of the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali (Fiorano Modenese>Sassuolo)

24 e of the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France (Nîmes>Nîmes), of the thirteenth stage of the Tour de France (Pau>Pau [ITT])

25 e of the eleventh stage of the Giro d'Italia (Carpi>Novi Ligure)

2020. Bahrain - McLaren

2 e of the Vuelta a Burgos, of the fifth stage of the Vuelta a Burgos (Covarrubias>Lagunas de Neila), of the first stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol (Alhaurin de la Torre>Grazalema)

3 e of the third stage of the Vuelta a Burgos (Sargentes de la Lora>Picón Blanco), of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol, of the fourth stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol (Villanueva Mesia>Granada)

4 e of the Tour de France

5 e of the ninth stage of the Tour de France (Pau>Laruns), of the first stage of the Vuelta a Burgos (Catedral de Burgos>Mirador del Castillo)

6 e of the third stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné (Corenc>Saint-Martin-de-Belleville)

7 e of the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France (Grenoble>Méribel - Col de la Loze), of the fifteenth stage of the Tour de France (Lyon>Grand Colombier)

8 e of the eighteenth stage of the Tour de France (Méribel>La Roche-sur-Foron), of the second stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné (Vienne>Col de Porte), of the third stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol (Jáen>Ubeda)

9 e of the fourth stage of the Tour de France (Sisteron>Orcières-Merlette)

12 e of the second stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol (Sevilla>Iznajar)

14 e of the twentieth stage of the Tour de France (Lure>La Planche des Belles Filles [ITT]), of the eighth stage of the Tour de France (Cazères>Loudenvielle)

15 e of the thirteenth stage of the Tour de France (Châtel-Guyon>Pas de Peyrol (Le Puy Mary))

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'These are my roads, my fans' - Mikel Landa eyes a special Tour de France start

With this year's Tour de France starting in the Basque Country, Mikel Landa speaks to Rouleur about what this means to him

Words: James Startt

Photos: James Startt

Year in and year out,  Tour de France  director Christian Prudhomme comes on Radio Tour in the opening kilometres of each day to give a general presentation of the stage. And when he does so, he always announces “ le regional de l’étape ” – the rider who hails from the region the race is currently crossing. But on stage one of this edition of the Tour de France, the regional riders will be the unlikely band of Basque cyclists like Mikel Landa, Pello Bilbao, Omar Fraile, Jonathan Castroviejo, Alex Aranburu, as well as Ion and Gorka Izagirre. 

“I can’t wait,” Landa told  Rouleur  while racing in the Critérium du Dauphiné earlier this month. “This is really going to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me. It is going to be a Tour start like no other for me!”

It is safe to say that all eyes will be on the 33-year-old when the Tour starts in Bilbao, as the 14-year professional grew up just outside the historic port city. He also carries the Basque Country's best chances in the overall standings of the Tour having finished in the top 10 on four occasions and twice finished as high as fourth. 

Read more: Tour de France 2023 start list: The confirmed riders for this year’s race

When Prudhomme announced the 2023 route back in October of last year, he made it clear that the Tour was celebrating no single rider but rather the connections between this autonomous region of Spain and the Tour de France. 

“Cycling just has such a strong tradition in the Basque Country,” Landa explained. “We have always had very, very good riders for many years, and we have had some strong teams. That really made the fans crazy for cycling. The fans know a lot about cycling. They follow the sport all year, so they know all the riders and they support them all, from the first to the last. And then, of course, we like to party. We like food and wine, and it all comes together perfectly for us at a bike race.”

He adds that the roads and weather conditions in the Basque Country are ideal for cyclists. But when reminded that it often rains in this northern corner of Spain and is packed with hills, he simply laughs, adding: “The conditions are great to become a very tough cyclist!”

Landa, who currently rides for Bahrain-Victorious, first turned professional with the Euskaltel-Euskadi team back in 2010, and even today offers advice to the development squad, something he will likely do more of when he eventually retires. 

But at the moment, he clearly has his eyes set on this year’s Tour de France with its Grand Départ in his back garden. On paper, the punchy opening stages in the Basque Country do not play to his strengths as a pure climber. Nevertheless, Landa couldn’t be more excited.

Stage two will be like a mini Clásica San Sebastián as it goes over the famed Jaizkibel climb, central to the historic one-day race. But Landa insists: “It is going to be very different from the Clásica because this is the Tour. I think the big favourites will be watching each other. I think the racing is going to be more controlled.”

While Landa’s own goals are further down the road, as he dreams of finally stepping onto the podium in Paris, the Tour start this year will nevertheless be unforgettable for him. “These are my roads, my fans. Personally, I won’t be nervous, no. I’m just really going to try to enjoy those first few days.”

While Landa can’t wait for the Tour to start, he will also be thinking of his late teammate Gino Mäder, who tragically died just over a week ago in the Tour de Suisse.

“Our team was really touched by the loss of our friend and teammate Gino,” Landa said in a press release from the team this week. “We need to ride for him and honour him. We should give the best we have to give day in and day out.”

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Mikel Landa sets sights on 2023 Tour de France podium

After two near-misses, landa will see 'home road' advantage at the 2023 'grand départ' in a new quest for the tour de france podium..

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Can Mikel Landa strike Tour de France magic in 2023 with the 108th edition starting on home roads in Spain’s Basque Country?

The Bahrain Victorious captain is putting the Tour at the center of his ambitions next season.

Speaking to the Noticias de Gupizkoa , a team source told the Basque newspaper Landa is all-in on the Tour.

“He knows what it takes to race the Tour, and even more so when it starts at home,” a team official said. “He doesn’t want to miss that chance for anything in the world. That only happens once in a lifetime.

“We know that in the Tour that [Tadej] Pogačar and [Jonas] Vingegaard, as they’ve already demonstrated, are above everyone else, but behind them, there is a group of riders who can fight for the podium, and that’s where Mikel wants to be.”

• 2023 Tour de France course: One for the climbers
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Landa, by his own admission, will be setting his ambitions a bit lower than the Tour’s terrible twosome.

The Tour podium is an evasive target for Landa.

In 2018, Landa missed the Tour podium by one second and has regretted that near-miss ever since. He was fourth again in 2020 in a move to Bahrain after two unhappy seasons at Movistar.

After hitting stride again with third at the 2022 Giro d’Italia, Landa decided to steer clear of the Italian grand tour in part because the course is laden with time trial kilometers.

In contrast, the 2023 Tour sees the least amount of time trials in a generation.

It’s the Basque Country start that is the final tipping point for Landa.

“That makes it even more important for Landa,” the official said. “No one wants to miss the most important race in the world, especially when with three days in the Basque Country.”

El calendario de Mikel #Landa toma forma: medios europeos afirman que el vasco tiene la intención de correr en el #TourDeFrance 2023. 🔜🇫🇷 #ESPNCiclismo pic.twitter.com/aqqzXmtTRr — ESPN Ciclismo (@ESPNCiclismo) November 16, 2022

Hype followed Landa ever since he catapulted to the Giro d’Italia podium with third in 2015.

After stints at Ineos Grenadiers and Movistar saw him relegated to a helper’s role or torpedoed by team politics, Landa finally scrapped his way back onto a grand tour podium in May with third at the Giro.

At 33, Landa will be the first to admit he likely won’t be racing to win in July.

Vingegaard and Pogačar will be the five-star favorites for what should be a dazzling tug-of-war for yellow. Behind those two, there are nearly a dozen wannabe contenders for a final spot on the podium.

Egan Bernal might be back in time for a run at the Tour, but there will also be the likes of Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost), Enric Mas (Movistar), Simon Yates (BikeExchange-Jayco), Romain Bardet (DSM), and David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ).

Landa will follow a traditional buildup toward the Tour, with a season debut at the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in February, Tirreno-Adriatico in March, and the Itzulia Basque Country and Ardennes classics in April.

Altitude camps and a likely start at the Critérium du Dauphiné will lead to the Tour. All roads lead home in 2023.

Last summer, Vingegaard rode a “home road” advantage with a start in Copenhagen in July to fend off Pogačar to win Denmark’s first yellow jersey in 25 years.

Landa will be hoping for similar magic, with three stages set to open in the Basque Country in what’s a very challenging first week in the 2023 Tour.

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Basque climber Mikel Landa now has the chance to make his mark in the Tour de France with new team Bahrain-McLaren.

Landa joined the team just as motor-racing giant McLaren ramped up its support to become co-owner and Rod Ellingworth, from Team Sky/Ineos, became team boss.

"Yes. Finally, I found the the opportunity here. I think they have a really clear goal. And I just arrived in the best moment," Landa told FloBikes.

He responded to the #FreeLanda joke that had been going around in recent years, when Landa was locked down working for Chris Froome in the 2017 Tour de France and stuck with two other co-leaders, Alejandro Valverde and Nairo Quintana, in Team Movistar.

"In Movistar, it was more difficult. We were three leaders trying to do our best," Landa said looking back over the years.

With team Astana he placed third in the Giro d'Italia. In Sky, he was fourth in the Tour de France, one second from third place Romain Bardet. With Movistar, he finished seventh and sixth overall in the last two editions of the Tour.

"Yeah, the last four years I did the Tour de France, I've been close. I had a lot of experience before working for Froome, later trying to win my own. I have enough experience," he continued.

"It's possible to win. Winning is pretty difficult but being on the podium, why not? Here with the support of Bahrain-McLaren, it can be possible. Why not?"

This 2020 Tour de France, starting in Nice on June 27, favors Landa with its many explosive stages and few time trial kilometers. Plus, having Ellingworth revamp the team, with helpers like Wout Poels joining, cannot hurt Landa's chances.

"They they gave me the opportunity of being the leader in a Grand Tour, this year at the Tour. Also McLaren can help me and the team a lot with technology, giving me a lot of advantage in the time trial," he said.

"That's very important for me and also opportunity of being a leader, being well-supported. It's what brought me here."

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‘Mikel Landa focust zich in 2023 weer op de Tour de France’

Mikel Landa hoopt in 2023 weer een hoofdrol te vertolken in de Tour de France, zo meldt de Baskische krant Noticias de Gipuzkoa. De 32-jarige klimmer ging dit jaar voor de combinatie Giro d’Italia-Vuelta a España, maar richt zich volgend jaar op de Tour met start in het Baskenland, zijn geboorteregio.

De eerste etappes van de Tour de France 2023 vinden plaats in de wielergekke regio het Baskenland en dus is het geen verrassing dat de renner van Bahrain Victorious kijkt naar de Franse ronde. Daar komt nog eens bij dat er zeer weinig tijdritkilometers (slechts één individuele tijdrit van 22 kilometer) zijn opgenomen in de komende Ronde van Frankrijk, wat een voordeel is voor een pure klimmer als Landa.

Aanloop  Noticias de Gipuzkoa schetst ook al zijn (waarschijnlijke) programma in de eerste maanden van het nieuwe seizoen. Landa zou zijn wielerjaar beginnen in de Ronde van Valencia, gevolgd door Tirreno-Adriatico, de Ronde van het Baskenland en de Ardennenklassiekers.

Landa reed in 2020 voor het laatst de Tour de France. De sierlijke klimmer eindigde toen als vierde in het eindklassement, achter eindwinnaar Tadej Pogačar , Primož Roglič en Richie Porte . In een iets verder verleden was hij ook al zevende, zesde en nog eens vierde in de Ronde van Frankrijk.

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Tour du Pays basque : nouvelle grosse chute, Mikel Landa évacué sur civière

Cette chute intervient au lendemain de celle, très impressionnante, ayant envoyé les favoris Jonas Vingegaard et Remco Evenepoel à l’hôpital.

Les jours se suivent et se ressemblent sur le Tour du pays basque. L’Espagnol Mikel Landa a été contraint d’abandonner ce vendredi, après une nouvelle chute, au lendemain de celle, très impressionnante , ayant envoyé les favoris Jonas Vingegaard et Remco Evenepoel à l’hôpital.

Le coureur de l’équipe Soudal Quick-Step et son coéquipier Gil Gelders, ont quitté la course lors de la cinquième étape, a indiqué l’équipe belge, un jour après que leur vedette Evenepoel s’est fracturé l’omoplate et la clavicule droite, sur la même épreuve.

Des premières images télévisées relayées par les médias espagnols montrent Mikel Landa évacué sur une civière avec une minerve. Les organisateurs de la course ont expliqué qu’il y avait eu une « chute près de Manaria dans laquelle plusieurs cyclistes ont été impliqués », sur cette étape entre Vitoria-Gasteiz et Amorebieta-Etxano.

Mikel Landa souffre d’une fracture de la clavicule, a indiqué son équipe dans l’après-midi.

Un pneumothorax pour Vingegaard

Victimes d’une très lourde chute jeudi, dans un virage abordé à pleine vitesse, les trois principaux favoris à la victoire finale, Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel et Primoz Roglic , ont tous abandonné.

Le Danois Vingegaard est le plus touché, avec un pneumothorax et une contusion pulmonaire, s’ajoutant à des fractures à la clavicule et aux côtes. Ces blessures remettent en question les espoirs du leader de la Visma-Lease a Bike de remporter un troisième Tour de France consécutif cet été, la course débutant le 29 juin à Florence, en Italie.

Primoz Roglic, en tête du classement général du Tour du Pays basque depuis lundi, a lui aussi quitté la course mais s’en est mieux sorti, sans blessure grave.

First Remco Evenepoel, now Mikel Landa crashes out of Itzulia Basque Country

S oudal-QuickStep’s misfortunes at this year’s Itzulia Basque Country showed no sign of letting up on Friday, as less than 24 hours after Remco Evenepoel ’s untimely exit Mikel Landa became their second GC leader to crash out of the race.

Both Landa and first-year Belgian teammate Gil Gelders were unlucky enough to crash at the foot of the Urkiola climb, with some 95 kilometres left to race. For Landa, he suffered a broken collarbone.

The two riders, along with Movistar’s Gonzalo Serrano and Sánchez Pelayo, were all DNFs for stage 5. Landa was transported away by ambulance in a neck brace for further checkups.

“Mikel, runner-up at the Volta a Catalunya last month, was taken to the local hospital where X-rays revealed that he has suffered a fracture to his clavicle. He will now undergo further investigation to determine the best path for his recovery,” a team statement said.

Gelders was "given medical attention on the spot and was treated for abrasions".

The latest crash to blight this year’s centenary edition of Itzulia Basque Country comes a scant one day after Evenepoel was one of 11 abandons following a mass crash that devastated the race.

The litany of GC abandons in this year’s Itzulia began even before the race started, with the exit of Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) after a training recon crash. Then  David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) was not able to start stage 3 after he took a fall 4km from the finish and injured his right hand. That was followed by injuries to race leader Primož Roglič (Bora-Hansgrohe), Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates) and Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) on stage 4.

Evenepoel suffered a broken collarbone and shoulder blade and will now miss the Ardennes Classics, although his Tour de France debut, where Landa is expected to play a key mountain domestique’s role, does not remain in doubt.

Placed 27th overall when he crashed out, Landa has had a stunning start to the season, finishing second overall in the Volta a Catalunya. That was his best GC result since he took second overall in Itzulia last year behind Vingegaard, followed by a third in the Flèche Wallonne, another race he now seems certain to miss.

Third in the 2022 Giro d’Italia, Landa has had a number of major crashes in his career, with the previous one a serious fall in stage 5 of the 2021 Giro that also left him with a broken collarbone and out of the race.

Landa has also turned in some major performances in the Itzulia, including two runner-up spots, in 2018 and 2023, and also two stage wins in 2015 and 2016.

Meanwhile, Soudal-QuickStep battle on at the 2024 Itzulia Basque Country with just four riders remaining: James Knox, William Lecerf, Pieter Serry and Louis Vervaeke. The race concludes Saturday with stage 6's finale at Eibar.

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The Basque climber had already suggested that he would not be riding the Tour, however the confirmation came yesterday, he revealed to Spanish newspaper 'AS'. After his Giro d'Italia where he finished a strong third place, Landa had taken some time to decide which Grand Tour he'd ride next, but with Bahrain - Victorious already having a strong lineup for the Tour de France , he'll race his home Vuelta a España.

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The Vuelta will start in the 19th of September in Utrecht, and the 32-year old will be one of the main favourites in the overall classification.

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