Last year at Astana, Mikel Landa’s third place overall in the Giro d’Italia and two mountain stage wins represented a massive breakthrough for the Basque professional. This year, Landa, 26, will head Team Sky’s bid to win the Giro d’Italia in his first ever Grand Tour as team leader. He talked to Cyclingnews about the biggest challenge of his career to date.
Cyclingnews: With the Giro d’Italia just around the corner, how are you feeling?
Mikel Landa: In very good shape and very motivated. After winning the Giro del Trentino, my morale is very high and I’m ready to go for it.
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CN: Compared with 2015, when you showed strongly in Trentino and took second overall, but didn’t win a stage, have you therefore moved up a level?
ML: I think I’m pretty much on the same level, to be honest. But I’m more experienced as a racer and that’s why I could win Trentino.
CN: You said during Trentino that you’d expected more of a fight with Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) during that race...
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