As Mikel Landa prepares to say goodbye to Team Sky, with just three races left on his calendar, the Spaniard has admitted that the British outfit was not the best fit for him.
Landa joined Sky in 2016 after two seasons at Astana but, as was the case at the Kazakh squad, at key moments he felt he was forced to put his attacking instincts and personal ambitions on hold. The tensions were laid bare at the Tour de France, where Landa soared up the standings but was placed at the disposal of Chris Froome, eventually finishing a solitary second off the podium as his teammate won the yellow jersey.
“It wasn’t easy,” Landa said of his time at Sky, speaking in an interview in Wednesday’s edition of Spanish newspaper AS.
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“It’s a squad with quite a rigid mentality, where they like to have even the most minor elements under control. I consider myself a different kind of rider to that. I prefer to follow my impulses, and at times we were not compatible."
Landa declined to view his move to Movistar as a 'liberation', though he did say it was "an incentive, a motivation to achieve more".
"I did some great things with Sky and I thank them for the confidence they placed in me," he added, "but after four seasons abroad, with few opportunities, I want the responsibility of leading the only Spanish WorldTour team.”
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