Mikel Landa

Mikel Landa
Landa at the 2022 Giro d'Italia
Personal information
Full nameMikel Landa Meana
Born (1989-12-13) 13 December 1989 (age 34)
Murgia, Spain
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamSoudal–Quick-Step
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Professional teams
2009–2010Orbea
2011–2013Euskaltel–Euskadi[2]
2014–2015Astana
2016–2017Team Sky
2018–2019Movistar Team[3][4]
2020–2023Bahrain–McLaren[5]
2024–Soudal–Quick-Step
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
Mountains classification (2017)
3 individual stages (2015, 2017)
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2015)

Stage races

Giro del Trentino (2016)
Vuelta a Burgos (2017, 2021)

Mikel Landa Meana (born 13 December 1989) is a Spanish Basque professional road cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step.[6] His career breakthrough came at the 2015 Giro d'Italia where he won two stages and finished third overall.

  1. ^ a b "Mikel Landa". Movistar Team. Movistar Team. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Basque Country's Euskaltel present UCI World Tour team". EITB. EiTB Group. 23 October 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013. The Basque backbone remains with Samuel Sanchez, Igor Anton, Ion Izagirre, Mikel Landa, Gorka Izagirre, Pello Bilbao, Mikel Astarloza and Mikel Nieve.
  3. ^ "Mikel Landa to leave Team Sky and join Nairo Quintana at Movistar in 2018". The Guardian. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Movistar Team launches 2019 season with highest hopes". Telefónica. Telefónica, S.A. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Mikel Landa signs for Bahrain Merida". Cycling News. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Soudal Quick-Step". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

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