Landa: My only option is patience

Mikel Landa (Bahrain McLaren)
Mikel Landa (Bahrain McLaren) in action earlier this season (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Life as a professional cyclist has rarely been straightforward for Mikel Landa, and the latest wrinkle in the cloth for the Basque star is that, while clearly settling in well at his new Bahrain McLaren team, and despite good early form, the fall-out from a training crash over a month back continues to trouble him.

The bulk of Landa’s off-season training program had gone well until February when he was hit by a car when out training, fracturing a rib. According to Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo, the driver tested positive for alcohol and cocaine after being arrested. 

Alasdair Fotheringham

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 IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.