Landa remains to pick up the pieces for Team Sky

He's still here. On losing 27 minutes following his crash at the base of the Blockhaus last Sunday, it appeared as though Mikel Landa's days on this Giro d'Italia were numbered, but the Basque remains in the race and on the hunt for a stage win as the corsa rosa reaches the Alps.

Barry Ryan
Head of Features

Barry Ryan is Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.