Mikel Landa to focus on Grand Tours as Bahrain Victorious outlines objectives for 2021
Mikel Landa to concentration on Grand Tours as Bahrain Victorious outlines targets for 2021
Jan 10 2021 04:27 am CET
Crew Bahrain Victorious
Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorius) will concentration his 2021 time on the Grand Excursions when once more and maintains the goal of preventing for a victory in just one.
The crew will train less than its new title for the first time of the season in Spain, and there the riders will get alongside one another and some of them will remain for the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. Throughout a press convention, Landa outlined the future year.
“I want to start out it in Andalucia, then we have to pick among Tirreno and Catalunya,” explained the Spaniard. “For guaranteed I will be racing in Itzulia. We’re waiting around to see the class of the Giro d’Italia, but I would like to be there also.
“My intention is to acquire a Grand Tour, at the moment the Giro, then we will see. I would like to be competitive again and battle for the podium or victory at the Giro. My purpose is to journey also the Tour de France. Grand Excursions continue being my most important goal”.
The aspirations of the rider will be supported by Pello Bilbao, Damiano Caruso, Matej Mohoric, Wout Poels and Sonny Colbrelli.
Poels, along with newcomer Jack Haig will be putting component of the focus of their season on the Olympic Online games of Tokyo 2020. “I would really like to go to the Olympics,” commented the Dutchman. “I assume if I do a excellent Ardennes block, I’ll have a fantastic possibility to go. The system suits me quite very well, and I’ve currently had practical experience at the Olympics and it was really awesome.
“I have the Olympics as huge intention of mine, that probably will be my only opportunity in my cycling vocation,” included the Australia. “The Ardennes block will be decisive to make the selection. It is the very first time I have altered group due to the fact I started my experienced profession. For that reason my aim will 1st of all be to integrate with the new staff and sense aspect and comfy.”
Bahrain Victorious will also concentrate on the Classics with a block of riders that incorporate Dylan Teuns, Colbrelli, Poels and Mohoric.