The Basque will be a member of the Wolfpack until the end of 2026.
Having joined Soudal Quick-Step ahead of the 2024 season, Mikel Landa brought a wealth of experience to the team, but also climbing prowess, which he has shown on numerous occasions. In the 16 months spent in our jersey, the 35-year-old from Murgia has racked up numerous impressive results: from finishing runner-up at the Volta a Catalunya to his maiden Critérium du Dauphiné top ten and from a remarkable fifth at the Tour de France while in the service of Remco Evenepoel to a solid eighth on the roads of the Vuelta a España.
A multiple Grand Tour stage winner, Landa has most recently finished fourth overall in Catalunya, his last race before an altitude training camp in Sierra Nevada, from where he travelled to Albania. The Balkan country hosts the start of the Giro d’Italia, and Mikel is ready to lead Soudal Quick-Step there, after inking a deal that will keep him with the team through 2026.
“I’m really happy to continue with the Wolfpack. I feel one of them and really at home here after one season and a half and I’m looking forward to fighting for new goals. I already have many beautiful memories, from my first outing for the team, when I helped Remco win Algarve to finishing runner-up in Catalunya and then supporting Remco at the Tour de France, where he concluded on the podium after a great team effort.”
“Looking ahead, I would like to be on the podium of the Giro d’Italia! That’s my dream and I will fight for it! It’s been three years since my previous Giro presence and I’m excited to be going there again. I have a love-hate relationship with the race, with many beautiful moments and also some difficult ones, but this doesn’t stop me from dreaming that I can do something nice there. After the Giro, I will then go with a lot of motivation to the Tour, hoping that my experience and effort can help Remco be again on the podium”, Landa said after extending his deal with Soudal Quick-Step.
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