Mikel Landa

Ineos Grenadiers applied the pressure on the Blockhaus summit but Carapaz finds company from Landa and Bardet.

From Carapaz to Carthy, Andy Schleck rates 10 potential contenders for the Giro d'Italia.

The Spanish tandem hopes to go into the final week with all GC options still in play.

From Budapest to Verona, here are the pink jersey favorites, the key stages, the traps and opportunities to open the 2022 grand tour racing season.

Basque climber looks poised to finish on final podium at Tirreno-Adriatico after hanging close behind Pogačar's acceleration.

Slovenian megastar takes control in Italy with huge solo win, extending GC lead to nearly two minutes ahead of final sprint stage Sunday.

After a rough and tumble 2021, Mikel Landa debuts his season with the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France in his roadmap for 2022.

Damiano Caruso, Mikel Landa and Jack Haig want to better the team's breakout 2021 season across the season's three grand tours.

Here's what's making headlines on Thursday, October 14.

Here's the news making headlines for Thursday, September 2.

Here's what Sepp Kuss, Miguel Ángel López, and others said after the two-time defending Vuelta a España champion regained the race lead.

Here's the news making the headlines on Thursday, August 26.

Jack Haig, Damiano Caruso spearhead "Plan B" as Landa slides out of GC contention in Vuelta's mountaintop showdown.

Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorious) took a fantastic solo victory on stage 9 while his team leader Mikel Landa dropped to 16th overall.

Riders like Mikel Landa and Richard Carapaz move backwards on a day Hugh Carthy and Alejandro Valverde leave early.

Movistar makes a statement, Jumbo-Visma and Ineos Grenadiers lose leaders as GC favorites shadowbox on Vuelta's first summit finish.

Basque climber has momentum under his wheels and an extra powerful Bahrain-Victorious squad behind him – what could go wrong?

From Primož Roglič to Egan Bernal to Mikel Landa, these are the GC favorites for the Vuelta a España's red jersey.

Three months after crashing out of the Giro d'Italia, Mikel Landa took overall victory at Vuelta a España warm-up race the Vuelta a Burgos.

Here's the news making headlines for Saturday, August 7.

Egan Bernal, Mikel Landa, Romain Bardet, Aleksandr Vlasov among heavyweight startlist revving their engines in Burgos this week.

Here's the news making the headlines on Thursday, July 29.

Here's the news making the headlines on Tuesday, July 27.

A swathe of early exits has shorn the race of key players and opened the door for Egan Bernal.

Veteran domestique has ridden into second on GC without anyone noticing – and he won't let go of his once-in-a-career opportunity easily.

More pressure for Egan Bernal and Remco Evenepoel suddenly sees fewer rivals in his podium bid.

The American rider crashed heavily, along with Mikel Landa, during the final kilometers of stage 5 of the Giro d'Italia.

The Bahrain-Victorious rider was whisked away from the race in an ambulance following a crash in the closing kilometers of stage 5.

Routing stages into packed European city centers means the peloton faces more traffic islands, barriers, and dangers, writes Andrew Hood.

Tuesday's stage-winner Joe Dombrowski also caught up in crashes in technical finale.

What's going on in the virtual GC after stage 4? Remco Evenepoel, Egan Bernal part of a classification 'super six' as João Almeida grinds in gruppetto.

Tuesday's stage 4 of the Giro d'Italia saw this year's pink jersey hopefuls attacking each other on a climb for the first time.

Can lightning strike twice for João Almeida? Is it too late for Vincenzo Nibali? And can Mikel Landa finally deliver? Here's what the stars say ahead of the Giro d'Italia.

Here's the news making headlines for Saturday, March 27.

Here's a wrap of Sunday's one-day Italian and Belgian races.

Confirmation of 'Big Start' comes a day after Ineos Grenadiers revealed Egan Bernal will race the Giro d'Italia.

Bahrain-Victorious sketch out goals and schedules for the year ahead of training camp in Altea, Spain.

Team continues to reshape its image following departure of manager Rod Ellingworth.

No Spanish rider won a stage, but Mas and Landa both landed in top-five and Movistar wins teams classification for fifth time in six years.

The Tour de France's only individual time trial completely shook up the GC standings one final time before Paris. How did Primož Roglič, Rigoberto Urán, Richie Porte, and the other GC stars fare? We analyze each man's ride.

Mikel Landa and Bahrain-McLaren again went on the attack at the Tour de France, this time dropping rivals during the stage 18 fight on the Plateau des Gliéres.

Wednesday's stage 17 of the Tour de France featured a huge battle on the Col de la Loze, and the stage further upended the top-10 placings in GC.

Bahrain-Merida put in a huge effort on Wednesday's Tour de France stage 17 to set up Mikel Landa on the Col de la Loze. Landa, however, faded in the final push to the line.

If it wasn't for the UAE-Emirates rider, the GC would be pretty much a snoozer. Jumbo-Visma is so dominant, and Primož Roglič is so strong that no one's been able to attack.

While Primož Roglič and Tadej Pogačar fight for yellow, five riders are battling for the final Tour de France podium position in Paris. We analyze each man's strengths, weaknesses, and backstory in the push for the podium.

Egan Bernal cracked, Richie Porte soared, and the other GC stars at this Tour de France endured another tough day in the mountains. Here, we analyze how each GC favorite fared on the battle to Grand Colombier.

The 2020 Tour de France's GC reshuffled again after Friday's stage 13 to Puy Mary. Egan Bernal faltered, Tadej Pogačar flew, and France's hopes of yellow went ka-pow. Here's how the GC stars fared in the battle in the Massif Central.

The GC battle is still quite tight at the 2020 Tour de France after 11 stages. How could Nairo Quintana, Tadej Pogačar, Romain Bardet, and other contenders win? We offer a pathway for each rider's victory.

Mikel Landa 'had a tough night' after crosswinds cost him on stage 7. Now, Landa is one of the best climbers in the Tour de France.

How did GC stars like Romain Bardet, Nairo Quintana, and Egan Bernal fare on the Stage 9 battle up the Col de Marie Blanque? We analyze all of the top contenders for yellow.

How did GC favorites like Adam Yates, Egan Bernal, Primož Roglič, and others fare during Saturday's Pyrénéan test of the Tour de France? We break down the good and bad news for the key players.

History repeated in the crosswinds during Friday's seventh stage of the Tour de France. Just one year ago the race exploded in crosswinds, and some of the same GC riders lost time.

Is the race over for Pogačar and Landa? What do we expect to see in the Pyrénées? And did the crosswind chaos spark the race back to life just in time?

While there was no major fireworks among the yellow jersey contenders at the Tour's opening weekend, some are teetering off the back already.

We rank the top 10 contenders to win the 2020 Tour de France overall.

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There's no room for Mark Cavendish on Bahrain-McLaren's Tour roster, as the team goes all-in for Mikel Landa's GC run.

Frenchman takes solace in positive signs before Tour de France while Quintana and Landa both struggled in frantic final stage.

Sosa wins mountaintop finale to conclude first major stage race in COVID era.

Basque talent is confident in himself and Team Bahrain-McLaren is confident in him ahead of Tour de France challenge.

Team boss confident in team’s finances and eager to regain momentum after winning start to season.

Basque rider sees leadership role at Bahrain-McLaren as lifetime opportunity, though threat of Froome's arrival could throw spanner in works.

Ecuadorian reveals last year's fractious team dynamics extended beyond battles between Landa, Quintana and Valverde.

Young Spaniard Max steps into a leadership vacuum in his first year at Team Movistar, feels no pressure in leading the squad.

Credit to Movistar team management for allowing the film's producers to have final cut, and most tense and disappointing moments are not left on the cutting-room floor.

For years, observers have insisted that cycling could make far more effective use of television and video formats to get behind the scenes.

One of the main backers of the legendary—and sometimes infamous—Basque cycling team returns to the peloton.

Australian Jack Haig tops Jakob Fuglsang and Mikel Landa in Granada to win the fourth stage. Fuglsang maintains his lead in the overall.

Races in Portugal and Spain provide important early season climbing and time trial tests for many marquee names.

Landa leads a strong Bahrain-McLaren team at the mountainous race.

With the exit of three of its marquee riders and signing of a host of rookies, the Spanish team faces a transitional season in 2020.

Movistar boss reveals how the team lost faith in the Colombian's ability to win grand tours, but vows to rebuild for future around Mas, Soler.

The Spanish star has been knocking on the door of grand tour success for years and he's optimistic he will see more support in his latest move.

Landa relishing opportunity to lead Bahrain-McLaren at grand tours after several seasons working for teammates.

Basque team backed by Mikel Landa steps up to the second tier of racing in 2020, with eyes on bigger goal of WorldTour status.

Spain's Basque Country could host the 2023 Tour de France while Euskadi targets a jump to the Pro-Conti level next season.

Costa Rican domestique is said to be heading to Ineos in what's the latest chapter in a long-simmering feud between his agent and Movistar

Wout Poels's departure to Bahrain-Merida for 2020 reveal a deeper reshuffling at cycling’s richest team.

The Vuelta could be more wide open than ever with many of the established GC stars missing for one reason or another

With Nibali moving out, the Basque rider is hoping he will be the center of a team's GC ambitions for first time of his career