Mikel Landa ended his 2021 Vuelta. The Basque cyclist from Bahrain left the race on stage 17, a day in which he tried to break into the escape, but in which he made his way ashore before the last ascent, the legendary port of Lagos de Covadonga. The Alava, who had come to the race as leader of the formation, He no longer had options in the general classification, in 27th place, more than 48 minutes behind the lead.
With this goodbye, the Spaniard closes a test in which he was never at ease. After his fall in the Giro, he was able to win the Vuelta Burgos, which made him hope that he could fightr for big things. But he himself was in charge of lowering expectations when leaving Burgos. “I’m not 100%, I hope to improve”. After several days in which he suffered and being involved in a fall, he reconfigured his objectives to help the team.