Mikel Landa will lead the Soudal Quick-Step team in its 10th Lap
In this way, the Alavés will run the Return to Spain for the tenth time, in this case as leader of the Soudal Quick-Step, although the other options for the overall ranking are the Italian Filippo Zana and the French Valentin Paret-Peintre.
Murgia cyclist Mikel Landa, stock photo.
Murgiarra Mikel Landa will run the Return to Spain for the tenth time, in this case as leader of the Soudal Quick-Step team, although the other options for the overall ranking are Italian Filippo Zana and French Valentin Paret-Peintre .
The team has confirmed that Landa will alsobe accompanied by BelgiansSteff Cras and Fabio Van den Bossch , Italians Alberto Dainese and Gianmarco Garofoli and Englishman Ethan Hayter .
The Alavés, after winning a stage in the Vuelta in 2015 , is ranked 15th in the general of the Volta to Catalonia, his best result this season, but in theory he has made a good preparation to get to the exit of Monaco properly.
"Mikel has a lot of experience and comes with a lot of motivation to prove his worth, but Valentine can also do something special, especially after his great work on the Tour de France. It's a solid team that we take to the Lap, and we hope to show it in the next three weeks of this incredibly tough race, "said team director sports Sep Vanmarcke.
Vanmarck has stressed that they hope to "fight for stage victories" and continue "with the winning streak achieved so far in the big laps, after the Giro de Italia and the Tour de France."
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