Mikel Landa

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Landa and the second or maternal family name is Meana.
Mikel Landa
Landa at the 2022 Giro d'Italia
Personal information
Full nameMikel Landa Meana
Born (1989-12-13) 13 December 1989 (age 34)
Murgia, Spain
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamSoudal–Quick-Step
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Professional teams
2009–2010Orbea
2011–2013Euskaltel–Euskadi[2]
2014–2015Astana
2016–2017Team Sky
2018–2019Movistar Team[3][4]
2020–2023Bahrain–McLaren[5]
2024–Soudal–Quick-Step
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
Mountains classification (2017)
3 individual stages (2015, 2017)
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2015)

Stage races

Giro del Trentino (2016)
Vuelta a Burgos (2017, 2021)

Mikel Landa Meana (born 13 December 1989) is a Spanish Basque professional road cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step.[6] His career breakthrough came at the 2015 Giro d'Italia where he won two stages and finished third overall.

  1. ^ a b "Mikel Landa". Movistar Team. Movistar Team. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Basque Country's Euskaltel present UCI World Tour team". EITB. EiTB Group. 23 October 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013. The Basque backbone remains with Samuel Sanchez, Igor Anton, Ion Izagirre, Mikel Landa, Gorka Izagirre, Pello Bilbao, Mikel Astarloza and Mikel Nieve.
  3. ^ "Mikel Landa to leave Team Sky and join Nairo Quintana at Movistar in 2018". The Guardian. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Movistar Team launches 2019 season with highest hopes". Telefónica. Telefónica, S.A. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Mikel Landa signs for Bahrain Merida". Cycling News. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Soudal Quick-Step". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 January 2024.