It’s hard not to get emotional, Landa, through tears: “I remembered my children, I couldn’t go home like this, giving up”

Five years later and a new difficult season, Mike Landwas back in the news for a great victory, in the 2nd0th and last stage of La Vuelta. A triumph with a lot of meaning behind it, after a season in which he was once again a victim of misfortune, and which comes in his last season with the Soudal team before returning to Euskaltel to ride two more seasons with them and hang the bike professionally.

Landa He has gone from less to more in this queen stage of La Vuelta to end up signing his 17th triumph as a professional, and after celebrating it with his team and before going on the podium, he could not contain his tears in his statements.

“I didn’t expect it, but I dreamed about it. Today was the last opportunity and I didn’t want to leave anything out,” the man from Alava said at the beginning.

He noted that on this Saturday, September 12, “I remembered my children (not being able to contain my tears). I couldn’t go home like this, giving up, and if one day they see this and understand it, I would like them to know that you can never give up.”

He insisted that “you can never give up, the team has also trusted me, they have supported me throughout La Vuelta and they have taken care of me, they have given me love and it is for them.”

He was asked about how excited he looked and the Murgia He responded: “Because of the shitty year I’ve had, two years, I have suffered a lot and today everything makes sense”, before pointing out that this victory was also dedicated “to all the people who supported me all these days, I feel indebted to them and today they all won. The fans love all the cyclists, but I experience it firsthand and it is truly incredible.”