Mikel Landa (Murguía, 1989), after a discreet career at Movistar, will be military next season on a team that copies Chris Froome's Sky systems. At 30, he says that in the new squad he feels more protected than ever. He pretends to be an undisputed leader and his goals are the Tour and the World Cup. He is also attracted to the Olympic Games. After Orbea, Euskaltel, Astana, Sky, Movistar, their time comes at the McLaren Bahrain 'made in Britain'.

Isn't that much change worrying? Now we are working hard on the theory, on marking a path and on having things clear. We have people with experience. I'm pretty calm. Experience, yours. Sometimes, instead of pink, with brown hue, everything is learned. The experience will help me to face this challenge with greater tranquility. I don't have the slightest concern. Why did he leave the Movistar? At the Movistar I was caught in a time when I was overwhelmed. I thought that was not my way of running and I had to leave. Without further ado, is the arrival from the Sky / Ineos of Rod Ellinworth as supreme chief the greatest stimulus? His work is very good. He has structured the team permeating him in the culture of 'Runners, first'. It shows that everything is very marked, those who do not give pedals take into account how they can help us. It's like going back to his time with the Sky. But now the Froome is you. What is being formed has reminded me a bit of that structure. And I hope I can follow a path similar to Froome's. Are you afraid to meet more Thomas , Carapaz or Arus , runners of your team who take the command to which you were predestined? I see a team always willing to lend me a hand, that reassures me. He didn't find it before. Yes, he had found it. In Movistar I had the best teammates. What happens is that they were not only for me, also for Valverde and Quintana . And being with all three at the same time is complicated. Taking advantage of each leader is difficult and you don't find everything you need. In its hard core are Pello Bilbao and Wout Poels . Threats? [Laughs] We'll see ... I trust them a lot, more in Pello than in Poels by proximity, but the Dutchman also has clear ideas. Rafa Valls has also brought it to him. Has Landa contributed a lot in the 11 signings of the team? They were looking for a racer from Rafa's profile and I remembered him, because he is a cyclist with potential to which the injuries have been punished.Ellinworth proclaims his chances of winning the Tour. But it also adds a condition: that you believe it. That the key is mental. I am convinced that I can be contesting it to win. In recent years I have been close to the best, every year I see them closer and, taking away Froome, who has dominated, and Thomas and Bernal, the rest has never won ... Then I look at that same level. He didn't earn much and he triumphed in the Tour. Things like that make you believe that you can too. A runner like Thomas was there, but I think that before taking the Tour de France he had not been even in the top 10. Things like that make you dream too. Now that is the undisputed number one team. What concept does he have of what a leader is? To be one, one must know oneself well to take advantage of your gifts and minimize deficits; But the most important thing of a leader is to know your team well to know how to transmit what they need at all times. I'm new here, but I feel boss, although I haven't been banging on the table. In the end what I do is give pedals. I have to win the trust of everyone, show things and if they go well then I will ask for what is needed, which is not even the same. You have had several leaders in your career and different ones. Froome had everything very calculated, studied the route so well and every detail was known to take advantage of it. I was also with Nibali , who is an artist: at any time it occurs to him to turn everything around and he is victorious. I am more of Nibali, of course, because I am closer to that way of running, more passionate. Did you ever want to disappear or engage in gregarious mode? I'm still happy trying to win races. I look at a great opportunity, I do not know if that of my life, but a great opportunity. The wind tunnel and aerodynamics will help you in the chronos. But in the next Tour there is no flat time trial, but it doesn't hurt to work against the clock. The goal is the Tour, yes, but there are other races and that's why we work the clock. Do you feel the need to win before arriving at the Tour? Yes. I don't know if I will win or not, but the dynamics of the team have to be that: run to win and be prepared to attack and defend. I need to feel like a valid runner, who is in the fight, and the team has to believe it. He is one of the few good Spanish cyclists who don't go outside to pay less taxes. A commitment to our country? A bit of everything. Being at home helps me a lot, it gives me the stability I need to ride a bike: my friends, my family, disconnect a little when necessary ... You pay more, yes, but you have to put everything in the balance. And the Euskadi Foundation [which presides and launches second division team this year] does not deduct anything, I do not charge anything as president, I only put money. Do you like the tour of the Tour of Spain? Yes. It is mountainous, very twisted and complicated. You have few days of relaxation and at the end of the season it is more difficult to stay focused. We'll see, because the Olympic Games alter everything. In theory, because of its proximity, playing the Tour and the Tokyo Games is almost incompatible. And the September World Cup in Switzerland seems more appropriate for a climber. Yes, I also see more opportunities in the World Cup because it will be more selective. But I would very much like to be in the Games. I have never been with the national team and I want to get into that dynamic and learn about the Olympic experience.

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