Mikel Landa fifth in Tour de France GC – ‘I’m doing better than expected, but this isn’t my best Tour’

There are only three stages left in the 2024 Tour de France, and of the five riders currently lying highest on GC, veteran Soudal-QuickStep racer Mikel Landa is perhaps the one that surprises the most. 

While the Basque star, fifth overall at 13:24 behind leader Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), confirmed on Thursday that he is doing much better than he expected, he also insisted, perhaps surprisingly, that his 2024 Tour form is not as good as it has been in previous July editions.