‘The goal is still to be at the start of the Vuelta a España’ – Mikel Landa makes long-awaited return to racing after Giro d’Italia crash

Mikel Landa is back racing this week, taking on the Vuelta a Burgos, his first outing since suffering a fractured vertebra in a crash on the opening day of the Giro d’Italia. The Spanish climber is using the five-day event to prepare for the upcoming Vuelta a España.

Soudal-QuickStep racer Landa hasn’t raced since that fall in Tirana on May 9 and returns to Burgos, the scene of both his first professional victory 14 years ago and his most recent in 2021.