Cycling-Sky’s the limit for leader Landa at the Giro (Reuters)
By Martyn Herman LONDON, April 16 (Reuters) – Tipped as the next Spanish cycling great when Alberto Contador hangs up his racing bike, Mikel Landa is less than a month away from being given the stage to justify his billing. When the Giro d’Italia begins in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on May 6 and Landa rolls off the start ramp he will do so as team leader at a Grand Tour for the first time. It will break new ground for the 26-year-old Basque who was third last year despite riding as a domestique for Astana’s team leader Fabio Aru, who he also supported to victory in the Vuelta.