{"id":737113,"date":"2026-06-15T01:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T01:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/737113\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T01:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T01:27:09","slug":"im-happy-to-be-back-in-the-peloton-mikel-landa-returns-to-competition-at-tour-de-suisse-after-itzulia-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/737113\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019m happy to be back in the peloton\u201d: Mikel Landa returns to competition at Tour de Suisse after Itzulia crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The opening two stages are expected to suit puncheurs, while stage 3 should provide the sprinters with their only clear opportunity of the race. The general classification is likely to be decided by a 23.87-kilometre individual time trial and the summit finish in Villars-sur-Ollon during the final two days.<\/p>\n<p>For Landa, the race represents an important step in his recovery after the crash that disrupted his plans for April and May. The 36-year-old will make only his second career appearance at the Tour de Suisse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt hasn\u2019t been a great season so far for me, as I had some bad luck, and coming into this race I am missing some racing days,\u201d Landa said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/soudal-quickstepteam.com\/en\/news\/soudal-quick-step-to-the-tour-de-suisse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">team statement<\/a>. \u201cBut I\u2019m happy to go there, be back in the peloton and improve my shape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Landa will be supported by a squad featuring Alberto Dainese, Gil Gelders, Maximilian Schachmann, Ilan Van Wilder, Louis Vervaeke and Filippo Zana.<\/p>\n<p>Sports director Sep Vanmarcke highlighted the unique nature of this year\u2019s edition, with every stage presenting a different challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a different Tour de Suisse, with only five stages on the menu and different scenarios for each day,\u201d Vanmarcke said. \u201cOur riders are motivated to give their best, so we hope for a strong week with some good results.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The opening two stages are expected to suit puncheurs, while stage 3 should provide the sprinters with their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,182575,204311,17833,85,2845],"class_list":["post-737113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-itzulia-basque-country","tag-mikel-landa","tag-soudal-quick-step","tag-sports","tag-tour-de-france"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}