Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team (Bahrain) - Press Release: BAHRAIN MERIDA Pro Cycling Team is proud to announce that Mikel Landa, one of the world’s top professional riders, will be wearing the team’s jersey from 2020. The Basque climber, a proven force in the mountains, will be a major contributor to our stage race objectives.

Landa, 29, turned professional in 2011 and since then has built an impressive Palmares. In 2015 he achieved his first Grand Tour successes – winning a stage of the Vuelta a Espana and two stages of the Giro d’Italia, where he also finished 3rd overall. This year he was 4thoverall at the Giro d’Italia and 6that the Tour de France, where he also took the Combativity Award on Stage 15.

The Spanish rider, who still lives in his hometown, Murgia, is very proud of his Basque roots. His first professional team was the local Euskaltel-Euskadi and he has remained close to the Fundación Euskadi ever since. In 2018 he became the president of the local Euskadi Cycling Foundation, demonstrating his loyalty to the organization that helped him become the cyclist he is today.