Mikel Landa and Pello Bilbao will be part of Bahrain-Victorius who will compete in the 45th edition of the tour of the alps which will take place between April 18 and 22, “the perfect race” to strengthen the preparation before facing the Italy spin which begins on May 6.
Winner of the 40th edition in 2016 under the name of Giro del Trentino, Landa also got second place in 2015 behind Richie Porterwhile in the 2014 edition the man from Alava had won the queen stage in the iconic Mount Bondone.
Pello Bilbao has participated in the tour of the alps every year since 2018. In the first experience, the broker of Guernica won the opening stage in Folgariabefore taking a stage win last year at pieve dibonoand go on to take second place on the final podium behind Simon Yachts.
In the case of Pello Bilbaothe motivation for this race is special, because he was one of the best friends when he was a member of the Astana of the ill-fated michele scarponiwho played his last race in the Alpsin 2017.”Michelle lived the last race of his life in the tour of the alps. It is a great emotion for me to participate in the race. Achieving great results in this event is a way to honor his memory,” says Bilbao.
Source: Eitb
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