Landismo is alive at #LaVuelta24 😁 A big thanks to @BurgosBH for helping us with the bus 🙌
After complete disaster, Soudal - Quick-Step continue Vuelta a Espana in... Burgos-BH's team bus
CyclingThursday, 22 August 2024 at 10:28
It is one of the most interesting and entertaining stories of this Vuelta a España so far. Burgos-BH have not received a wildcard to race their home Grand Tour but their team bus showed up today in Fuente del Maestre for the start of stage 5. Inside, the riders and staff of Soudal - Quick-Step...
It is a story that would be hard to believe if you couldn't see it with your own eyes. Under blazing hot temperatures that already reach over 30 degrees before the morning starts, the Soudal - Quick-Step bus broke down and riders used a local house and it's friendly owners to prepare for stage 4. Mikel Landa made justice and finished in the front group, despite the hard start to the day and the lack of AC to keep the riders fresh.
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However, the situation was not fixed. The Belgian team's bus continues to be out of order and this morning a new bus showed up at the Vuelta's start area. Burgos-BH's, whose team was left out of the race. Inside none other than Mikel Landa and his teammates, and team staff. It is the story of a borrowed team bus, one that is perhaps as iconic as Orica-GreenEdge's famous 2013 Tour de France disaster where the bus was stuck at the finish line.
This got a lot of attention, and Marca's Nacho Labarga interviewed Burgos' bus driver David, who returned from holiday specially for this unique request: "I was in France in vacation with my family, and I was called, [Quick-Step] had a problem with their bus and I returned to Burgos in the dawn, rode in the morning from Burgos and reached the start," he explained. The extreme heat makes it extra important for teams to have the best logistics possible and the team made an investment and deal with the Spanish ProTeam.
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