Throughout his career, Mikel Rural It has been one of the most combative corridors and also one of the most punished for bad fortune. The Basque, who in each season has excited his talent, has had to overcome multiple physical mishaps and falls that have marked his career. The last one, this Friday in the 2025 turn whose medical part, according to the team, goes through “stable fracture of the threaded verteba T11”. We review your most unfortunate episodes.
Giro de Italia 2011
In his first participation in a great return, Landa had to leave the race after a fall in the seventh stage. It was in a complicated descent between Maddaloni and Montevergine di Mercoglian, where the Euskaltel-Euskadi corridor could not help going to the ground and had to say goodbye to the Corsa Rosa.
Back to Murcia 2011
On March 5, during the second stage, he suffered a fall in the descent of the Bermejo Collado. The accident caused his first right clavicle fracture.
Dauphiné Libéré 2011
Three months later, during the sixth stage, a group of cows invaded the road. The young Euskaltel runner fractured the right clavicle after a new fall.
Giro de Italia 2016
A gastroenteritis forced Landa to leave in the tenth stage, when he left as one of the general favorites with the Team Sky jersey.
Giro de Italia 2017
A year later, in the same career, a misappaired police motorcycle caused a montonera in which it was involved before the rise to blockhaus. He shared fall with Geraint Thomas and Adam Yates, losing 27 minutes with Quintana.
San Sebastián Classic 2018
-In its premiere with Movistar, he suffered a fall that caused him to break a vertebra. The injury prevented him from playing the return to Spain.
Mallorca Challenge 2019
In the Ses Salines-Puig trophy of Sant Salvador, he was one of those affected by a massive fall at 15 km from the finish line. Result: Third clavicle fracture in your career.
Francia Tour 2019
During the tenth stage, a Warren Barguil maneuver after a rubilippe rubbing caused a fall in which Landa was involved. He lost more than two minutes, ruining his options in the general.
Giro de Italia 2021
In the absence of 4 kilometers for the goal in Cattolica, during the fifth stage, the Bahrain-Victorious cyclist was shot down in a curve and had to leave with strong pain. He left ambulance to the hospital.
Return 2024
Landa lived another bitter episode at home during the Tour of the Basque Country 2024. Landa He was transferred to the hospital in ambulance after suffering a tough fall and left thus during the 5th stage of the Basque Round that was disputed between Vitoria y Amorebieta Etxano. It was in Itzulia where Vingegaard, Roglic y Evenepoel They also went to the ground.
Giro de Italia 2025
The Spanish went to the ground when there were 5 kilometers for the end
His last great misfortune came in the first stage of the Corsa Rosa 2025, with a goal in Tirana. When they subtracted five kilometers for the end, he suffered a tough fall that forced him to abandon in ambulance, saying goodbye to his great goal of the year.
