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Alasdair Fotheringham

'Starting to plan for next year will likely be great motivation for Tadej' - Multiple-crash victim Mikel Landa recommends Pogačar look ahead to 2027 after his Vuelta a España abandon

Mikel Landa (Soudal Quick-Step) during the 2026 Vuelta a Burgos 2026, in Lagunas de Neila, Spain. (Photo by Antonio Baixauli/Getty Images).

As Tadej Pogačar begins his slow recovery process from his major crash in the Vuelta a España, Basque stage racing specialist Mikel Landa recommended that one way that the UAE Team Emirates-XRG leader could try to get over the setback on a mental level was by beginning to plan for 2027.

Pogačar's crash has left the Slovenian star with a broken collarbone and a broken neck vertebrae, as well as wrecking his plans to try and conquer the only Grand Tour he has never won.

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