'Mikel Landa paid the price at Team Sky. Astana are interested in men, not robots'

Astana boss Alexandre Vinokourov says that he doesn't believe Landa has benefited from Sky's training methods

Mikal Landa on stage nine of the 2016 Giro d'Italia (Watson)

(Image credit: Watson)

Astana boss Alexandre Vinokourov says that Mikel Landa suffered from Team Sky's training methods and that his team "does not work watts" and "is not interested in robots."

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.