Vuelta 2024: the 7th stage and the general classification

Follow the information about the Tour of Spain 2024 with the result of the &amp ;stage and the general classification.

The 2024 Vuelta is the 79th edition of the Tour of Spain cycling race and takes place from August 17 to September 8, 2024 between Lisbon in Portugal and Madrid. Primoz Roglic is the big favorite of this edition to save his season. Aleksandr Vlasov, Daniel Felipe Martinez and Florian Lipowitz could take on the leadership role at Red Bull – BORA hansgrohe if, by chance, the Slovenian is not in good enough shape. Joatildeo Almeida, 4th in the last Tour de France, and Adam Yates are also expected. Richard Carapaz (EF Education EasyPost), the recent best climber of the Tour, could aim for the general classification, as could Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain – Victorious), 5th in the Giro last May.

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In a scrappy finale without teammates for the main favorites, Team UAE tried to take the victory from Wout van Aert with attacks from Marc Soler and then Pavel Sivakov one kilometer from the finish. But the Belgian was able to count on a lot of work from Sepp Kuss, who controlled to allow the wearer of the green jersey to raise his arms again on this Tour of Spain. In the final sprint, there was no match, van Aert was the strongest in the absence of Kaden Growes, in difficulty in the climb of the Alto del 14% and fell at the top of the difficulty. Find the complete ranking of the stage above.

17:43 – Marc Soler reprised

À 4 kilometers from the finish the UAE rider is caught under the work of Sepp Kuss

17:36 – Attack by Wout Van Aert

The gap does not close behind Marc Soler and the Belgian, without a doubt the fastest in the leading group, decides to react himself.

17:34 – 30 riders for the victory

They are 29 in the group, about ten seconds behind Marc Soler. The victory should be decided between these men even if the Kaden Growes group would be about forty seconds behind.

17:26 – Marc Soler is out

The Team UAE rider placed a clear attack on the narrow road following the summit of the Alto del 14%. He has a 23-second lead.

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17:19 – Kaden Growes down

The sprinter was in a second group at the top of the day's climb and touched the road of the rider in front of him while looking back. He won't be there to contest the sprint.

17:16 – Damage to the rear

The finish in Cordoba may be decided by a sprint, but there won't be a peloton of 160 riders to fight for victory. There are still about twenty riders 800m from the summit. There will still be nearly 25km before the finish.

17:12 – Red Bulls set the pace

A big pace is set by Primoz Roglic's teammates in the climb of the Alto del 14%.

17:02 – The runners at the foot of the main difficulty are: of the day

There are no more escapes when starting the climb of the Alto des 14%, 7.4 km long & 5.6%.

16:54 – First passage on the line

Xabier Isasa is almost at the moment when the peloton crosses the line in Cordoba. He has only 35 and 40 kilometers to go.

16:40 – Only 50 kilometers to go

The lead man arrives in the last 50 kilometers and is getting closer to Cordoba, where the peloton will pass before looping north of the city and returning for the finish.

16:12 – Xabier Isasa, a regular in breakaways

The rider from the Euskatel-Euskadi team was already at the front during the 3rd stage and had covered more than 170 kilometres at the front. He's doing another great number this Friday.

15:46 – The gap is decreasing

The teams take turns at the front of the peloton and the peloton is no longer than 5.20 metres ahead with 90 kilometres to go.

14:57 – A single man at the front

Everything should be decided in the finale of this seventh stage of the Vuelta, and only one rider has decided to go out at the front. This is Xabier Isasa (Euskaltel-Euskadi), who attacked at kilometer zero. The platoon left him behind. spin and he counted until'à 8 minutes 15 seconds ahead. À 120 kilometers from the finish, the gap with the peloton is 7.30.

13:30 – Ben O'Connor's perfect move

The Australian leader of the Décathlon-AG2R team, who will leave the team at the end of the season, pulled off the perfect move yesterday during the sixth stage. By isolating himself at the front at sixty kilometers from the finish after joining the morning breakaway, he surprised the favorites who only started to ride a few kilometers from the finish, far too late to hope to catch him. He takes the red jersey with almost a five-minute lead over Roglic in the general classification.

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