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Friday, August 31: Stage 7, Puerto Lumbreras - Pozo Alcón, 185.7 km

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Tony Gallopin wins stage seven.

Rated ascents:

• Km 117: Alto Collado de Laude, 5 km @ 6.1%
• Km 173: Alto de Ceal, 4.5 km @ 5.4%

Weather in Jaen, near the finish city of Pozo Alcón at 3:30 PM, local time: 34C (94F), Fair, with the wind from the north at 10 km/hr (6 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: We still had all 174 of Saturday's starters ready to ride stage seven. The official start was delayed a bit, with the riders beginning the stage at 12:12 PM.

Here's the organizer's stage summary:

On the day after Nacer Bouhanni’s victory at San Javier, Tony Gallopin (AG2R-La Mondiale) soloed to victory at Pozo Alcon, this Friday. The Frenchman made the most of a very demanding finale to jump ahead of everyone with 2km to go. He had enough strength left to hold off World champion Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) and local star Alejandro Valverde (Movistar). Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ) retains the red jersey while Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) drops 25’’.

It took them some effort but the first attackers of the day eventually managed to break away from the peloton. Alexis Gougeard (AG2R-La Mondiale), Michael Woods (Education First-Drapac), Floris De Tier (LottoNL-Jumbo), Nicola Conci (Trek-Segafredo), Edward Ravasi (UAE Team Emirates), Alex Aranburu (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) and Oscar Rodriguez (Euskadi-Murias) built a 1’ lead after 6km but Bora-Hansgrohe immediately sent Marcus Burghardt at the front to work with Rudy Molard’s Groupama-FDJ and control the gap under 4 minutes all day long.

The gap was at 3’05’’ at the bottom of the first climb of the day, the cat-3 Alto Collado de Laude, and Marcus Burghardt (Bora-Hansgrohe) set a pace high enough to cut it to 2’55’’ at the summit (km 117), where Floris De Tier took the KOM points. The riders crossed the finish-line at Pozo Alcon a first time with 50.7km to go and a gap down to 2’05’’. The pack then picked up the pace and brought the gap down to 1’ as the race entered the last 45km.

Michael Woods (Education First-Drapac) tried to make the most of the final climb of the day but the hard pace from LottoNL-Jumbo and Movistar Team ended his move with 13km to go. Luis Mas (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) was the first rider to have a go in a very nervous finale that saw Michal Kwiatkowski crash with 8km to go. Nairo Quintana (Movistar) also went on the move but Jesus Herrada (Cofidis) was the one who managed to open a small gap in the last 5km… until Tony Gallopin (AG2R-La Mondiale) went for his victorious move in the last 2km.

Complete results:

Stage 7 photos

185.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.061 km/hr

1	TONY GALLOPIN	Ag2r La Mondiale	4hr 18min 20sec
2	PETER SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	@ 5sec
3	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	Movistar	s.t.
4	EDUARD PRADES	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
5	OMAR FRAILE	Astana	s.t.
6	RIGOBERTO URAN	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
7	JON IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
8	ENRIC MAS NICOLAU	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
9	WILCO KELDERMAN	Team Sunweb	s.t.
10	SEPP KUSS	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
11	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
12	GIANLUCA BRAMBILLA	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
13	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	Astana	s.t.
14	LAURENS DE PLUS	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
15	FABIO ARU	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
16	DAVID DE LA CRUZ	Sky	s.t.
17	EMANUEL BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	THIBAUT PINOT	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
19	LOUIS MEINTJES	Dimension Data	s.t.
20	GEORGE BENNETT	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
21	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
22	GORKA IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
23	JACK HAIG	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
24	RUDY MOLARD	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
25	SIMON PHILIP YATES	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
26	NAIRO QUINTANA	Movistar	s.t.
27	HERMANN PERNSTEINER	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
28	VICTOR CAMPENAERTS	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
29	RAFAL MAJKA	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
30	LUIS MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
31	RYAN GIBBONS	Dimension Data	00' 24''
32	NICHOLAS SCHULTZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	00' 27''
33	BJORG LAMBRECHT	Lotto-Soudal	00' 30''
34	CRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
35	MAXIME MONFORT	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
36	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	Sky	s.t.
37	JAY MC CARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
38	DARIO CATALDO	Astana	s.t.
39	DAVIDE FORMOLO	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
40	DAVIDE VILLELLA	Astana	s.t.
41	MERHAWI KUDUS	Dimension Data	s.t.
42	ILNUR ZAKARIN	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
43	DANIEL MORENO	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
44	JESUS HERRADA	Cofidis	s.t.
45	MIKEL BIZKARRA	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
46	BAUKE MOLLEMA	Trek-Segafredo	01' 06''
47	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE-Team Emirates	01' 48''
48	JAI HINDLEY	Team Sunweb	s.t.
49	BENJAMIN KING	Dimension Data	s.t.
50	JORDI SIMON	Burgos BH	s.t.
51	PAVEL KOCHETKOV	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
52	JOSÉ MENDES	Burgos BH	s.t.
53	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA	Movistar	s.t.
54	HUBERT DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
55	JOSE HERRADA	Cofidis	s.t.
56	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	Sky	s.t.
57	DYLAN TEUNS	BMC	02' 52''
58	MIKEL ITURRIA	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	04' 12''
59	LÉO VINCENT	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
60	JOSEPH ROSSKOPF	BMC	04' 27''
61	DANIEL MARTIN	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
62	TOSH VAN DER SANDE	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
63	VINCENZO NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
64	TIAGO MACHADO	Katusha-Alpecin	05' 40''
65	SIMON GESCHKE	Team Sunweb	05' 41''
66	AMANUEL GHEBREIGZABHIER	Dimension Data	s.t.
67	FABIO FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
68	JESUS EZQUERRA	Burgos BH	06' 56''
69	VALERIO CONTI	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
70	ELIA VIVIANI	Quick-Step Floors	07' 49''
71	DRIES DEVENYNS	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
72	SALVATORE PUCCIO	Sky	s.t.
73	NELSON OLIVEIRA	Movistar	s.t.
74	RICHARD CARAPAZ	Movistar	07' 52''
75	ANDREY AMADOR	Movistar	s.t.
76	VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
77	TOM VAN ASBROECK	EF Education First-Drapac	08' 07''
78	SIMON CLARKE	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
79	IGOR ANTON	Dimension Data	s.t.
80	MICHAEL WOODS	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
81	FRANCO PELLIZOTTI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
82	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
83	MICHAEL MØRKØV	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
84	DAMIEN HOWSON	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
85	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
86	THOMAS DE GENDT	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
87	JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER	Team Sunweb	s.t.
88	HECTOR SAEZ	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
89	ANDREY ZEITS	Astana	s.t.
90	SANDER ARMEE	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
91	BEN GASTAUER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
92	PIERRE ROLLAND	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
93	MIKAEL CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
94	FLORIS DE TIER	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
95	ALEXIS GOUGEARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
96	MIKE TEUNISSEN	Team Sunweb	s.t.
97	PAVEL SIVAKOV	Sky	s.t.
98	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	BMC	s.t.
99	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	s.t.
100	SIMONE CONSONNI	UAE-Team Emirates	10' 06''
101	KIEL REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	10' 33''
102	ALEXANDRE GENIEZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
103	NACER BOUHANNI	Cofidis	s.t.
104	SERGIO PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
105	MARKEL IRIZAR	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
106	PIETER SERRY	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
107	MICKAEL DELAGE	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	GEORG PREIDLER	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
109	LUKA PIBERNIK	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
110	EDWARD RAVASI	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
111	ARITZ BAGUES	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
112	MARTIJN TUSVELD	Team Sunweb	s.t.
113	MAURITS LAMMERTINK	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
114	ALEX ARANBURU	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	12' 46''
115	JONATHAN LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
116	NANS PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
117	MARC SARREAU	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
118	JULIEN DUVAL	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
119	NIKITA STALNOV	Astana	12' 49''
120	MATTEO TRENTIN	Mitchelton-Scott	13' 32''
121	NICOLA CONCI	Trek-Segafredo	14' 50''
122	FABIO SABATINI	Quick-Step Floors	15' 11''
123	RICHIE PORTE	BMC	s.t.
124	ROHAN DENNIS	BMC	s.t.
125	LARS BOOM	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
126	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
127	LOIC CHETOUT	Cofidis	s.t.
128	BRENT BOOKWALTER	BMC	s.t.
129	JON ABERASTURI	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
130	NELSON ANDRES SOTO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
131	JHONATAN RESTREPO	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
132	JORGE CUBERO	Burgos BH	s.t.
133	DIEGO RUBIO	Burgos BH	s.t.
134	ANTONIO MOLINA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
135	KENNETH VANBILSEN	Cofidis	s.t.
136	JOSÉ GONÇALVES	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
137	JETSE BOL	Burgos BH	s.t.
138	PELLO BILBAO	Astana	s.t.
139	LUIS ANGEL MATE	Cofidis	s.t.
140	SIMONE PETILLI	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
141	OSCAR CABEDO CARDA	Burgos BH	s.t.
142	JONATHAN CASTROVIEJO	Sky	s.t.
143	PABLO TORRES	Burgos BH	s.t.
144	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
145	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	Cofidis	s.t.
146	STÉPHANE ROSSETTO	Cofidis	s.t.
147	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO	BMC	s.t.
148	THOMAS LEEZER	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
149	MICHAEL ALBASINI	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
150	DANNY VAN POPPEL	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
151	IMANOL ERVITI	Movistar	s.t.
152	ADAM YATES	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
153	JELLE WALLAYS	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
154	LUKA MEZGEC	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
155	ALEXANDER EDMONDSON	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
156	IVAN GARCIA	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
157	DANIELE BENNATI	Movistar	s.t.
158	ANTOINE DUCHESNE	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
159	MARK PADUN	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
160	GARIKOITZ BRAVO	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
161	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
162	MATTHIAS BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
163	KASPER ASGREEN	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
164	SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
165	MICHAEL STORER	Team Sunweb	s.t.
166	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	Sky	s.t.
167	MAXIMILIAN WALSCHEID	Team Sunweb	s.t.
168	JOHANN VAN ZYL	Dimension Data	s.t.
169	STEPHEN CUMMINGS	Dimension Data	s.t.
170	BENJAMIN THOMAS	Groupama-FDJ	15' 23''
171	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
172	TIESJ BENOOT	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
173	JAN HIRT	Astana	15' 26''
174	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF Education First-Drapac	18' 47''
175	MARCUS BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	20' 18''
176	IAN BOSWELL	Katusha-Alpecin	24' 55''

GC after stage 7:

• GC leader: Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ)
• Mountains classification leader: Luis Angel Mate (Cofidis)
• Points classification leader: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
• Combination classification leader: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
• Team classification leader: Astana

1,040.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 38.920 km/hr

1	RUDY MOLARD	Groupama-FDJ	26hr 44min 40sec
2	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	Movistar	@ 47sec
3	EMANUEL BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	00' 48''
4	SIMON PHILIP YATES	Mitchelton-Scott	00' 51''
5	TONY GALLOPIN	Ag2r La Mondiale	00' 59''
6	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	Sky	01' 06''
7	JON IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	01' 11''
8	NAIRO QUINTANA	Movistar	01' 14''
9	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	LottoNL-Jumbo	01' 18''
10	ENRIC MAS NICOLAU	Quick-Step Floors	01' 23''
11	GEORGE BENNETT	LottoNL-Jumbo	01' 26''
12	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	Astana	01' 27''
13	FABIO ARU	UAE-Team Emirates	01' 28''
14	RIGOBERTO URAN	EF Education First-Drapac	01' 29''
15	DAVID DE LA CRUZ	Sky	01' 34''
16	LAURENS DE PLUS	Quick-Step Floors	01' 46''
17	WILCO KELDERMAN	Team Sunweb	02' 50''
18	THIBAUT PINOT	Groupama-FDJ	03' 08''
19	JACK HAIG	Mitchelton-Scott	03' 25''
20	DAVIDE FORMOLO	Bora-hansgrohe	03' 56''
21	RAFAL MAJKA	Bora-hansgrohe	04' 28''
22	HERMANN PERNSTEINER	Bahrain-Merida	04' 45''
23	JESUS HERRADA	Cofidis	04' 50''
24	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	05' 07''
25	LOUIS MEINTJES	Dimension Data	05' 35''
26	BENJAMIN KING	Dimension Data	06' 34''
27	DAVIDE VILLELLA	Astana	06' 39''
28	GIANLUCA BRAMBILLA	Trek-Segafredo	07' 54''
29	MERHAWI KUDUS	Dimension Data	07' 59''
30	CRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	08' 02''
31	DANIEL MORENO	EF Education First-Drapac	09' 00''
32	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	Sky	09' 57''
33	HUBERT DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	10' 06''
34	ILNUR ZAKARIN	Katusha-Alpecin	10' 38''
35	PAVEL KOCHETKOV	Katusha-Alpecin	10' 46''
36	GORKA IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
37	BAUKE MOLLEMA	Trek-Segafredo	11' 28''
38	RICHARD CARAPAZ	Movistar	11' 46''
39	MIKEL BIZKARRA	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	11' 48''
40	JOSE HERRADA	Cofidis	12' 26''
41	VALERIO CONTI	UAE-Team Emirates	12' 29''
42	LUIS MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	13' 05''
43	AMANUEL GHEBREIGZABHIER	Dimension Data	13' 24''
44	BEN GASTAUER	Ag2r La Mondiale	13' 57''
45	EDUARD PRADES	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	14' 21''
46	SIMON CLARKE	EF Education First-Drapac	14' 26''
47	SEPP KUSS	LottoNL-Jumbo	14' 48''
48	ANDREY ZEITS	Astana	15' 19''
49	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA	Movistar	15' 20''
50	MICHAEL WOODS	EF Education First-Drapac	16' 27''
51	RYAN GIBBONS	Dimension Data	16' 53''
52	VINCENZO NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	17' 36''
53	MAXIME MONFORT	Lotto-Soudal	17' 47''
54	JAI HINDLEY	Team Sunweb	18' 49''
55	FLORIS DE TIER	LottoNL-Jumbo	18' 52''
56	IGOR ANTON	Dimension Data	19' 05''
57	JAY MC CARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	20' 36''
58	PIERRE ROLLAND	EF Education First-Drapac	21' 56''
59	TIAGO MACHADO	Katusha-Alpecin	21' 57''
60	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	22' 01''
61	SANDER ARMEE	Lotto-Soudal	22' 23''
62	SIMON GESCHKE	Team Sunweb	22' 27''
63	FABIO FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	24' 50''
64	DANIEL MARTIN	UAE-Team Emirates	24' 58''
65	EDWARD RAVASI	UAE-Team Emirates	25' 07''
66	FRANCO PELLIZOTTI	Bahrain-Merida	25' 19''
67	SIMONE PETILLI	UAE-Team Emirates	25' 43''
68	JOSÉ MENDES	Burgos BH	25' 50''
69	BJORG LAMBRECHT	Lotto-Soudal	25' 56''
70	MAURITS LAMMERTINK	Katusha-Alpecin	25' 58''
71	SERGIO PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	26' 32''
72	BRENT BOOKWALTER	BMC	26' 35''
73	ANDREY AMADOR	Movistar	26' 39''
74	LÉO VINCENT	Groupama-FDJ	26' 55''
75	DAMIEN HOWSON	Mitchelton-Scott	27' 16''
76	SALVATORE PUCCIO	Sky	27' 29''
77	NELSON OLIVEIRA	Movistar	27' 56''
78	DARIO CATALDO	Astana	28' 11''
79	MIKEL ITURRIA	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	28' 27''
80	GEORG PREIDLER	Groupama-FDJ	28' 45''
81	MICKAEL DELAGE	Groupama-FDJ	29' 02''
82	TOM VAN ASBROECK	EF Education First-Drapac	29' 04''
83	DYLAN TEUNS	BMC	29' 45''
84	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha-Alpecin	30' 27''
85	PELLO BILBAO	Astana	31' 16''
86	VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN	UAE-Team Emirates	32' 33''
87	ARITZ BAGUES	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	33' 28''
88	JOSEPH ROSSKOPF	BMC	33' 45''
89	OMAR FRAILE	Astana	33' 52''
90	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE-Team Emirates	33' 57''
91	DRIES DEVENYNS	Quick-Step Floors	35' 38''
92	JORGE CUBERO	Burgos BH	36' 14''
93	NIKITA STALNOV	Astana	36' 19''
94	JESUS EZQUERRA	Burgos BH	36' 35''
95	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	36' 57''
96	MIKE TEUNISSEN	Team Sunweb	37' 21''
97	THOMAS DE GENDT	Lotto-Soudal	38' 29''
98	STÉPHANE ROSSETTO	Cofidis	38' 37''
99	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	BMC	38' 59''
100	NICHOLAS SCHULTZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	40' 10''
101	BENJAMIN THOMAS	Groupama-FDJ	40' 53''
102	NANS PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	41' 57''
103	PETER SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	42' 29''
104	MARKEL IRIZAR	Trek-Segafredo	42' 31''
105	MARTIJN TUSVELD	Team Sunweb	43' 15''
106	MICHAEL ALBASINI	Mitchelton-Scott	44' 29''
107	JOSÉ GONÇALVES	Katusha-Alpecin	44' 32''
108	ALEXANDRE GENIEZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	44' 34''
109	MICHAEL STORER	Team Sunweb	44' 40''
110	TOSH VAN DER SANDE	Lotto-Soudal	44' 49''
111	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO	BMC	44' 56''
112	VICTOR CAMPENAERTS	Lotto-Soudal	45' 02''
113	JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER	Team Sunweb	45' 20''
114	PIETER SERRY	Quick-Step Floors	46' 29''
115	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	Cofidis	47' 33''
116	JETSE BOL	Burgos BH	47' 57''
117	JORDI SIMON	Burgos BH	47' 59''
118	MARK PADUN	Bahrain-Merida	48' 07''
119	IVAN GARCIA	Bahrain-Merida	50' 19''
120	ALEX ARANBURU	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	50' 34''
121	TIESJ BENOOT	Lotto-Soudal	50' 35''
122	IMANOL ERVITI	Movistar	50' 57''
123	JONATHAN LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	51' 34''
124	PAVEL SIVAKOV	Sky	51' 37''
125	JHONATAN RESTREPO	Katusha-Alpecin	51' 39''
126	ELIA VIVIANI	Quick-Step Floors	52' 10''
127	NACER BOUHANNI	Cofidis	52' 31''
128	ADAM YATES	Mitchelton-Scott	52' 32''
129	MIKAEL CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	52' 41''
130	MICHAEL MØRKØV	Quick-Step Floors	52' 58''
131	JELLE WALLAYS	Lotto-Soudal	53' 04''
132	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	Trek-Segafredo	53' 06''
133	IAN BOSWELL	Katusha-Alpecin	53' 15''
134	HECTOR SAEZ	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	54' 01''
135	LUIS ANGEL MATE	Cofidis	54' 31''
136	SIMONE CONSONNI	UAE-Team Emirates	54' 54''
137	KIEL REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	55' 22''
138	DANIELE BENNATI	Movistar	55' 28''
139	MATTEO TRENTIN	Mitchelton-Scott	55' 32''
140	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	LottoNL-Jumbo	55' 54''
141	GARIKOITZ BRAVO	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	56' 00''
142	OSCAR CABEDO	Burgos BH	56' 10''
143	LUKA PIBERNIK	Bahrain-Merida	56' 11''
144	ROHAN DENNIS	BMC	56' 16''
145	ALEXIS GOUGEARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	56' 17''
146	JOHANN VAN ZYL	Dimension Data	56' 23''
147	DANNY VAN POPPEL	LottoNL-Jumbo	57' 16''
148	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	57' 50''
149	NICOLA CONCI	Trek-Segafredo	58' 13''
150	JON ABERASTURI	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	58' 45''
151	JAN HIRT	Astana	59' 40''
152	SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD	EF Education First-Drapac	59' 51''
153	MARC SARREAU	Groupama-FDJ	59' 54''
154	ANTONIO MOLINA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1H 00' 14''
155	KENNETH VANBILSEN	Cofidis	1H 00' 17''
156	LOIC CHETOUT	Cofidis	1H 00' 55''
157	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF Education First-Drapac	1H 00' 56''
158	LUKA MEZGEC	Mitchelton-Scott	1H 01' 45''
159	RICHIE PORTE	BMC	1H 01' 55''
160	ALEXANDER EDMONDSON	Mitchelton-Scott	1H 02' 38''
161	JONATHAN CASTROVIEJO	Sky	1H 03' 52''
162	KASPER ASGREEN	Quick-Step Floors	1H 04' 47''
163	DIEGO RUBIO	Burgos BH	1H 05' 16''
164	FABIO SABATINI	Quick-Step Floors	1H 05' 59''
165	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	Sky	1H 08' 12''
166	ANTOINE DUCHESNE	Groupama-FDJ	1H 08' 55''
167	THOMAS LEEZER	LottoNL-Jumbo	1H 11' 46''
168	PABLO TORRES MUIÑO	Burgos BH	1H 12' 07''
169	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	1H 13' 11''
170	MAXIMILIAN WALSCHEID	Team Sunweb	1H 14' 00''
171	STEPHEN CUMMINGS	Dimension Data	1H 14' 03''
172	NELSON ANDRES SOTO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1H 14' 40''
173	MARCUS BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	1H 16' 41''
174	MATTHIAS BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	1H 17' 51''
175	LARS BOOM	LottoNL-Jumbo	1H 20' 54''
176	JULIEN DUVAL	Ag2r La Mondiale	1H 41' 49''

Stage 7 map & profile:

Vuelta stage 7 map

Vuelta stage 7 profile

Stage 7 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Race leader Rudy Molard gets his bike.

The peloton waits for the stage to begin.

And it's time to race.

Edward Ravasi leads the day's break.

Tony Gallopin drives for the line.

And the stage is Gallopin's.

Peter Sagan wins the field sprint.

Stage winner Tony Gallopin

Alejandro Valverde remains the points classification leader.

Rudy Molard will start stage eight in red.

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