Vuelta a España: No changes in the GC
The final Grand Tour of the season returned after three years to Cordoba, once the largest and most sophisticated city in the world, which during the ninth century emerged as the intellectual capital of Europe, a position it would hold for more than 200 years.
The home of the famous Mezquita, one of the most remarkable buildings in the world, and of the stunning Medina Azahara, the Andalusian city featured at the end of the 180.5km stage seven, which featured only one classified climb, Alto del 14%, where an important selection was made after a forcing of the GC favourites’ teams that left some 25-odd riders in the front group. T-Rex Quick-Step was represented there by Mikel Landa, who responded with ease to the accelerations on the steep kilometer to the top.
The group finished as one, despite the attacks that came on the descent, and Wout Van Aert took the victory in Cordoba, where our team won twice in the past, with Paolo Bettini and Tom Boonen. Mikel came in the same time and will now switch his focus to Saturday’s stage to Cazorla, which brings the third of the ten uphill finishes scheduled at this 79th edition of La Vuelta.
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Race details
1 |
Wout van Aert Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
4:15:39 |
2 |
Mathias Vacek Lidl - Trek |
0:00 |
3 |
Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma |
0:00 |
4 |
Stefan Küng Groupama - FDJ |
0:00 |
5 |
Quinten Hermans Alpecin - Deceuninck |
0:00 |
6 |
Quentin Pacher Groupama - FDJ |
0:00 |
7 |
Lorenzo Rota Intermarché - Wanty |
0:00 |
8 |
Harold Tejada Canacue Astana Qazaqstan Team |
0:00 |
9 |
Max Poole Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
0:00 |
10 |
George Bennett Israel - Premier Tech |
0:00 |
32 |
Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:00 |
41 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:17 |
81 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:59 |
101 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step |
8:49 |
102 |
William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step |
8:49 |
108 |
James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step |
8:49 |
124 |
Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step |
13:02 |
152 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step |
13:02 |
1 |
Ben O'Connor Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
27:44:07 |
2 |
Primož Roglič Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
4:45 |
3 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
4:59 |
4 |
Enric Mas Nicolau Movistar Team |
5:23 |
5 |
Cristián Rodríguez Martín |
5:26 |
6 |
Antonio Tiberi Bahrain - Victorious |
5:29 |
7 |
Lennert Van Eetvelt Lotto Dstny |
5:32 |
8 |
Florian Lipowitz Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
5:35 |
9 |
Felix Gall Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
5:38 |
10 |
Mattias Skjelmose Jensen Lidl - Trek |
5:49 |
12 |
Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step |
5:49 |
40 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step |
12:14 |
51 |
William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step |
20:20 |
52 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step |
20:37 |
68 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal Quick-Step |
28:26 |
107 |
James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step |
41:35 |
147 |
Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step |
54:59 |
148 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step |
55:45 |
1 |
Wout van Aert Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
203 pt |
2 |
Kaden Groves Alpecin - Deceuninck |
162 pt |
3 |
Pavel Bittner Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
81 pt |
4 |
Mathias Vacek Lidl - Trek |
57 pt |
5 |
Stefan Küng Groupama - FDJ |
51 pt |
6 |
Ben O'Connor Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
50 pt |
7 |
Corbin Strong Israel - Premier Tech |
49 pt |
8 |
Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma |
48 pt |
9 |
Xabier Isasa Larrañaga Euskaltel - Euskadi |
40 pt |
10 |
Lennert Van Eetvelt Lotto Dstny |
39 pt |
36 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step |
13 pt |
50 |
Mikel Landa Meana
Soudal Quick-Step |
9 pt |
74 |
Kasper Asgreen
Soudal Quick-Step |
1 pt |
1 |
Sylvain Moniquet Lotto Dstny |
16 pt |
2 |
Primož Roglič Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
15 pt |
3 |
Filippo Zana Team Jayco AlUla |
11 pt |
4 |
Pelayo Sánchez Mayo Movistar Team |
10 pt |
5 |
Luis Ángel Maté Mardones Euskaltel - Euskadi |
9 pt |
6 |
Ben O'Connor Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
9 pt |
7 |
Bruno Armirail Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
7 pt |
8 |
Lennert Van Eetvelt Lotto Dstny |
6 pt |
9 |
Jay Vine UAE Team Emirates |
6 pt |
10 |
Marco Frigo Israel - Premier Tech |
5 pt |
20 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step |
2 pt |
1 |
Antonio Tiberi Bahrain - Victorious |
27:49:36 |
2 |
Lennert Van Eetvelt Lotto Dstny |
0:03 |
3 |
Florian Lipowitz Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
0:06 |
4 |
Mattias Skjelmose Jensen Lidl - Trek |
0:20 |
5 |
Isaac del Toro Romero UAE Team Emirates |
0:48 |
6 |
Carlos Rodríguez Cano INEOS Grenadiers |
0:52 |
7 |
Max Poole Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
3:35 |
8 |
Thymen Arensman INEOS Grenadiers |
3:36 |
9 |
Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal Quick-Step |
6:45 |
10 |
Matthew Riccitello Israel - Premier Tech |
9:14 |
13 |
William Junior Lecerf
Soudal Quick-Step |
14:51 |
1 | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | 83:23:27 |
2 | UAE Team Emirates | 5:08 |
3 | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 5:25 |
4 | Israel - Premier Tech | 8:03 |
5 | Movistar Team | 8:49 |
6 | INEOS Grenadiers | 11:19 |
7 | Bahrain - Victorious | 11:29 |
8 | Groupama - FDJ | 12:50 |
9 | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 15:55 |
10 | Soudal Quick-Step | 17:05 |