Volta a Catalunya stage 7 LIVE: One lap to go in Barcelona

Godon is still there. He has ridden so well today. Likewise Busatto who is there. Eulalio and Langelotti lead the way.

2026-03-29T11:52:55.171Z

Lipowitz tries to go over a top of the latest move by Soler and Ciccone but everyone followed it with Martinez’s teammate, Eulalio, dragging him back.

2026-03-29T11:51:13.855Z

Soler starting to lose a bit of touch with the leaders but as they sit up and look at each other, he gets back in. Evenepoel then comes back to the front.

2026-03-29T11:50:31.346Z

Lead group

Vingegaard (TVL)
Evenepoel (RBH)
Onley (IGD)
Ciccone (LTK)
Soler (IAD)
O’Connor (JAY)

But, Movistar are pulling very hard to bring it back together. Martinez and Paret-Peintre missed it too but aren’t chasing.

2026-03-29T11:49:07.473Z

Ciccone used his brutal acceleration to take the max points in the KOM.

1. Ciccone (LTK) 5pts
2. Onley (IGD) 3pts
3. Vingegaard (TVL) 2pts
4. Evenepoel (RBH) 1pt

2026-03-29T11:47:12.072Z

Alpecin-Premier Tech leading the peloton, interestingly. Francesco Busatto may be in the bunch.

2026-03-29T11:46:33.485Z

Svarre joined by Soler, Ciccone and O’Connor with 400 metres to the top of the climb.

2026-03-29T11:46:02.551Z

Ciccone, Soler and O’Connor are just 7″ behind Svarre as the Dane is about to turn onto the steepest part of the climb for the penultimate time.

Soler (UAD)
Ciccone (LTK)
O’Connor (JAY)

Darder is dropped as they try to fly across to Svarre with Visma-Lease a Bike leading a bunch that catches Darder.

2026-03-29T11:43:30.945Z

The Caja Rural-Seguros RGA rider is Sergi Darder! That is quite the rider by him.

2026-03-29T11:43:07.037Z

There is a Caja Rural-Segurps RGA rider in the gap but he is only a few metres ahead of the peloton whereas Svarre is still pushing on.

2026-03-29T11:41:26.317Z

Svarre riding well but Bahrain Victorious come to the front as the peloton has regrouped.

2026-03-29T11:39:52.352Z

Absolutely no control in the peloton with Lipowitz and Onley going over the top of each other but it stalls again and Tobias Svarre (UXM) launches solo.

1. Aparicio (BBH) 5pts
2. Lopez (MOV) 3pts
3. Svarre (UXM) 2pts
4. Onley (IGD) 1pt

2026-03-29T11:37:31.178Z

The bunch has split and Evenepoel has missed it.

Oscar Onley (IGD)

He drags all the big names back across. Evenepoel caught near the back of the group, though.

Mario Aparicio (BBH)
Juan Pedro Lopez (MOV)
Tobias Svarre (UXM)

2026-03-29T11:35:32.583Z

Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe and Visma-Lease a Bike come back to the front as the gradient goes up again.

2026-03-29T11:35:09.881Z

Ineos Grenadiers now lead with Godon in fourth wheel. 700 metres to the top of the next ascent.

2026-03-29T11:32:02.752Z

Visma-Lease a Bike go back to the front as Soler is dragged back. About 40 riders left in the peloton with three ascents to go.

Marc Soler (UAD)

He has a gap but Hindley is chasing still behind.

1. Evenepoel (RBH) 5pts
2. Vingegaard (TVL) 3pts
3. Onley (IGD) 2pts
4. l’Hote (DCT) 1pt

Mattias Skjelmose (LTK)

Hindley chasing him down and brings him back under control.

2026-03-29T11:26:45.057Z

Lipowitz now pushes to the front but Martinez is locked onto his wheel.

Evenepoel goes again with Vingegaard following with Onley, Gall, Martinez and Skjelmose so he sits up.

2026-03-29T11:24:56.923Z

Hindley comes to the front for Evenepoel and Lipowitz.

2026-03-29T11:24:38.559Z

Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) move to the front as they have a chance to go for more KOM points. The Spaniard is just seven points behind the Italian.

2026-03-29T11:23:35.576Z

A few skirmishes by Lipowitz and Vingegaard but the peloton all get back together again. 1km from the top yet again.

2026-03-29T11:23:02.839Z

Decathlon-CMA CGM is pushing behind for Felix Gall with help from Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) who is trying to bridge.

1. Evenepoel (RBH) 5pts
2. Vingegaard (TVL) 3pts
3. Onley (IGD) 2pts
4. Martinez (TBV) 1pt

Leaders

Vingegaard (TVL)
Martinez (TBV)
Lipowitz (RBH)
Paret-Peintre (SOQ)
Evenepoel (RBH)
Skjelmose (LTK)
Onley (IGD)
l’Hote (DCT)
Remijn (APT)
Eulalio (TBV)

Plus one more.

2026-03-29T11:16:42.110Z

Lipowitz brings four other riders across with Mattias Skjelmose (LTK) among others.

Remco Evenepoel (RBH)
Jonas Vingegaard (TVL)
Oscar Onley (IGD)}
Lenny Martinez (TBV)
Valentin Paret-Peintre (SOQ)

Florian Lipowitz (RBH) just off the back but he rejoins.

Marcel Camprubi (Pinarello-Q36.5)

2026-03-29T11:13:27.106Z

Ineos Grenadiers come to the front alongside Soudal-Quickstep and Bahrain Victorious muscle their way to the front now. Godon has voiced how he really wants to go for this stage but it it going to be too hard for the French champion?

2026-03-29T11:11:59.023Z

The peloton are flying and the gap has almost completely disappeared with 13″ splitting them.

The race is so rapid today with Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe back on the front and riding very hard.

2026-03-29T11:08:36.463Z

And just like that, the descent it done and they’re back on the climb!

2026-03-29T11:04:22.520Z

McNulty and Slock gapping the rest but Cort closes it down over the top. They 1’02” on the peloton.

1. McNulty (UAD) 5pts
2. Slock (LOI) 3pts
3. Rafferty (EFE) 2pts
4. Cort (UXM) 1pt

2026-03-29T11:01:19.047Z

Almeida has managed to get back on but he is not having a good race this year.

2026-03-29T11:00:57.511Z

1km from the top of the Alt del Castell de Montjuïc (2).

2026-03-29T11:00:39.638Z

Onto the climb for the second time.

2026-03-29T10:58:32.230Z

Almeida now a minute out of the back of the peloton.

1. Rubio (MOV) 3pts 3″
2. Rafferty (EFE) 2pts 2″
3. Slock (LOI) 1pt 1″

2026-03-29T10:57:17.068Z

Just a minute split the break and the peloton now. One hour ridden with the average speed still very high at 47kph!

2026-03-29T10:55:52.497Z

The riders are now descending to the final intermediate sprint.

2026-03-29T10:54:57.726Z

Some riders had to unclip on the first ascent and stop. That’ll be difficult to get going again.

1. Slock (LOI) 5pts
2. McNulty (UAD) 3pts
3. Rubio (MOV) 2pts
4. Rafferty (EFE) 1pt

2026-03-29T10:51:56.103Z

João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) is already losing touch with the peloton.

2026-03-29T10:51:25.710Z

Maybe Evenepoel fancies an early move and gives a chance for him to take a win or for him to be a bridge for Lipowitz.

2026-03-29T10:49:10.563Z

1km from the top of the climb.

2026-03-29T10:48:50.852Z

Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe now take over for Lipowitz.

2026-03-29T10:48:17.618Z

Visma-Lease a Bike take control of the peloton onto the first ascent of the Alt del Castell de Montjuïc. The gap is dropping rather quickly.

2026-03-29T10:46:13.623Z

NSN and Visma-Lease a Bike both lead the peloton as the break cross the finish line for the first time for the first of eight times. Gap at 1’35”.

2026-03-29T10:41:40.524Z

Just 6km to the top of the first ascent of the Alt del Castell de Montjuïc. The climb is taken on seven times and is 2.5km with an average 4.6% with a brutal maximum kick at 19%.

The peloton stitches itself back together. The gap up to the five leaders is now 1’52” with a head-crosswind giving the peloton the advantage.

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2026-03-29T10:36:30.009Z

NSN and Bahrain Victorious having a bit of a go at each other in the bunch. Riders are all over the place and Nikias Arndt wasn’t happy with one of the NSN riders as they try to get into position.

2026-03-29T10:34:03.127Z

About 25 riders just off the back of the peloton due to the wind.

2026-03-29T10:33:44.533Z

The wind is causing the peloton to be buffeted around the road into Barcelona and the pace is picking up. The gap had gone over 2’00” but now the gap is slowly dropping again.

2026-03-29T10:29:10.111Z

Half an hour into the race, the break have 1’54” on the peloton led by Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe and Visma-Lease a Bike with the average speed sitting at 51.2kph. It is a rapid start!

The riders are now inside 20km to go to the Montjuïc circuit and the seven ascents of the Alt del Castell de Montjuïc.

2026-03-29T10:26:11.024Z

The gap has grown for the five leaders as they now have 1’25” on the peloton.

1. Cort (UXM) 3pts 3″
2. Slock (LOI) 2pts 2″
3. Rubio (MOV) 1pt 1″

2026-03-29T10:18:57.360Z

There is 50″ splitting the break and the peloton now.

2026-03-29T10:18:32.918Z

The three chasers have been caught by the peloton. The riders are about to cross the line in Castelldefels for the second intermediate sprint of the day.

1. Slock (LOI) 3pts 3″
2. Rubio (MOV) 2pts 2″
3. McNulty (UAD) 1pt 1″

2026-03-29T10:14:07.462Z

The riders have just stormed through the first intermediate sprint in Viladecans.

2026-03-29T10:13:32.734Z

The three chasers are about 8″ off the back of the leaders with the peloton still at just 15″.

2026-03-29T10:10:16.495Z

Three riders are trying to bridge to the leaders.

2026-03-29T10:07:20.906Z

The peloton are 15″ behind the five man break with just 5km to the first intermediate sprint of the day which takes place in Viladecans.

2026-03-29T10:06:38.680Z

Two groups come together!

Magnus Cort (UXM)
Brandon McNulty (UAD)
Liam Slock (LOI)
Einer Rubio (MOV)
Darren Rafferty (EFE)

2026-03-29T10:05:23.712Z

Lead group splits.

Magnus Cort (UXM)
Einer Rubio (MOV)
Liam Slock (LOI)

Those three are ahead of two chasers at about 5″ and the peloton at about 10″.

Five riders get a small gap on the peloton.

Racing begins on the final stage of the Volta a Catalunya 2026″

2026-03-29T09:55:33.109Z

The neutral is meant to be only 1.1km long, but the official start has not been given.

2026-03-29T09:52:11.336Z

The neutral start is given. It is a very short neutral today.

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2026-03-29T09:42:20.230Z

Jerseys

GC – Jonas Vingegaard (TVL)
Points – Dorian Godon (IGD)
KOM – Giulio Ciccone (LTK)
Youth – Lenny Martinez (TBV)

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2026-03-29T09:39:18.180Z

One non-starter today is MIchael Leonard (EF Education-EasyPost). He joins Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost), Sergio Chumil (Burgos-Burpellet-BH), Haoyo Su (XDS-Astana), Anton Kuzmin (XDS-Astana), Tao Geoghegen-Hart (Lidl-Trek) and Michel Hessmann (Movistar) who all DNFd yesterday.

2026-03-29T09:32:22.148Z

Sign on and rider presentation is well underway in Barcelona.

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2026-03-29T08:57:04.084Z

According to Evenepoel, he didn’t want to take risks. But the Olympic champion absolutely flew down the final descent yesterday of the Coll de Pradell that there were only six other riders with him…