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2025-08-29T14:20:19.028Z
Pedersen’s work has seen the break’s lead grow back to over four minutes. He won’t be worried about surviving to the finish, but rather until the intermediate sprint coming up in under 20km.
30KM TO GO
2025-08-29T14:18:09.181Z
While Ayuso and Vine are up the road looking for the stage win, their UAE teammate João Almeida will be riding his own race for the GC. He’s now the team’s sole GC candidate, and looked in good shape yesterday, shutting down the threatening move by Vingegaard. He’ll likely be the rider the Dane is most worried about.
2025-08-29T14:15:14.040Z
The break is on the steeper part of the descent now, and are being led by Pedersen. While he’s been struggling on some of the ascents, he’s generally been at the front during the other terrain.
2025-08-29T14:09:50.903Z
Here are the new KOM rankings, with just one more climb to come:
2025-08-29T14:08:33.330Z
The breakaway riders are digging deep, and stopped their lead, reducing more on the descent. But it’s not getting any higher, either, staying at about 3:30.
40KM TO GO
2025-08-29T14:06:31.205Z
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2025-08-29T14:02:25.045Z
The peloton has reached the top of the climb, much closer to the leaders than when they began it. They’re now just 3:30 adrift – the break’s chances of contesting the stage win have taken a hit.
2025-08-29T14:00:10.964Z
Frustrated with Vine’s disinterest in helping, Quinn and Frigo have knocked off the pace. They’re thus caught by the rest of the break.
2025-08-29T13:58:51.678Z
Those three have come together after the summit, but Vine doesn’t seem interested in pushing on with them.
2025-08-29T13:58:19.148Z
Vine takes the points, followed by Quinn and Frigo.
KOM – COLL DE L’ESPINA
2025-08-29T13:57:47.549Z
Frigo and Quinn are chasing Vine.
2025-08-29T13:56:32.112Z
Presumably this is for the KOM points, but yesterday he used such an attack to carry on and solo to the finish for the stage win.
2025-08-29T13:56:06.151Z
Jay Vine attacks, 1km from the summit.
2025-08-29T13:55:24.505Z
This could be a big day in Jonas Vingegaard’s red jersey bid. While he was in defensive mode yesterday, following moves rather than making them, the increased difficulty of today’s parcours could encourage him to try and land a big blow on his rivals and gain some time.
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2025-08-29T13:49:00.505Z
The gap’s come down a bit on this climb under the pace being set by Bahrain. 3.5km from the top, it’s at just over 4 minutes.
50KM TO GO
2025-08-29T13:45:29.831Z
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2025-08-29T13:42:15.916Z
Time for the penultimate climb of the day, the Coll de Espina, which rises at 5.7% for 7.2km.
2025-08-29T13:39:11.513Z
Looking ahead to the likely GC battle coming up, there are still multiple riders in contention despite yesterday’s sort-out.
Behind the four riders who catapulted up the rankings after being in the successful break yesterday (Træen, Armirail, Fortunato and Vervaeke), there are 8 riders within 30 seconds of Jonas Vingegaard’s time, and another 6 within one minute.
2025-08-29T13:34:31.076Z
News coming though that Burgos Burpellet BH’s Daniel Cavia has abandoned. No sign that it was a result of a crash.
2025-08-29T13:32:50.409Z
Torstein Træen, enjoying his first – and what he hopes won’t be his last – day in red.
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2025-08-29T13:30:05.409Z
They’re on the valley road leading the day’s third climb, and the gap remains a healthy one, at 4:20.
60KM TO GO
2025-08-29T13:21:59.922Z
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2025-08-29T13:20:04.876Z
Meanwhile in the peloton, it’s still Bahrain who lead the peloton down the descent. Visma have enjoyed a quiet day without responsibilities, at least since shutting down some of the attempted moves at the start of the day – this is what they gave the red jersey away for.
2025-08-29T13:17:13.458Z
Mads Pedersen is leading the breakaway down the descent, a pace that has helped them grow their lead to four minutes.
70KM TO GO
2025-08-29T13:13:24.326Z
Here are the new KOM classifications. 4 of the top 6 are in this break, so we expect more hotly-contested battles for the remaining points on offer today.
2025-08-29T13:10:55.293Z
The peloton have reached the top of the climb, about 3:45 after the leaders.
2025-08-29T13:07:30.719Z
Vine takes 5 points, Nicolau 3 points, and Quinn 1 point.
2025-08-29T13:06:52.974Z
And with the summit approaching, Quinn, Vine and Nicolau are sprinting for the points…and Vine takes it!
KOM – PUERTO DE LA CREU DE PERVES
2025-08-29T13:05:41.120Z
Apologies – the riders were indeed already on the climb, and 2.5km away from the top rather than the start.
2025-08-29T12:59:50.385Z
Although the official start of the Puerto de la Creu de Perves is still over 2km away, it won’t feel that way to the riders, who have been climbing for a while and are on tough gradients already.
2025-08-29T12:55:24.556Z
The gradient has increased a little, and a few riders are being dropped from the peloton.
2025-08-29T12:50:53.442Z
Juan Ayuso indicated at the finish yesterday that his losing time was less a case of bad legs than it was him not rinding for GC, and the way he attacked and rode solo for so long on the first mountain of today’s stage suggests that’s true – and that he has the form to compete for the stage win today.
2025-08-29T12:41:57.191Z
The gap is at 3:50. It feels too early to determine what kind of a chance the break has of succeeding, but it certainly has a chance.
90KM TO GO
2025-08-29T12:39:18.534Z
One of the most eye-catching names in the break is Mads Pedersen. As surprisingly good a climber as he can be, you still would have thought this would be too mountainous a start for the Dane.
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2025-08-29T12:33:18.318Z
A strange moment towards the back of the peloton, as Fernando Barceló’s saddle falls off. Thankfully he avoided injury, and has got himself a new bike.
2025-08-29T12:28:36.860Z
It’s still very relaxed in the peloton. The Bahrain riders at the front are all taking a moment to feed from their musettes.
2025-08-29T12:26:31.909Z
About 4 minutes for the leaders over the peloton. The road is about to tilt uphill again, ahead of the official start of the category two Puerto de la Creu de Perves, coming up in about 20km.
100KM TO GO
2025-08-29T12:22:56.176Z
One rider who could challenge the UAE pair is Harold Tejada. He’s one of the best climbers on paper in this breakaway group, having finished in the top overall at the UAE Tour and Paris-Nice earlier this year.
2025-08-29T12:15:59.052Z
The breakaway group.
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2025-08-29T12:14:26.446Z
Easily the most dangerous looking team in the break is UAE Team Emirates XRG. With both yesterday’s stage winner Jay Vine, and one of the best climbers in the peloton in Juan Ayuso, it’s difficult to see how anyone else in this break could stop them.
2025-08-29T12:11:38.724Z
The gap’s grown to over 3 minutes. There’s no sense of urgency in the peloton for now.
110KM TO GO
2025-08-29T12:06:09.693Z
The highest placed rider on GC in this break is Raúl García Pierna at 4:57, followed by Marco Frigo at 6:10. That gives Bahrain some leeway in their defence of Torstein Træen’s red jersey, but they’ll still have to do work to quell their threat.
2025-08-29T11:59:25.758Z
Almost two minutes for the leaders, as they ride the valley approaching the second climb. For the first time all day, things have settled down.
120KM TO GO
2025-08-29T11:55:19.559Z
The gap is growing, up to 1:30. Still Bahrain lead the peloton, but at a pace to control, rather than chase, the break.
2025-08-29T11:50:18.950Z
The answer appears to be yes – the pace has eased, and the gap has grown to 1:15.
2025-08-29T11:49:49.662Z
The question now is whether the peloton is happy to let the remaining breakaway group a gap. Red jersey leaders Bahrain-Victorious were the team who worked to bring back the chase group – are they happy with the make-up of this group?
2025-08-29T11:48:29.941Z
The chase group now have been caught by the peloton, leaving just the 12 leaders out in front.
2025-08-29T11:47:46.091Z
Here are the updated KOM rankings after the day’s first mountain. Quinn moves up ahead of Nicolau after beating him in the sprint, while Vine retains the overall lead despite failing to add to his tally.
2025-08-29T11:45:56.076Z
It seems more likely the chasers will be caught by the peloton than join the leaders. They’re 40 seconds behind the latter, and only 12 seconds ahead of the former.
130KM TO GO
2025-08-29T11:44:32.586Z
Movistar are the main team represented in this chase group, with Castrillo and Romo both present.
2025-08-29T11:41:41.476Z
The chase group is closer to the peloton (17 seconds) than it is the leaders (35 seconds).
2025-08-29T11:39:56.517Z
The riders in between the leaders and the peloton have joined to form one chase group, of about 10 riders.
2025-08-29T11:38:28.683Z
There are some groups in between the leaders and the peloton.
2025-08-29T11:37:08.129Z
That 13-man group leads the peloton by 38 seconds – the biggest anyone has had all stage. Could this be the break of the day?
140KM TO GO
2025-08-29T11:35:30.544Z
The riders in the group that caught Ayuso and is now leading the race are – Pedersen, Vine, Frigo, García Pierna, Quinn, Van der Lee, Nicolau, Vermaerke, Howson, Sepúlveda, Rolland and Tejada.
2025-08-29T11:32:03.880Z
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2025-08-29T11:31:09.873Z
Ayuso has been caught by the chase group. He must have slowed down as he started descending.
2025-08-29T11:28:42.467Z
Pedersen has been brought back by the group of chasers, which now has about 15 riders in it. They’re 15 seconds behind Ayuso.
150KM TO GO
2025-08-29T11:27:48.481Z
Ayuso reaches the top first, followed by Pedersen, whole Nicolau and Quinn sprint for third.
KOM – PORT DEL CANTO
2025-08-29T11:26:45.963Z
Pedersen is no longer closing in on Ayuso – he’s started to struggle while Ayuso is soaring to the summit.
2025-08-29T11:25:12.929Z
Former mountains classification leader Nicolau is in that move – he must have the KOM points in mind, coming up in just over a kilometre.
2025-08-29T11:24:20.882Z
Meanwhile another chase group of 4 has formed behind Pedersen.
2025-08-29T11:23:59.919Z
Pedersen is even closing in on Ayuso – he can see him up the road.
2025-08-29T11:22:08.889Z
Mads Pedersen has attacked! That’s quite something considering he was dropped out of the peloton earlier on this climb.
2025-08-29T11:21:27.310Z
And that group have now all been brought back into the peloton. So once again we’re back in the situation we were in – Ayuso leading, and the peloton all together.
2025-08-29T11:19:57.880Z
The 5-man Vervaeke group has caught Raúl García Pierna .
2025-08-29T11:18:44.147Z
More riders have joined Vervaeke.
2025-08-29T11:17:51.981Z
Vervaeke has passed that chase group, and is now third on the road behind Ayuso and Garcia Pierna.
2025-08-29T11:16:59.957Z
More attacks out of the peloton, including from Vervaeke.
2025-08-29T11:13:23.054Z
They’ve been joined by a couple of other riders.
2025-08-29T11:12:32.158Z
Peters and Quinn are the two attackers.
2025-08-29T11:12:18.679Z
As we speak, the attacks recommence with a Decathlon and an EF rider giving it a go.
2025-08-29T11:11:51.723Z
Activity has quietened down in the peloton, with the attacks ceasing for now. Raúl García Pierna has managed to stay ahead of the peloton, though.
2025-08-29T11:08:08.483Z
Ayuso leads, by 25 seconds. Raúl García Pierna is second behind him, and the peloton is still together behind him – for now.
160KM TO GO
2025-08-29T11:07:05.029Z
Raúl García Pierna has attacked out of the peloton and has a gap.
2025-08-29T11:05:44.468Z
We’re halfway up the climb, and still Ayuso is the only rider with a gap on the peloton.
2025-08-29T11:05:00.956Z
Again Vine’s attempt has been shut down, by the Visma-led peloton.
2025-08-29T11:04:20.823Z
Still Ayuso leads the race, by about 20 seconds.
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2025-08-29T11:02:21.266Z
Picnic, Groupama and EF are the teams of the three riders with Vine.
2025-08-29T11:01:23.352Z
Vine has another gap, and has brought three riders with him.
2025-08-29T10:59:44.468Z
The peloton is much smaller than at the start of the climb, with many riders dropped.
2025-08-29T10:59:20.273Z
The peloton and Vine group have merged, although Vine himself isn’t giving up yet and continues to ride at the front.
2025-08-29T10:57:25.824Z
The Vine chase group has grown a little.
2025-08-29T10:57:04.654Z
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2025-08-29T10:55:41.600Z
Ayuso’s lead had come down to just over 10 seconds, but is back up to 20 seconds as he perseveres up this climb.
2025-08-29T10:54:21.867Z
Vine has five riders with him in a counter-attack move.
2025-08-29T10:52:23.444Z
The attacks keep coming, with Vine trying again. Visma are being put under pressure.
2025-08-29T10:51:50.833Z
Some more riders tried a conter-attack from the peloton, including Jay Vine, but have been shut down.
2025-08-29T10:51:13.520Z
Juan Ayuso leading the race.
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2025-08-29T10:49:55.024Z
Ayuso has a lead of 25 seconds, but Visma are for now preventing it from getting any higher.
170KM TO GO
2025-08-29T10:49:18.758Z
Visma-Lease a Bike are the team pulling at the front of the peloton, and don’t seem keen by the idea of Ayuso being in the break.
2025-08-29T10:46:52.579Z
The chase group has been caught by the peloton, but Ayuso remains clear out front.
2025-08-29T10:44:41.094Z
That chase group of three is now a chase group of seven, with more trying to join from out of the peloton.
2025-08-29T10:44:10.643Z
Ayuso leads alone, with a chase group of three formed behind him. The rest of the peloton is together behind them.
2025-08-29T10:43:16.827Z
The group has been caught by the peloton, but Ayuso has attacked again.
2025-08-29T10:42:52.366Z
UAE seem out to cause chaos today. Vine and Soler are also in this group, as well as Ayuso.
2025-08-29T10:42:21.816Z
That Ayuso group is the front group, having absorbed those who attacked earlier.
2025-08-29T10:41:23.821Z
This is an attack from Ayuso – he has about 10 riders with him, and a gap of a few seconds over the peloton.
2025-08-29T10:40:23.908Z
Interetingly, Juan Ayuso is riding at the front of the peloton. It’s unclear whether he’s trying to attack, or setting a pace for UAE.
2025-08-29T10:39:17.019Z
Romo, Garcia Cortina, Knight, Denz and Eddy are all there.
2025-08-29T10:38:32.730Z
A chase group has also formed behind the 3 leaders and ahead of those attackers out of the peloton.
2025-08-29T10:38:06.241Z
Here come the attacks out of the peloton – three riders slip clear at the start of the climb.
2025-08-29T10:36:59.648Z
The riders have begun the climb.
2025-08-29T10:35:22.779Z
Any attacks made and moves formed in these early kilometres may become moot shortly, once they start climbing the first mountain of the day, Port del Cantó. It’s a big one, lasting 24.9km at an average of 4.4%, and so will be where the stronger climbers can ensure they get into the day’s break.
2025-08-29T10:33:39.737Z
Planckaert has been distenced from the other three.
2025-08-29T10:31:50.030Z
That quartet has a gap, but only of a few seconds.
180KM TO GO
2025-08-29T10:31:05.713Z
That’s two Alpecin riders in Planckaert and Gilvar.
2025-08-29T10:30:36.750Z
Gal Glivar Pierre Thierry and Jonas Gregaard have all joined Planckaert in the front group.
2025-08-29T10:28:33.429Z
Edward Planckaert is the Alpecin rider leading, while Eduardo Sepulveda was the Lotto rider who put in the first attack.
2025-08-29T10:26:48.676Z
That Lotto rider has been caught, and now an Alpecin rider leads alone.
2025-08-29T10:25:19.740Z
A tentative start to the race. It took over a kilometre for the first attack to be made, by a Lotto rider.
2025-08-29T10:23:26.313Z
And they’re off!
OFFICIAL START
2025-08-29T10:23:10.568Z
The riders will begin racing any moment now.
2025-08-29T10:22:45.668Z
On to today’s stage, which is one of the hardest of the whole Vuelta. There are four mountains in total, and the toughest has been kept until last, the category one Cerler. If yesterday’s stage was a first real, tentative GC sort-out, the race could burst into life today.
2025-08-29T10:16:19.219Z
Giving away the red jersey yesterday was all part of the plan for Jonas Vingegaard and Visma-Lease a Bike, according to Matteo Jorgenson. The American said at the finish yesterday that they were ‘really happy’ with the outcome, made even better by the fact their GC rivals UAE Team Emirates XRG lost one of their GC leaders Juan Ayso as a GC candidate.
2025-08-29T10:08:06.557Z
Here are today’s jersey wearers at the start – yesterday’s stage winner Jay Vine in the white and blue as mountain’s leader; Torstein Træen in red; Mads Pedersen in green; and Giulio Pellizzari in white.
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2025-08-29T10:04:27.909Z
We have another withdrawal before the start of the stage – Cristián Rodríguez of Arkéa – B&B Hotels.
2025-08-29T10:02:55.871Z
A first look at Torstein Træen in red.
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2025-08-29T10:00:52.424Z
The riders are on the move, taking off from the unofficial start for what is an unusually long neutralised section.
2025-08-29T09:58:18.193Z
We have a new leader of the Vuelta – Norway’s Torstein Træen. Træen has a lead of 31 seconds over his fellow escapee from yesterday’s stage, Bruno Armirail in second, and 2:33 over Jonas Vingegaard, the first of the ‘real’ GC contenders.
That’s a big lead, but today is a big stage, and there’s lots of mountains for him to survive. Træen himself says he has ‘no idea’ how long he can keep the red jersey, but will give it his best shot.
2025-08-11T17:03:36.072Z
Hola and welcome to stage 7 of the Vuelta a España!