{"id":568476,"date":"2026-03-29T11:03:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T11:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/568476\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T11:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T11:03:13","slug":"volta-a-catalunya-stage-7-live-peloton-within-a-minute-of-five-man-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/568476\/","title":{"rendered":"Volta a Catalunya stage 7 LIVE: Peloton within a minute of five man break"},"content":{"rendered":"

Refresh <\/p>\n

2026-03-29T11:01:19.047Z<\/p>\n

Almeida has managed to get back on but he is not having a good race this year.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T11:00:57.511Z<\/p>\n

1km from the top of the Alt del Castell de Montju\u00efc (2).<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T11:00:39.638Z<\/p>\n

Onto the climb for the second time.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:58:32.230Z<\/p>\n

Almeida now a minute out of the back of the peloton.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:58:10.868Z
\nIntermediate sprint (Barcelona)<\/p>\n

1. Rubio (MOV) 3pts 3″
2. Rafferty (EFE) 2pts 2″
3. Slock (LOI) 1pt 1″<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:57:17.068Z<\/p>\n

Just a minute split the break and the peloton now. One hour ridden with the average speed still very high at 47kph!<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:55:52.497Z<\/p>\n

The riders are now descending to the final intermediate sprint.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:54:57.726Z<\/p>\n

Some riders had to unclip on the first ascent and stop. That’ll be difficult to get going again.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:54:13.373Z
\nKOM (Alt del Castell de Montju\u00efc)<\/p>\n

1. Slock (LOI) 5pts
2. McNulty (UAD) 3pts
3. Rubio (MOV) 2pts
4. Rafferty (EFE) 1pt<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:51:56.103Z<\/p>\n

Jo\u00e3o Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) is already losing touch with the peloton.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:51:25.710Z<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:49:10.563Z<\/p>\n

1km from the top of the climb.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:48:50.852Z<\/p>\n

Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe now take over for Lipowitz.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:48:17.618Z<\/p>\n

Visma-Lease a Bike take control of the peloton onto the first ascent of the Alt del Castell de Montju\u00efc. The gap is dropping rather quickly.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:46:13.623Z<\/p>\n

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”.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:41:40.524Z<\/p>\n

Just 6km to the top of the first ascent of the Alt del Castell de Montju\u00efc. The climb is taken on seven times and is 2.5km with an average 4.6% with a brutal maximum kick at 19%.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:40:09.151Z
\n60km to go<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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\"BARCELONA,\n<\/p>\n

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2026-03-29T10:36:30.009Z<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:34:03.127Z<\/p>\n

About 25 riders just off the back of the peloton due to the wind.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:33:44.533Z<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:29:10.111Z<\/p>\n

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!<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:27:46.803Z
\n70km to go<\/p>\n

The riders are now inside 20km to go to the Montju\u00efc circuit and the seven ascents of the Alt del Castell de Montju\u00efc.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:26:11.024Z<\/p>\n

The gap has grown for the five leaders as they now have 1’25” on the peloton.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:25:12.028Z
\nIntermediate sprint (Castelldefels)<\/p>\n

1. Cort (UXM) 3pts 3″
2. Slock (LOI) 2pts 2″
3. Rubio (MOV) 1pt 1″<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:18:57.360Z<\/p>\n

There is 50″ splitting the break and the peloton now.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:18:32.918Z<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:16:40.931Z
\nIntermediate sprint (Viladecans)<\/p>\n

1. Slock (LOI) 3pts 3″
2. Rubio (MOV) 2pts 2″
3. McNulty (UAD) 1pt 1″<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:14:07.462Z<\/p>\n

The riders have just stormed through the first intermediate sprint in Viladecans.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:13:32.734Z<\/p>\n

The three chasers are about 8″ off the back of the leaders with the peloton still at just 15″.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:10:16.495Z<\/p>\n

Three riders are trying to bridge to the leaders.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:07:20.906Z<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:06:38.680Z<\/p>\n

Two groups come together!<\/p>\n

Magnus Cort (UXM)
Brandon McNulty (UAD)
Liam Slock (LOI)
Einer Rubio (MOV)
Darren Rafferty (EFE)<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:05:23.712Z<\/p>\n

Lead group splits.<\/p>\n

Magnus Cort (UXM)
Einer Rubio (MOV)
Liam Slock (LOI)<\/p>\n

Those three are ahead of two chasers at about 5″ and the peloton at about 10″.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T10:00:26.949Z
\nAttack<\/p>\n

Five riders get a small gap on the peloton.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T09:57:38.721Z
\n95.1km to go<\/p>\n

Racing begins on the final stage of the Volta a Catalunya 2026″<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T09:55:33.109Z<\/p>\n

The neutral is meant to be only 1.1km long, but the official start has not been given.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T09:52:11.336Z<\/p>\n

The neutral start is given. It is a very short neutral today.<\/p>\n

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\"BARCELONA,\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T09:42:20.230Z<\/p>\n

Jerseys<\/p>\n

GC – Jonas Vingegaard (TVL)
Points – Dorian Godon (IGD)
KOM – Giulio Ciccone (LTK)
Youth – Lenny Martinez (TBV)<\/p>\n

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\"Jonas\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T09:39:18.180Z<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T09:32:22.148Z<\/p>\n

Sign on and rider presentation is well underway in Barcelona.<\/p>\n

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\"BARCELONA,\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T08:57:04.084Z<\/p>\n

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…<\/p>\n

>>> ‘I didn’t want to take any risks’ – Remco Evenepoel becomes top climbing domestique for a day at Volta a Catalunya for teammate Florian Lipowitz<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"2026\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T08:42:49.252Z<\/p>\n

First things first, lets take a moment to look back at yesterday’s stage… It was another rapid mountain stage with a huge fight for the breakaway early doors. Eventually, a really strong group got away with Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) and Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) being the main men for the KOM jersey after the stage.<\/p>\n

Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) eased away from his rivals on the Queralt climb as his opponents crumbled and focused on each other after Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) did a wonderful job for teammate, Florian Lipowitz. The German couldn’t better Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious), though, with those two taking the other two podium spots, for now.<\/p>\n

>>> Volta a Catalunya: Jonas Vingegaard takes back-to-back wins on stage 6 atop summit finish in Queralt, increases race lead<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"2026\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2026-03-29T08:38:53.188Z<\/p>\n

Hola and welcome to the finale stage of this year’s Volta a Catalunya live here on Cyclingnews’ live report. I hope you’ve enjoyed the week’s racing and are looking forward to what is always an exciting finale around the climb of Montju\u00efc in Barcelona.<\/p>\n

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