2024 Vuelta a Espana GC Update after stage 7: Primoz Roglic begins to cut into Ben O'Connor's advantage with bonus seconds
CyclingSaturday, 24 August 2024 at 12:14
Few would have expected the kind of chaos that erupted on the roads during stage 7 at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana but as Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe really put the pressure on, the race was ripped open, before Wout van Aert sprinted to victory from a reduced bunch.
Whilst Van Aert is no general classification threat, the rest of the lead was mostly filled by those with GC ambitions. Red Jersey Ben O'Connor looked incredibly strong throughout as he marked potentially dangerous moves, as was 2nd overall Primoz Roglic, who started his quest to reclaim red by picking off a few bonus seconds at the top of the final climb. Joao Almeida also stayed safe, retaining his 3rd overall.
Florian Lipowitz started the day 4th overall after his breakaway escapades on stage 6. Perhaps feeling the affects however, the German talent drops down to 8th after being caught the wrong side of the decisive split, with Enric Mas, Cristian Rodriguez, Antonio Tiberi and Lennert van Eetvelt moving up one spot respectively as a result. Notably, Tiberi is also back in the White Jersey of Best Young Rider too.
Completing the top 10, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team's plan-B, Felix Gall and the Lidl-Trek leader Mattias Skjelmose.
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2024 Vuelta a Espana GC Update after stage 7:
| 1 | O'Connor Ben | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | 27:44:07 |
| 2 | Roglic Primoz | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 04:45 |
| 3 | Almeida Joao | UAE Team Emirates | + 04:59 |
| 4 | Mas Enric | Movistar Team | + 05:23 |
| 5 | Rodriguez Cristian | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 05:26 |
| 6 | Tiberi Antonio | Bahrain Victorious | + 05:29 |
| 7 | Van Eetvelt Lennert | Lotto Dstny | + 05:32 |
| 8 | Lipowitz Florian | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 05:37 |
| 9 | Gall Felix | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 05:38 |
| 10 | Skjelmose Mattias | Lidl-Trek | + 05:49 |
| 11 | Berthet Clément | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 05:49 |
| 12 | Landa Mikel | Soudal Quick-Step | + 05:49 |
| 13 | Vlasov Aleksandr | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 05:51 |
| 14 | Sivakov Pavel | UAE Team Emirates | + 05:52 |
| 15 | Kuss Sepp | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 06:01 |
| 16 | Haig Jack | Bahrain Victorious | + 06:11 |
| 17 | Gaudu David | Groupama-FDJ | + 06:15 |
| 18 | del Toro Isaac | UAE Team Emirates | + 06:17 |
| 19 | Bennett George | Israel-Premier Tech | + 06:17 |
| 20 | Rodriguez Carlos | INEOS Grenadiers | + 06:21 |
| 21 | Fortunato Lorenzo | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 06:44 |
| 22 | Carapaz Richard | EF Education-EasyPost | + 06:51 |
| 23 | Tejada Harold | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 06:57 |
| 24 | Rubio Einer | Movistar Team | + 07:07 |
| 25 | Martin Guillaume | Cofidis | + 08:15 |
| 26 | Dunbar Edward | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 08:25 |
| 27 | Meintjes Louis | Intermarché-Wanty | + 08:38 |
| 28 | Quintana Nairo | Movistar Team | + 08:40 |
| 29 | Rochas Rémy | Groupama-FDJ | + 08:50 |
| 30 | Poole Max | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 09:04 |
| 31 | Arensman Thymen | INEOS Grenadiers | + 09:05 |
| 32 | Yates Adam | UAE Team Emirates | + 09:10 |
| 33 | De Plus Laurens | INEOS Grenadiers | + 09:22 |
| 34 | Martinez Daniel | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 09:46 |
| 35 | Woods Michael | Israel-Premier Tech | + 09:46 |
| 36 | Cepeda Alexander | EF Education-EasyPost | + 10:00 |
| 37 | Bou Joan | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 10:09 |
| 38 | Pacher Quentin | Groupama-FDJ | + 11:15 |
| 39 | Martín Gotzon | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 11:49 |
| 40 | Vansevenant Mauri | Soudal Quick-Step | + 12:14 |
| 41 | Rota Lorenzo | Intermarché-Wanty | + 14:02 |
| 42 | Riccitello Matthew | Israel-Premier Tech | + 14:43 |
| 43 | Taaramäe Rein | Intermarché-Wanty | + 15:12 |
| 44 | Goossens Kobe | Intermarché-Wanty | + 15:51 |
| 45 | Parra José Félix | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 18:19 |
| 46 | Valter Attila | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 19:05 |
| 47 | Aleotti Giovanni | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 20:04 |
| 48 | Rodríguez Óscar | INEOS Grenadiers | + 20:37 |
| 49 | Cattaneo Mattia | Soudal Quick-Step | + 20:39 |
| 50 | Küng Stefan | Groupama-FDJ | + 20:48 |
| 51 | Vacek Mathias | Lidl-Trek | + 21:22 |
| 52 | Narvaez Jhonnatan | INEOS Grenadiers | + 22:43 |
| 53 | Izagirre Ion | Cofidis | + 23:05 |
| 54 | Træen Torstein | Bahrain Victorious | + 23:29 |
| 55 | Tusveld Martijn | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 23:33 |
| 56 | Meurisse Xandro | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 24:09 |
| 57 | Guglielmi Simon | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 24:26 |
| 58 | Canal Carlos | Movistar Team | + 24:58 |
| 59 | López Martin | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 25:40 |
| 60 | Kruijswijk Steven | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 25:49 |
| 61 | Soler Marc | UAE Team Emirates | + 28:29 |
| 62 | Gesink Robert | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 28:59 |
| 63 | Zana Filippo | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 29:49 |
| 64 | Strong Corbin | Israel-Premier Tech | + 30:22 |
| 65 | Shaw James | EF Education-EasyPost | + 30:27 |
| 66 | Iribar Unai | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 30:50 |
| 67 | Hamilton Chris | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 31:25 |
| 68 | Baroncini Filippo | UAE Team Emirates | + 32:00 |
| 69 | Teuns Dylan | Israel-Premier Tech | + 32:58 |
| 70 | Bizkarra Mikel | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 33:02 |
| 71 | Berasategi Xabier | Euskaltel-Euskadi | + 33:45 |
| 72 | Lastra Jonathan | Cofidis | + 34:34 |
| 73 | van Aert Wout | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 34:56 |
| 74 | Miquel Delgado Pau | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 35:50 |
| 75 | Braet Vito | Intermarché-Wanty | + 36:53 |
| 76 | Lafay Victor | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 38:48 |
| 77 | Hermans Quinten | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 39:20 |
| 78 | Scotson Callum | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 39:24 |
| 79 | Groves Kaden | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 39:29 |
| 80 | Schmid Mauro | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 42:19 |
| 81 | Le Berre Mathis | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 42:37 |
| 82 | Engelhardt Felix | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 42:56 |
| 83 | Livyns Arjen | Lotto Dstny | + 43:00 |
| 84 | Soto Antonio | Equipo Kern Pharma | + 44:40 |
| 85 | Hollmann Juri | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 47:25 |
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