Roglic defends Vuelta overall tour

After the third section, which the Este had decided purely Taaramäe for himself, it was the second really heavy stage with this Vuelta.

In addition to Roglic in Enric Mas from Spain and the two Colombians Miguel Angel Lopez and Egan Bernal are some strong class elevators. Despite the strength of Roglic, everything still appears open after the first third of the tour, the distances are low. Rotated on Friday is Spain's Routinian Alejandro Valverde, who had to give up after a fall. Overall is now the Austrian Felix Grandschartner from the German Rennstall Bora-Hansgrohe, which lies only eight seconds behind Roglic.

On the way to Santiago de Compostela, where the Vuelta ends on 5 September with a single time trial, there are still six more heavy mountain stages. Especially the last week it has in itself. Roglic had already won the tour in the previous year when she took place coronabing until October and November.

7 . Stage Gandía / Spain - Balcón de Alicante / Spain (152 mi)

1. Michael Storer (Australia) - Team DSM 4:10:13 hrs.; 2. Carlos Verona (Spain) - Movistar Team + 21 sec.; 3. Pawel Siwakow (Russia) - Ineos Grenadiers + 59; 4. Sepp Kiss (USA) - Jumbo Visa + 1:16 min.; 5. Jack Haig (Australia) - Bahrain Victorious + 1:24; 6. Romain Bardet (France) - Team DSM + 1:32; 7. Felix Grandschartner (Austria) - Bora-Hansgrohe; 8. Andreas Lorentz Kron (Denmark) - Lotto Soudal + 1:37; 9. Steff Cras (Belgium) - Lotto Soudal + 2:17; 10 Jan Polanc (Slovenia) - UAE Team Emirates + 2:29; ... 41. Ben Zwiehoff (Essen) - Bora-Hansgrohe + 8:42; 83. Anton Palzer (Ramsau near Berchtesgaden) - Bora-Hansgrohe + 26:29; 113. Nico Denz (Waldshut Tiengen) - Team DSM; 121. Maximilian Schachmann (Berlin) - Bora-Hansgrohe; 127. Alexander Warrior (Stuttgart) - Alpecin-Fenix

Total standings single, stand after the 7th stage:

1. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) - Jumbo Visa 25:18:35 hrs.; 2. Felix Grandschartner (Austria) - Bora-Hansgrohe + 8 sec.; 3. Enric Mas Nicolau (Spain) - Movistar Team + 25; 4. Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Colombia) - Movistar Team + 36; 5. Jan Polanc (Slovenia) - UAE Team Emirates + 38; 6. Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Colombia) - Ineos Grenadiers + 41; 7. Jack Haig (Australia) - Bahrain Victorious + 57; 8. Sepp Kiss (USA) - Jumbo Visa + 59; 9. Aleksander Wlasow (Russia) - Astana Premier Tech + 1:06 min.; 10. Adam Yates (United Kingdom) - Ineos Grenadiers + 1:22; ... 82. Ben Zwiehoff (Essen) - Bora-Hansgrohe + 35:31; 100. Maximilian Schachmann (Berlin) - Bora-Hansgrohe + 41:58; 121. Alexander Warrior (Stuttgart) - Alpecin-Fenix ​​+ 45:20; 124. Anton Palzer (Ramsau near Berchtesgaden) - Bora-Hansgrohe + 45:35; 161. Nico Denz (Waldshut Tiengen) - Team DSM + 56:34