Woods wins, Carapaz defends Red

Professional cyclist Michael Woods has won the seventh stage of the Vuelta a Espana. The 34-year-old Canadian was able to assert himself as a soloist on Tuesday after 159.7 kilometers from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Villanueva de Valdegovia. The sprint of the pursuers was won four seconds later by the Spaniard Omar Fraile ahead of his compatriot Alejandro Valverde.

Thumbs up: Michael Woods.

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The red jersey of the overall leader of the 75th Tour of Spain was successfully defended by Richard Carapaz from Ecuador one day after the first day of rest. With 18 seconds, the 2019 Giro winner is ahead of the British Hugh Carthy. Last year’s Slovenian winner Primoz Roglic ranks fourth, 30 seconds behind Carapaz.

Halfway through the route, a leading group of 35 riders had formed, from which five riders with the eventual winner of the day Woods at the top on the last mountain of the day 21 kilometers from the finish line. Among other things, it was thanks to the speed dictation of the four-time Tour de France and two-time Vuelta winner Chris Froome from the Ineos Grenadiers team that the group with Froome team-mate Carapaz was not too far behind and Red was defended. Before the start, the organizers announced that the 684 corona tests carried out on drivers and employees were all negative.

The German team Bora-hansgrohe had to survive a moment of shock after the Australian Jay McCarthy fell on a sloping track after about 100 kilometers and landed in a field. The team mate of the German top sprinter Pascal Ackermann was consciously transported away and had to end the race. The eighth stage on Wednesday starts in Logroño and ends after 164 kilometers with a mountain finish on the Alto de Moncalvillo at an altitude of 1489 meters.

Stage 7 Vitoria-Gasteiz / Spain – Villanueva de Valdegovia / Spain (159.70 km), 27.10.2020:

1. Michael Woods (Canada) – EF Pro Cycling 3:48:16 hours; 2. Omar Fraile (Spain) – Astana + 4 seconds; 3. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spain) – Movistar Team; 4. Nans Peters (France) – AG2R La Mondiale + 8; 5. Guillaume Martin (France) – Solutions Credits; 6. Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Portugal) – UAE Team Emirates + 13; 7. Alex Aranburu Deba (Spain) – Astana; 8. Ide Schelling (Netherlands) – Bora-hansgrohe; 9. Kenny Elissonde (France) – Trek – Segafredo; 10. Davide Formolo (Italy) – UAE Team Emirates; … 24. Georg Zimmermann (Innsbruck / Austria) – CCC Team + 56; 63. Jasha Sütterlin (Freiburg im Breisgau) – Team Sunweb + 7:54 min .; 74. Jannik Steimle (Weilheim) – Deceuninck-Quick-Step + 9:34; 93. Andreas Schillinger (Amberg) – Bora-hansgrohe + 11:16; 113. Paul Martens (Lanaken / Belgium) – Team Jumbo; 147. Michael Schwarzmann (Kempten) – Bora-hansgrohe + 16:58; 148. Rüdiger Selig (Berlin) – Bora-hansgrohe; 151. Martin Salmon (Dudenhofen) – Team Sunweb; 152. Max Kanter (Cottbus) – Team Sunweb; 156. Pascal Ackermann (Landau in the Palatinate) – Bora-hansgrohe

Overall ranking individual, status after the 7th stage:

1. Richard Carapaz Montenegro (Ecuador) – Ineos Grenadiers 28:23:51 hours; 2. Hugh Carthy (Great Britain) – EF Pro Cycling + 18 sec; 3. Daniel Martin (Ireland) – Israel Start-Up Nation + 20; 4. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) – Team Jumbo + 30; 5. Enric Mas Nicolau (Spain) – Movistar Team + 1:07 min .; 6. Felix Großschartner (Austria) – Bora-hansgrohe + 1:30; 7. Marc Soler (Spain) – Movistar Team + 1:42; 8. Esteban Chaves (Colombia) – Mitchelton-Scott + 2:02; 9. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spain) – Movistar Team + 2:03; 10. George Bennett (New Zealand) – Team Jumbo + 2:39; … 26. Georg Zimmermann (Innsbruck / Austria) – CCC Team + 14:01; 86. Jannik Steimle (Weilheim) – Deceuninck-Quick-Step + 1:08:46 hours; 94. Jasha Sütterlin (Freiburg im Breisgau) – Team Sunweb + 1:13:54; 136. Paul Martens (Lanaken / Belgium) – Team Jumbo + 1:28:16; 140. Max Kanter (Cottbus) – Team Sunweb + 1:29:40; 146. Michael Schwarzmann (Kempten) – Bora-hansgrohe + 1:36:22; 150. Andreas Schillinger (Amberg) – Bora-hansgrohe + 1:37:14; 152. Pascal Ackermann (Landau in the Palatinate) – Bora-hansgrohe + 1:41:01; 155. Martin Salmon (Dudenhofen) – Team Sunweb + 1:48:01; 156. Rüdiger Selig (Berlin) – Bora-hansgrohe + 1:49:22

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