Just 133km remained of the 100th edition of the Volta a Catlunya. Today, the race would end in Barcelona after a week of solid performances and with five laps of a street circuit rounding off the day. There was a lot of activity at the start with several riders trying to make their way into the break. The peloton shut down most of these moves until 50km of the race had been covered, where a large group of more than thirty riders built an advantage of 2:30, and arriving at the finishing circuit with 50km to go, this lead sat at around four minutes. The high speeds had created splits on the road but as the kilometres counted down, a number of attacks went off the front of the escape group, causing the break to splinter and, while the two leaders were struggling to work together, a late attack from De Gendt secured the win today. Further back, the GC group was working well and riding at a blistering pace. Any attempts to attack to take bonus seconds were quickly shut down and, while there were no changes in the overall standings.
Results
Stage 7
01 T. De Gendt 3:06:10
02 M. Mohoric +0:22
03 A. Valter +1:42
General Classification
01 A. Yates 26:16:41
02 R. Porte +0:45
03 G. Thomas +0:49
04 A. Valverde +1:03
05 W. Kelderman +1:03
