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Gallopin claims La Vuelta Stage 7
The Egyptian Gazette Published in The Egyptian Gazette on 31 - 08 - 2018

SPAIN, August 31, 2018 (News Wires) - Frenchman Tony Gallopin soloed to victory in a hectic conclusion to Stage 7 of La Vuelta to rise into the top five at the expense of Michal Kwiatkowski after the Pole crashed on a dusty descent inside a frantic final 10 kilometres.
Veteran rouleur Gallopin (Ag2R-La Mondiale) surged clear in a headwind to catch and pass Spaniard Jesus Herrada (Cofidis) with two kilometres remaining before holding on for a maiden stage win in the Vuelta at Pozo Alcon.
The Slovakian world champion Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) pipped local rider Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) in the uphill sprint for scraps five seconds back, with Spaniards Eduard Prades (Euskadi-Murias) and Omar Fraile (Astana) completing the top five.
Just 28 riders came to the line in a chasing pack behind Gallopin after a series of spills split the peloton into numerous groups during a lumpy final 20km over narrow, sinuous roads in the Murcian hills.
Frenchman Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ) came home safely in that elite group to retain the red leader's jersey but his nearest rival is now the Spanish veteran Valverde after Team Sky's Kwiatkowski came down heavily on a dusty left-hand bend on a descent with 8km remaining.
Sporting the green points classification jersey, Kwiatkowski battled hard to rejoin his GC rivals but came home in a small group of riders 30 seconds in arrears. The Pole dropped from second place to sixth on GC, now 1'06" down on Molard.
Colombian Nairo Quintana (Movistar) also hit the deck with 12km remaining – but the 2016 Vuelta champion fought back to finish in the main elite group alongside the likes of Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb), Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana), Fabio Aru (UAE Team Emirates), Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott), Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) and a sprightly George Bennett (LottoNL-Jumbo).

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