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00:01Tadej Pogacar completed his hat-trick of stage wins yesterday,
00:05and the Slovenian's dominance is such that the rest of the peloton knows the breakaway is the best
00:09and perhaps the only way to take victory.
00:12Today's seventh stage has potential, but as ever, it will depend on what UAE and their race leader want to
00:19do.
00:19Does he want to win today as well?
00:23I mean, if you ask anyone in the peloton if they'd like to win again,
00:28I think they'd say yes, but yeah, every day is a new day,
00:31and we're only on stage seven, so we'll see how it goes.
00:35The stage is quite short, just under 150km,
00:38and the longer it takes to form a breakaway, the greater the chance of it becoming a GC scrap.
00:44I think half the peloton hope it's a break.
00:47It just depends how long it takes to go.
00:49If it takes 40, 50, 60k to go, I think it could end up being a GC day.
00:55But who knows? It's like a game of chess.
00:58It's just whatever the right move goes at a random moment, and you just hope that you're in it.
01:04We're heading to Val de Linares, one of the highest villages in Spain,
01:07and a second home for Jesus Herrada, who literally has a house there.
01:10Riding his final Vuelta, the 36-year-old knows exactly what to expect.
01:16The final is very tough. It's a short stage, but there's a lot of climbing with regular passes of six
01:22or seven kilometres,
01:24and the final climb has some very steep sections at over 10%.
01:28The finish goes up to almost 2,000 metres.
01:32We are hoping that a breakaway can make it, and we hope to be up there.
01:39Over 3,500 metres of climbing packed into just 150 kilometres.
01:45Five climbs, including a summit finish on Aramon of Val de Linares,
01:499.8k at 5.9%, with passages at 13%.
02:01Three riders attacked as soon as the flag dropped.
02:04Val van Aert in the green jersey, Andreas Lechnesund and Milan Varda.
02:09They quickly pulled two minutes clear of the peloton,
02:11although as soon as the road began to rise, Varda dropped back, leaving van Aert and Lechnesund in front.
02:17Nobody really controlling things in the bunch, so the attacks kept flying,
02:21and soon a group of around 20 chasers got away.
02:24Among them were Mads Pedersen and strong climbers like Tobias Johansson,
02:28Eddie Dunbar, Peo Bilbao, Leo Bizzio and Alexey Lutsenko,
02:33second at Aramon of Val de Linares at La Vuelta 2014.
02:38Slowly but surely, the chase group closed on the two leaders who were working well together.
02:4330 seconds the gap as they made their way up the first climb.
02:48Still a high pace and still more counter attacks coming from the peloton,
02:52which was only a minute behind the leading duo.
02:57A few kilometres later, the two front men were joined by Johansson,
03:01a team mate of Lechnesund's, as well as Lutsenko and Dunbar.
03:04But the rest of the chasers were unable to plug the gap,
03:07and the peloton had decided to leave them to it, onto the second climb, the Alto de Zucaina.
03:14Among the five at the front, only the two UNO-X riders hadn't won a stage of La Vuelta.
03:19Lutsenko triumphed in 2017, while Dunbar and Van Aert both starred in 2024,
03:24a double for the Irishman, a treble for the Belgian.
03:29Today, Van Aert was also eyeing up the 20 points at the intermediate sprint,
03:34which came just 26.5 kilometres from the finish.
03:37With 50k to go, the chase group trailed by a minute and a half,
03:40with the peloton now nearly five minutes back.
03:44By the third climb of the day, the Fuente de Rubielos,
03:48the chase group were just trying to stay within touching distance of the five leaders.
03:51The peloton would not be getting involved in the fight for stage honours.
03:57There's the green archway.
03:59Wout Van Aert wanting those 20 points in Mora de Rubiales.
04:03No contest, he takes the 20 points.
04:06Senko with the 17, Dunbar with the 15.
04:13On to the Puerto de San Rafael,
04:15with Leknason working hard to keep the chasers at bay on behalf of Johanason.
04:20Finally, a bit of movement back in the second group,
04:22with Bisio trying to up the tempo,
04:24but it was going to be hard work getting back to the front.
04:28Four climbs down, one to go,
04:31and now just under 10 kilometres to the finish line in Aramon Val de Linares,
04:35with the five leaders plugging away.
04:38At this point, it was clear that the chasers would not catch them.
04:43Now, it seemed that Leknason had been preparing to launch Johanason,
04:47but he was the one who attacked with just over 7k to go.
04:51Uno X playing the team game to perfection,
04:53with Lutsenko forced to chase,
04:54and Johanason just sitting on the wheel.
04:57Van Aert holding on, but it was game over for Dunbar.
05:01Leknason doing a brilliant job as he pulled away from the rest.
05:04Meanwhile, in the peloton,
05:06decathlon CMA CGM were ramping things up for Felix Gau,
05:10who was looking to hurt some of his rivals for the overall podium.
05:13When he went, only Pogaccia and Henrik Maas could follow.
05:17Johanason dropping Van Aert with Uno X on course for a 1-2.
05:21This Grand Tour victory had been a long time coming for Leknason.
05:25Unsurprisingly, Pogaccia was the strongest of the GC contenders,
05:29but Gau was set to gain time on the rest.
05:31The day, though, belonged to Norway.
05:34Andreas Leknason at his first Vuelta Espana.
05:40Seven victories to his name.
05:42He's never won at a Grand Tour.
05:44He's won the Mallorosa, but he's never won in Grand Tour fashion.
05:48Now Andreas Leknason from Tromso, Norway,
05:51is going to take his first Grand Tour stage victory.
05:57After four second places at the Giro, Andreas Leknason finally has his first Grand Tour stage victory,
06:04while Uno X have won stages at all three Grand Tours this season.
06:07He's the first Norwegian to win at La Vuelta since Torhusoft in 2010.
06:13And, symbolically, it came on the day that the country mourned the passing of their king, Harold V.
06:19I didn't expect it to be this emotional, but for sure there's so many feelings around this.
06:30It's been a special day for the team and also for the whole of Norway.
06:36Obviously, it's only a small thing in the bigger picture, but still, it makes the day more special.
06:47Leknason securing his eighth career win, followed by Johannesson and Van Aert.
06:51Pogacca finished at 4 minutes 23, while Gall put 10 seconds into Mass and 23 into Kuss, Roglic and Onli.
07:03Pogacca thus increases his lead over Mass to 3 minutes and 50 seconds,
07:07with Gall now breathing down Roglic's neck just 11 seconds off the podium.
07:11Carapace lost time and slips from fourth down to seventh.
07:15Van Aert takes over at the top of the green jersey standings after picking up 35 points today.
07:20He is now too clear of the world champion.
07:23Pogacca still holds polka dots, though, by 10 points from Neknesund, who racked up 19 points on the day.
07:30And Onli has a commanding lead in white, with Ramses de Bruyne shipping a lot of time today.
07:35Jakob Omrozel is up to second at 3 minutes 48.
07:39Tomorrow is another one for the sprinters.
07:41Join us for that on Saturday and thanks for watching.
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