AG2R La Mondiale’s Tony Gallopin won the 185.7km seventh stage of the Vuelta a Espana in Pozo Alcón today.
The Frenchman completed the race in 4:18:20, beating Bora-Hansgrohe’s Peter Sagan and Movistar’s Alejandro Valverde by five seconds.

AG2R La Mondiale’s Tony Gallopin won the 185.7km seventh stage of the Vuelta a Espana today. Photo: Luis Ángel Gómez
Groupama-FDJ’s Rudy Molard retained his race lead, 47 seconds clear from Movistar’s Valverde in second.
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Stage seven
1. Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4:18:20
2. Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:05
3. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:05
4. Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:00:05
5. Omar Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:05
6. Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:05
7. Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:05
8. Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:05
9. Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:07
10. Sepp Kuss (USA) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:07
*Selected
19. Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data
31. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data 0:00:24
168. Johann van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data 0:15:11
General classification
1. Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 26:44:40
2. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:47
3. Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:48
4. Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:51
5. Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:59
6. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 0:01:06
7. Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:11
8. Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:01:14
9. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:01:18
10. Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 0:01:23
*Selected
25. Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data 0:05:35
51. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data 0:16:53
146. Johann van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data 0:56:23