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As it happened: Breakaway succeeds with little change in GC on Le Grand-Bornand

LISBON PORTUGAL AUGUST 15 Thymen Arensman of The Netherlands Kim Heiduk of Germany Jhonatan Narvaez of Ecuador Brandon Smith Rivera of Colombia Oscar Rodriguez of Spain Laurens De Plus of Belgium Joshua Tarling of The United Kingdom Carlos Rodriguez of Spain and Team INEOS Grenadiers during the team presentation at the Torre de Belem prior to the 79th La Vuelta Ciclista a Espana 2024 UCIWT on August 15 2024 in Lisbon Portugal Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images

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And don’t forget, it is the opening stage of La Vuelta a España. Make sure you keep up to date with all the goings on with this evening’s time trial in Portuguese capital, Lisbon, by following our live updates in the link below… 

Make sure to have a read of our post race report which will be updated with more reactions as the afternoon goes on…

A very well deserved trip to the podium for Ghekiere’s AG Insurance-Soudal teammate, Julie van de Velde. She wins the most combative rider prize after being the engine room for the breakaway from the moment it started to the point Ghekiere attacked on the final climb. She will wear the green numbers tomorrow. 

Yet another solid day for Puck Pieterse (FED) who showed she can climb with the best today. Moving herself into second place on the GC once again. She holds white by 45″ over WorldTour best young rider jersey wearer, Shirin van Anrooij (LTK). 

It was a pretty ideal day for Marianne Vos (TVL) as she took 25 points in the intermediate sprint extending her lead to 84 points ahead of second place Kasia Niewiadoma (CSR) with one stage to go. She just needs to finish tomorrow. 

Justine Ghekiere (AGS) extended her lead in the QoM jersey with just one more stage to go.

It is another day in yellow for Kasia Niewiadoma (CSR) as she goes into the final stage  with a 27″ gap on Puck Pieterse (FED) who is in second place. 

Such an amazing moment for Justine Ghekiere (AGS) taking the seventh stage of the Tour de France Femmes 2024 as well as solidly extending her lead in the QoM classification and moving to tenth in GC. 

Situation in the QoM standings going into the final day with a lot of points on offer in the high alps…

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