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Vuelta a España 2017

Stage 7

Mohorič wins in Cuenca

  • Friday 25 August 2017
  • 209 km
  • 3,034 m climbed
  • Won by Matej Mohorič

The road

1,158 m0 km50100150209 km123

At the start

Into the hills above Cuenca

Tomasz Marczyński soloed to win in Sagunt, and the top of the race is settling into shape: Froome leads Esteban Chaves by eleven seconds, Nicolas Roche by thirteen, Tejay van Garderen by thirty. Today climbs out of Llíria into the Chera natural park and spends the afternoon around a thousand metres before dropping to Cuenca, where a short climb 23 kilometres out is the last place to get away.

How it was won

  1. 23 km to go

    The climb into Cuenca

    The final climb before Cuenca launches the decisive attacks from the break.

  2. 11 km to go

    Mohorič clear

    Matej Mohorič forces his way alone toward the old town of Cuenca.

  3. At the line

    Mohorič wins in Cuenca

    Matej Mohorič takes a fine breakaway win in Cuenca.

The result

Podium, Stage 7, Vuelta a España 2017
RankRiderTeamTime
1Matej MohoričUAE Team Emirates4:43:35
2Paweł PoljańskiBORA - hansgrohe+0:16
3José Joaquín RojasMovistar Team+0:16
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