
João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) was frustrated by Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) but understood the Dane's actions as he refused to pull on the final climb to Cerlers on stage 7 of the Vuelta a España.
Vingegaard, as he did on stage 6, stayed defensive up the final climb, with victory going up the road to Almeida's teammate, Juan Ayuso, and little GC action unfolding behind – until the final 7km, when the Portuguese rider tried to light things up.