Aqua Blue Sport has been dealt a very big blow at the end of the first week on La Vuelta. But the Irish ProContinental team will regroup and battle on (Photo: Karen M Edwards)
Larry Warbasse crashes out of Vuelta on stage 7
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Aqua Blue Sport has suffered a big blow at the Vuelta with one of its top riders Larry Warbasse forced out of the race.
The American, who won the US title and a stage of the Tour de Suisse, earlier this year has crashed out of the race.
While Irish ProContinental team Aqua Blue Sport have other options for stage wins in the race, Warbasse was one of its big threats.
He is not only vastly experienced but has obviously been in good form of late. And had he gotten clear in the right breakaway he was capable of pulling off a major result.
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On today’s stage 7, Warbasse came down with a number of other riders with approximately 90km remaining.
Among those who also crashed were Anthony Turgis (Cofidis) and Merhawi Kudus (Dimension Data).
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#LV2017 Even a high speed crash won't get Larry Warbasse down. He is waiting for treatment. Thanks to the medics who are caring for him. pic.twitter.com/ZUwJiv0vLE
— Aqua Blue Sport (@AquaBlueSport) August 25, 2017
Both Kudus and Warbasse were forced to abandon such were their injuries.
The 207km stage from Llíria Cuenca was dominated by a 14-man breakaway. And from that move Matej Mohoric (UAE Team Emirates) would take a solo victory.
The escape was whittled down on the Alto del Castillo and the eventual winner, on the descent, would drop the few who could stay with him going up the climb.
He claimed victory by 16 seconds from a three-man group of breakaway survivors.
Pawel Poljanski (Bora-Hansgrohe) was 2nd, Jose Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) 3rd and Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal) 4th.
Nicolas Roche (BMC Racing) was in a group of 45 men, with all the GC contenders, some 8:38 down on the winner.
He remains in 3rd place overall; 13 seconds off leader Chris Froome (Team Sky). Esteban Chaves is 2nd overall, the Orica-Scott rider just two seconds ahead of Roche.
Conor Dunne finished in the near 100-man autobus today some 15:39 down.
Stage 7: Llíria to Cuenca (207km)
1 Matej Mohoric (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 4:43:35
2 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:16
3 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
4 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
5 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:00:27
6 Floris De Tier (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
7 Jetse Bol (Ned) Manzana Postobon 0:00:29
8 Luis Angel Maté Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:21
9 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:32
10 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ
11 Aldemar Reyes (Col) Manzana Postobon 0:01:35
12 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team
13 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:20
14 Rafael Reis (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:40
15 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Team Sky 0:08:38
16 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
17 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky
18 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
19 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott
20 Jack Haig (Aus) Orica-Scott
21 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica-Scott
22 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott
23 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors
24 David de la Cruz (Spa) Quick-Step Floors
25 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
26 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team
27 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
28 Jaime Roson Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
29 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo
30 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
177 Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport
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