Sprint finishes and intermediate sprints will drive the points competition, breakaways can quickly transform the mountains standings and the white jersey will develop alongside many of the same stages that decide the general classification. Each update will show the latest standings after the day’s racing and highlight the important changes across all four competitions.

General Classification Standings after Stage 7

Pogacar strengthened his grip on red with another late attack, extending his advantage over Mas from 3:34 to 3:50. Roglic remains third at 4:50, but Gall was the strongest of the podium challengers and climbed to fourth, only 11 seconds behind the four-time winner.

Kuss moved into fifth, with Onley just one second behind him in sixth, while Carapaz fell three places to seventh after losing ground near the summit. Skjelmose and Tejada each gained a position, Mühlberger entered the top 10 and Omrzel rose to 11th, while Ramses Debruyne dropped out following his difficult final climb.

Rnk ▼▲ Rider Team UCI Time 1 –  Pogačar Tadej UAE Team Emirates – XRG 20 34″ 19:32:37 2 –  Mas Enric Movistar Team 12″ 3:50 3 –  Roglič Primož Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe 4:50 4 ▲1  Gall Felix Decathlon CMA CGM Team 8″ 5:01 5 ▲1  Kuss Sepp Team Visma | Lease a Bike 6:05 6 ▲1 Onley Oscar Netcompany INEOS 4″ 6:06 7 ▼3 Carapaz Richard EF Education – EasyPost 6:12 8 ▲1  Skjelmose Mattias Lidl – Trek 7:17 9 ▲1  Tejada Harold XDS Astana Team 7:46 10 ▲2  Mühlberger Gregor Decathlon CMA CGM Team 9:29 11 ▲4  Omrzel Jakob Bahrain – Victorious 9:54

Points Classification Standings after Stage 7

Van Aert’s day-long attack delivered the green jersey despite missing the stage victory. Maximum points at the intermediate sprint and third place at Aramon Valdelinares lifted him to 104 points, two ahead of Pogacar.

Brennan remains third on 60, giving Team Visma | Lease a Bike three riders inside the top five. Uno-X’s one-two transformed their position in the classification, with Johannessen climbing 20 places to sixth on 45 points and stage winner Leknessund entering the top 10 on 30.

Rnk ▼▲ Rider Team Pnt 1 ▲1  van Aert Wout Team Visma | Lease a Bike 104 2 ▼1  Pogačar Tadej UAE Team Emirates – XRG 102 3 –  Brennan Matthew Team Visma | Lease a Bike 60 4 –  Hayter Ethan Soudal Quick-Step 57 5 –  Laporte Christophe Team Visma | Lease a Bike 52 6 ▲20  Johannessen Tobias Halland Uno-X Mobility 45 7 ▼1  Debruyne Ramses Alpecin – Premier Tech 36 8 ▲4  Bisiaux Léo Decathlon CMA CGM Team 32 9 ▼2  Miquel Pau Bahrain – Victorious 31 10  Leknessund Andreas Uno-X Mobility 30

King of the Mountains Classification Standings after Stage 7

Pogacar retained the mountains jersey on 29 points, but Leknessund emerged as his closest challenger after collecting points throughout the breakaway and winning the summit finish, moving directly into second on 19.

Van Aert also entered the top five on 13 after leading across two climbs, while Johannessen and Lutsenko joined the top 10. Mas slipped to third without adding to his total.

Rnk ▼▲ Rider Team Pnt 1 –  Pogačar Tadej UAE Team Emirates – XRG 29 2  Leknessund Andreas Uno-X Mobility 19 3 ▼1  Mas Enric Movistar Team 14 4 ▼1  Fortunato Lorenzo XDS Astana Team 13 5  van Aert Wout Team Visma | Lease a Bike 13 6 ▼2  Buitrago Santiago Bahrain – Victorious 11 7 ▼2  Gall Felix Decathlon CMA CGM Team 9 8  Johannessen Tobias Halland Uno-X Mobility 9 9  Lutsenko Alexey NSN Cycling Team 8 10 ▼4  Bouwman Koen Team Jayco AlUla 6

Youth Classification Standings after Stage 7

Onley retained the white jersey, but the riders behind him changed substantially. Omrzel used the breakaway to climb from fourth to second, reducing his deficit to 3:48, while Bisiaux rose into third at 6:07. Widar slipped to fourth after another difficult mountain stage, while overnight challenger Debruyne dropped completely out of the top 5. Pickering completed the new top five at 8:48.

Rnk ▼▲ Rider Team Time 1 Onley Oscar Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team 19:38:43 2 ▲ 2 Omrzel Jakob Bahrain Victorious + 03:48 3 ▲ 3 Bisiaux Léo Decathlon CMA CGM Team + 06:07 4 ▼ 1 Widar Jarno Lotto-Intermarché + 06:43 5 ▲ 3 Pickering Finlay Team Jayco-AlUla + 08:48

Teams Classification Standings after Stage 7

Rnk Prev ▼▲ Team Class Time 1 1 – Decathlon CMA CGM Team WT 59:01:29 2 2 – UAE Team Emirates – XRG WT 12:04 3 4 ▲1 Team Visma | Lease a Bike WT 20:35 4 3 ▼1 Netcompany INEOS WT 25:25 5 5 – XDS Astana Team WT 33:37 6 6 – Groupama – FDJ United WT 35:52 7 7 – EF Education – EasyPost WT 36:34 8 9 ▲1 Movistar Team WT 41:10 9 8 ▼1 Bahrain – Victorious WT 41:34 10 10 – Tudor Pro Cycling Team PRT 51:21 11 12 ▲1 Soudal Quick-Step WT 54:01 12 11 ▼1 Lidl – Trek WT 1:02:25 13 16 ▲3 NSN Cycling Team WT 1:03:12 14 13 ▼1 Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe WT 1:04:22 15 15 – Equipo Kern Pharma PRT 1:08:38 16 19 ▲3 Uno-X Mobility WT 1:11:23 17 18 ▲1 Burgos Burpellet BH PRT 1:13:33 18 17 ▼1 Lotto Intermarché WT 1:18:02 19 14 ▼5 Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team PRT 1:22:02 20 21 ▲1 Team Jayco AlUla WT 1:28:50 21 22 ▲1 Cofidis PRT 1:36:09 22 20 ▼2 Alpecin – Premier Tech WT 1:39:59 23 23 – Team Picnic PostNL WT 2:07:49

You can check the full standings of each of the classifications at the 2026 Vuelta a Espana.