Cycling-Herrada wins stage seven of Vuelta, Evenepoel retains red jersey

Jesus Herrada of Cofidis sprinted to victory to take stage seven of the Vuelta a Espana on Friday, a 190km ride from Camargo to Cistierna, for the Spaniard's second individual stage win in the Spanish Grand Tour.

Herrada pipped Samuele Battistella (Astana Qazaqstan) and Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious) to the line, with Jimmy Janssens and Harry Sweeny also in the five-man breakaway group that finished together after keeping the peloton at bay.

Remco Evenepoel of QuickStep-AlphaVinyl retained the leader's red jersey, with the Belgian maintaining a 21-second lead over Rudy Molard.