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Kron, Prodhomme, and Elissonde not yet across to the leaders.
They're coming towards the end of the descent now and will soon start the second-category Puerto de la Carrasqueta (10.9km at 4.6%).
The Jumbo-Visma and Groupama-FDJ led peloton is at 3:50.
Elissonde, Kron and Prodhomme now attack the main breakaway group. The break is a minute down on the leaders.
A shot of the breakaway out on the road today.
Now De Gendt drops from the lead group...
76km to go
45 seconds from the leaders back to the break.
3:45 back to the peloton.
Lazkano is there now too, while Rui Costa has also made the bridge.
The trio have closed the gap to De Gendt on the descent!
83km to go
De Gendt crosses the top of the climb alone.
Oier Lazkano chasing the trio.
Romo and Rodriguez are with Tiberi in the chase.
Meanwhile, Mollema and Van den Berg are dropping from the break.
A split in the breakaway behind De Gendt as several riders including Rodriguez and Romo make a move.
De Gendt still leading the way by around a minute as he edges his way up the climb.
The breakaway traversing the hills behind De Gendt.
Time for the next climb of the day now, the second-category Puerto de Benifallim (9.5km at 4.9%). De Gendt is 1:15 up on the break and 5:20 up on the peloton.
Jumbo-Visma have joined Groupama-FDJ working at the head of the peloton as Robert Gesink moves to the front.
97km to go
De Gendt now 55 seconds up the road on his own.
Groupama-FDJ leading the peloton.
107km to go
Just over 20km to go until the next climb now as there's a brief lull in the hills.
Rodriguez is now the virtual Vuelta leader with an on-the-road advantage of just over his 4:01 deficit to Martinez.
De Gendt has 40 seconds now on the lumpy terrain following the short descent.
112km to go
Four minutes back to the peloton and now De Gendt pushes on solo at the front.
Herrada again leads it over the top of the climb. That's now eight points for him today.
He already had four mountain points to his name and now moves up to second in the classification on 12, nine down on polka dot jersey Eduardo Sepulveda.
Arkéa-Samsic rider Cristian Rodriguez is the closest man in the break to Martinez's red jersey. He's at 4:01 down.
3:50 to the peloton now as the riders tackle the Puerto de Tollos.
Groupama-FDJ now leading the peloton on behalf of race leader Lenny Martinez.
Here's the long list of those riders in the move at 2:30 up on the peloton...
4: Thomas De Gendt, Andreas Kron, Sylvain Moniquet, Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto Dstny)
3: Callum Scotson, Welay Hagos Berhe, Callum Scotso (Jayco-AlUla)
2: Damiano Caruso, Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious); Jesus Herrada, Ruben Fernandez (Cofidis); Oier Lazkano, Nelson Oliveira (Movistar); Kenny Elissonde, Bauke Mollema (Lidl-Trek); Paul Ourselin, Fabien Doubey (TotalEnergies); Diego Camargo, Julius van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost); Javier Romo, Vadim Pronskiy (Astana Qazaqstan); José Manuel Diaz, Pelayo Sanchez (Burgos-BH)
1: Finn Fischer Black (UAE Team Emirates), Jonathan Castroviejo (Ineos Grenadiers), Ben Zwiehoff (Bora-Hansgrohe), Rui Costa (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty), Romain Bardet (dsm-firmenich), Cristian Rodriguez (Arkéa-Samsic), Joel Nicolau (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Nicolas Prodhomme (AG2R Citroën)
30 at the front now. 39km covered in the first hour.
On the way to the third-category Puerto de Tollos (4.2km at 5.6%) now.
123km to go
There are several small chasing groups behind a lead break of over 20 riders.
More riders join the front of the race as the gap goes way up. It's not over two minutes.
Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorious), Romain Bardet (dsm-firmenich), Bauke Mollema (Lidl-Trek), Andreas Kron (Lotto-Dstny) all in there.
Around 20 riders on the move at the front now.
Almeida is back at the medical car after crashing.
A large group trying to get away on the descent.
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131km to go
Jesus Herrada is in there. There Cofidis rider leads the way over the top of the climb for five points ahead of Kron and Pelayo Sanchez (Burgos-BH).
More riders make a move, including Kron again.
A crash in the peloton and UAE Team Emirates co-leader João Almeida is involved. Those caught up are back up and running, though.
Kron and Scotson joined the break but it's all back together again as the riders reach the final kilometres of the climb.
Meanwhile Jousseaume and Van den Berg join Lapeira in dropping from the breakaway move.
Andreas Kron (Lotto-Dstny) and Callum Scotson (Jayco-AlUla) try to make a move from the peloton on the climb.
140km to go
Now Jumbo-Visma are leading the peloton while Lapeira is dropping from the break.
Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) tried an attack along with Elie Gesbert (Arkéa-Samsic), though neither got away from the peloton.
The first climb of the day is coming up – the second-category Alto de Vall d'Ebo (7.9km at 5.7%).
145km to go
Arkéa-Samsic are leading the peloton in the chase.
The break, now 50 seconds up on the peloton.
Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Dstny), Max Poole (dsm-firmenich), Kenny Elissonde, Bauke Mollema (Lidl-Trek), Nico Denz (Bora-Hansgrohe), Diego Camargo, Julius van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost), Samuele Battistella (Astana Qazaqstan), José Manuel Diaz Gallego, Pelayo Sanchez (Burgos-BH), Joel Nicolau (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Paul Lapeira (AG2R-Citroën), Alan Jousseaume (TotalEnergies)
A 50kph average speed to start the stage.
The group of 14 has 30 seconds on the peloton.
150km to go
Denz, De Gendt, Elissonde back out there again. Max Poole (dsm-firmenich) and Bauke Mollema (Lidl-Trek) also among the attackers.
And now more riders head off the front of the peloton in search of a breakaway.
It's all back together now.
157km to go
The move is collapsing though, with the peloton almost back with the attacking group.
They're trying to place Kenny Elissonde and Edward Theuns in the move, while several more riders including Sean Flynn (dsm-firmenich) are also trying to get across.
Lidl-Trek lead the chase.
A group of eight including Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Dstny) and Nico Denz (Bora-Hansgrohe) is trying to get away from the peloton.
Attacks flying from the get-go.
163km to go
Now the flag has dropped and racing is underway!
A crash involving two riders from AG2R has seen the start delayed slightly.
7km of neutral zone for the peloton today.
Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers) is the only DNS today after his stage 7 crash.
The riders are off and tackling the neutral zone to start the stage now.
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3.9km at 11.4% with slopes reaching over 20% – this is today's final climb of Xorret de Catí.
Here's a look at the general classification heading into stage 8. Lots of big names still very close together at this point in the race.
Yesterday's stage was one for the sprinters in Oliva as Geoffrey Soupe (TotalEnergies) emerged as the surprise winner ahead of Orluis Aular (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA).
It's a short stage but packs a big punch with plenty of climbing along the way – three second-category climbs, a third-cat and the final first-category challenge.
We've got under an hour to go until the stage starts in Dénia.
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