france s rudy molard in the general classification whilst primoz roglic remains fourth overall. and that s all the sport for now. hello. we ended the week that some fairly quiet weather and that is how it will continue into the weekend. for many others it is the august bank holiday weekend. plenty of sunny spells on offer, a few showers but it will become breezy, particularly by monday. really quite cool on the north sea coasts. at the moment the weather is quiet, weather systems in the atlantic and that is a chance this weather front will brush the north west of the uk through saturday, but this isn t what it looks like the early hours of saturday. clear spells, the odd local shower. temperatures 15 in
on sunday, practice at spa today. the two title rivals max verstappen and charles leclerc were first and second fastest in the last session but will start from the back of the grid after engine and gearbox penalties. verstappen leads the championship by 80 points with nine races left. jesus herrada won a thrilling stage seven of the vuelta a espana. the spaniard timed his sprint to perfection and held off italy s samuele battistella to win the second stage of his career. belgium s remco evenepoel retained his 21 second lead over france s rudy molard in the general classification whilst primoz roglic remains fourth overall. and that s all the sport for now. hello. the weather is quite out there right
Marc Soler had the finish line in sight when he looked back over his shoulder and realized his challengers wouldn t catch him. He threw his hand to his helmet in apparent disbelief and then started celebrating a big win for him and his country. Soler broke free on the final ascent to win the fifth stage of the Spanish Vuelta and give Spain its first stage stage win at a Grand Tour race in two years. Frenchman Rudy Molard was in the group of riders who crossed the line four seconds behind Soler and took the overall leader s red jersey from three-time defending champion Primoz Roglic.