Despite his narrow lead over Mikel Landa ahead of the final day time trial, Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) held off the Spaniard and Sky's Wout Poels to seal overall Ruta del Sol victory
Although Poels was unable to overhaul Wellens in the 14km time trial, which featured sectors of dirt roads, Sky teammate David de la Cruz won the stage by six seconds over Andrey Amador (Movistar).
Movistar's Mikel Landa though was a big loser as he slipped to sixth overall and teammate Marc Soler moved into third place overall. Sky's Chris Froome also lost time against the clock and finished his first race of the season in tenth place overall. The Tour de France champion will next be in action at Tirreno-Adriatico despite his on-going salbutamol case.
Stage 5 Brief Results
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Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
David De La Cruz (Spa) Team Sky
0:17:12
2
Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
0:00:06
3
Stef Clement (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
Row 2 - Cell 2
4
Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
0:00:07
5
Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
0:00:09
6
Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
0:00:11
7
Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Sky
Row 6 - Cell 2
8
Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
0:00:14
9
Jan Tratnik (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
0:00:24
10
Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
Row 9 - Cell 2
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Final General Classification
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
17:41:50
2
Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
0:00:08
3
Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
0:00:27
4
Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
0:00:30
5
Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
Row 4 - Cell 2
6
Mikel Landa (Spa) Movistar Team
0:00:42
7
Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
0:01:19
8
Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
0:01:41
9
Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
0:01:51
10
Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky
0:01:57
Races
Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol 2018
14 February 2018 - 18 February 2018|Andalucia|2.HC
