De La Cruz claims Team Sky's second stage win in Ruta del Sol

Spain's David De La Cruz has hit the ground running with his new squad in 2018, netting the first time trial victory of his eight-year career at the first possible opportunity with Team Sky. De la cruz won Sunday's final stage at the Ruta del Sol, taking out the time trial by six seconds over Andrey Amador (Movistar) and seven seconds over LottoNL-Jumbo's Stef Clement.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.