Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol 2018
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Soler rides onto Ruta del Sol podium in final-day time trial
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Wellens takes breakthrough win at Ruta del Sol
Lotto-Soudal rider motivated for debut in Het Nieuwsblad
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
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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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 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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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 |
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Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol 201814 February 2018 - 18 February 2018 | Andalucia | 2.HC
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