Tim Wellens wins the Ruta del Sol as De David la Cruz wins dirt Time Trial

Tim Wellens secured overall victory after a solid time trial which included sections of dirt roads

Wellens put in a solid time trial behind rival Wout Poels, only losing 3 seconds to him, enought to secure the overall victory by 8 seconds.

David De la Cruz was the fastest man of the day, posting a time of 17 minutes and 11 seconds on the 14.2 km time trial.

Britain Chris Froome finished 11 seconds down, finishing 10th overall with Team Sky teammate Wout Poels in second place.

VIDEO: 2018 Ruta Del Sol Stage 5

2018 Ruta Del Sol Stage 5 Top 10

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 0:00:06 
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 0:00:11 
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 0:00:24 

2018 Ruta Del Sol Final Overall Classification

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   
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