Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) has won the fourth stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia on the cobbled uphill finish Alcalá de los Gazules.
Wellens used his Classics skills and crossed the finish line with a five-second advantage over Mikel Landa (Movistar) and a 12 second lead on Jakob Fuglsang (Astana).
“I knew on the second day I had really good legs from the second day. I also knew that the climb today was good for me, I took the chance I had,” Wellens said.
“Yesterday I did a lot of research on this climb, and that paid off. I had really good legs, I knew the final climb. The fact there were cobbles and you can ride next to the cobbles on the tarmac was really good for me.”
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Vuelta a Andalucia 2018 – stage 4 results (Sevilla – Alcalá de los Gazules ):
| 1 | Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) | 4:26:33 |
| 2 | Mikel Landa (Movistar) | +05” |
| 3 | Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) | +12” |
| 4 | Wout Poels (Team Sky) | +13” |
| 5 | Floris de Tier (LottoNl-Jumbo) | ,, |
| 6 | Marc Soler (Movistar) | +17” |
| 7 | Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNl-Jumbo) | +20” |
| 8 | Luis León Sanchez (Astana) | ,, |
| 9 | Simon Clarke (EF Education First-Drapac) | +21” |
| 10 | Andrea Pasqualon (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) | +24” |
General classification after stage 4:
| 1 | Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) | 17:24:25 |
| 2 | Mikel Landa (Movistar) | +07” |
| 3 | Wout Poels (Team Sky) | +11” |
| 4 | Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) | +14” |
| 5 | Luis León Sanchez (Astana) | +20” |
| 6 | Marc Soler (Movistar) | +32” |
| 7 | Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNl-Jumbo) | +58” |
| 8 | Simon Clarke (EF Education First-Drapac) | +01’05” |
| 9 | Mikel Bizkarra (Euskadi-Murias) | +01’14” |
| 10 | Sergio Pardilla (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) | +01’24” |
