Poels seals Tour of Valencia win
Team Sky's Dutch rider Wouter Poels secured overall victory in the Tour of Valencia as Belgium's Stijn Vandenbergh won the fifth and final stage on Sunday.
Holding a 46-second lead heading into the 105.7km ride around Valencia, Poels was never troubled as he maintained his lead over Spaniard Luis Leon Sanchez with his Sky teammate Benat Intxausti a further 10 seconds adrift in third.
Vandenbergh attacked with three laps of the circuit to go to hold off a bunch sprint and win from Dutch riders Dylan Groenewegen and Raymond Kreder.
Fabio Aru, winner of the Vuelta a Espana in 2015 and a contender for this year's Tour de France, finished back in sixth overall, 1min 26sec behind Poels.
Photo: www.cyclingweekly.co.uk
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