Marc Soler

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Soler and the second or maternal family name is Giménez.
Marc Soler
2018 Tour de France -19 Col d'Aubisque (41908519030) (cropped).jpg
Soler at the 2018 Tour de France
Personal information
Full nameMarc Soler Giménez
Born (1993-11-22) November 22, 1993 (age 28)
Vilanova i la Geltru, Spain
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamMovistar Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur team
2012–2014Lizarte
Professional team
2015–Movistar Team[2][3]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2020)

Stage races

Paris–Nice (2018)

Marc Soler Giménez (born 22 November 1993) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team.[4]

Career[]

Soler was born in Vilanova i la Geltru. In 2017, Soler finished third overall behind team mate Alejandro Valverde and Alberto Contador in the Volta a Catalunya, winning the young rider's classification. Later that year was named in the startlist for the Vuelta a España.[5]

In March 2018, he won the Paris–Nice stage race.[6][7] Having started the final stage 37 seconds down on race leader Simon Yates (Mitchelton–Scott) in sixth place overall, Soler attacked around halfway into the stage along with compatriot David de la Cruz (Team Sky); the duo joined Omar Fraile (Astana) at the head of the race, and the trio managed to stay clear of the rest of the field by the time they reached Nice. As de la Cruz and Fraile contested stage honours, Soler finished third – acquiring four bonus seconds on the finish in addition to three gained at an earlier intermediate sprint – and with a 35-second gap to Yates and the remaining general classification contenders, it was enough to give Soler victory over Yates by four seconds.

In June 2021, Soler was forced to abandon the 2021 Tour de France, after being involved in a crash on the opening stage and suffering fractures to both arms' radial heads and his left ulnar head.[8]

Major results[]

2013
1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Palencia
2014
1st Soraluzeko Saria
1st Ereñoko Udala Sari Nagusia
1st Grand Prix Kutxabank
1st Memorial Cirilo Zunzarren
1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Zamora
3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
2015
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de l'Avenir
6th Klasika Primavera
2016
2nd Overall Route du Sud
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
1st Stage 4
7th Circuito de Getxo
2017
3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
4th Time trial, National Road Championships
5th GP Miguel Induráin
8th Overall Tour de Suisse
Jersey green number.svg Combativity award Stage 9 Vuelta a España
2018
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Paris–Nice
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
3rd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
5th Overall Volta a Catalunya
6th Overall Vuelta a Aragón
6th GP Miguel Induráin
2019
8th Overall Vuelta a Aragón
9th Overall Vuelta a España
2020
1st Pollença–Andratx
Vuelta a España
1st Stage 2
Jersey yellow number.svg Combativity award Stages 11, 14 & 17
8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
2021
4th Overall Tour de Romandie
1st Stage 3

General classification results timeline[]

Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia — — — — — — DNF
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France — — — 62 37 21 DNF
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España — — 48 — 9 18 —
Major stage race general classification results
Stage race 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Jersey yellow.svg Paris–Nice — — 24 1 50 — —
Jersey blue.svg Tirreno–Adriatico — — — — — — 11
MaillotVolta.png Volta a Catalunya DNF DNF 3 5 DNF NH 76
Jersey yellow.svg Tour of the Basque Country — — — — — —
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de Romandie — — — — — 4
Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg Critérium du Dauphiné — 79 — 16 — DNF —
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de Suisse — — 8 — 12 NH 79
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
NH Not held

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Marc Soler". Movistar Team. Movistar Team. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Movistar Team launches 2019 season with highest hopes". Telefónica. Telefónica, S.A. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Movistar Team ready to open new era in 2020". Movistar Team. Abarca Sports SL. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Movistar Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ^ "2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Marc Soler grabs Paris-Nice title by four seconds from Simon Yates on final stage". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Marc Soler upsets Simon Yates to win Paris-Nice by 4 seconds". Washington Post. Retrieved 11 March 2018.[dead link]
  8. ^ "https://twitter.com/movistar_team/status/1408857458563600384". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-06-27. External link in |title= (help)

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