Marc Soler Giménez (born 22 November 1993) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.

Marc Soler
Soler at the 2018 Tour de France
Personal information
Full nameMarc Soler Giménez
Born (1993-11-22) November 22, 1993 (age 30)
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 teamUAE Team Emirates
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur team
2012–2014Lizarte
Professional teams
2015–2021Movistar Team[2][3][4]
2022–UAE Team Emirates
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
3 individual stages (2020, 2022, 2024)
Combativity award (2022, 2024)

Stage races

Paris–Nice (2018)

Career

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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

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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   Overall Tour de l'Avenir
6th Klasika Primavera
2016 (1 pro win)
2nd Overall Route du Sud
1st   Young rider classification
1st Stage 4
7th Circuito de Getxo
2017
3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st   Young rider classification
4th Time trial, National Road Championships
5th GP Miguel Induráin
8th Overall Tour de Suisse
  Combativity award Stage 9 Vuelta a España
2018 (1)
1st   Overall Paris–Nice
1st   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 (2)
1st Pollença–Andratx
Vuelta a España
1st Stage 2
  Combativity award Stages 11, 14 & 17
8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
2021 (1)
4th Overall Tour de Romandie
1st Stage 3
2022 (1)
Vuelta a España
1st Stage 5
  Combativity award Stage 5 & Overall
7th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
2023
4th Overall Volta a Catalunya
2024 (2)
Vuelta a España
1st Stage 16
Held   after Stages 18–19
  Combativity award Stages 16, 18, 20 & Overall
1st Stage 3 (TTT) Paris–Nice
4th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
9th Trofeo Pollença–Port d'Andratx
10th Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior

General classification results timeline

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Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
  Giro d'Italia DNF
  Tour de France 62 37 21 DNF DNF 56 44
  Vuelta a España 48 9 18 27 14 41
Major stage race general classification results
Stage race 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
  Paris–Nice 24 1 50 DNF
  Tirreno–Adriatico 11 15
  Volta a Catalunya DNF DNF 3 5 DNF NH 76 DNF 4 46
  Tour of the Basque Country 7 DNF 4
  Tour de Romandie 4
  Critérium du Dauphiné 79 16 DNF 17
  Tour de Suisse 8 12 NH 79 DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
NH Not held

References

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  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. 11 March 2018. 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. ^ "Twitter Movistar Team". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
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