Marc Soler
Marc Soler Gimènez (born 22 November 1993) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team.[3]
_(cropped).jpg) Marc Soler | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Marc Soler Gimènez |
| Born | November 22, 1993 Vilanova i la Geltru, Spain |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Movistar Team |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur team | |
| 2012–2014 | Lizarte |
| Professional team | |
| 2015– | Movistar Team[2] |
| Major wins | |
| Stage races | |
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.[4]
2018 season
In March 2018, he won the Paris–Nice stage race.[5][6] 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.
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
- 6th Klasika Primavera
- 2016
- 2nd Overall Route du Sud
- 1st
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 7th Circuito de Getxo
- 2017
- 3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1st
- 1st
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 5th GP Miguel Indurain
- 8th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 2018
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 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
- 8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
General classification results timeline
| Grand Tour general classification results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
 |
— | — | — | — | — |
|
— | — | — | 62 | 37 |
 |
— | — | 48 | — | 9 |
| Major stage race general classification results | |||||
| Stage race | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|
— | — | 24 | 1 | 50 |
 |
— | — | — | — | — |
 |
DNF | DNF | 3 | 5 | DNF |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
— | — | — | — | — |
 |
— | 79 | — | 16 | — |
|
— | — | 8 | — | 12 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- "Marc Soler". Movistar Team. Movistar Team. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- "Movistar Team launches 2019 season with highest hopes". Telefónica. Telefónica, S.A. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- "Movistar Team ready to open new era in 2020". Movistar Team. Abarca Sports SL. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- "2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- "Marc Soler grabs Paris-Nice title by four seconds from Simon Yates on final stage". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- "Marc Soler upsets Simon Yates to win Paris-Nice by 4 seconds". Washington Post. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
