Marc Soler

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

Marc Soler
Soler at the 2018 Tour de France
Personal information
Full nameMarc Soler Gimènez
Born (1993-11-22) November 22, 1993
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)
In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Soler and the second or maternal family name is Gimènez; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".

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]

2018 season

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.

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 Overall Tour de l'Avenir
6th Klasika Primavera
2016
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 Indurain
8th Overall Tour de Suisse
Combativity award Stage 9 Vuelta a España
2018
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
Vuelta a España
1st Stage 2
Combativity award Stages 11, 14 & 17
1st Pollença–Andratx
8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

General classification results timeline
Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Giro d'Italia Has not contested during his career
Tour de France — — — 62 37 21
Vuelta a España — — 48 — 9 18
Major stage race general classification results
Stage race 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Paris–Nice — — 24 1 50 —
Tirreno–Adriatico Has not contested during his career
Volta a Catalunya DNF DNF 3 5 DNF NH
Tour of the Basque Country Has not contested during his career
Tour de Romandie
Critérium du Dauphiné — 79 — 16 — DNF
Tour de Suisse — — 8 — 12 NH
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References
  1. "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.
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