# Marc Soler

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

## 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.
In March 2018, he won the Paris–Nice stage race. 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.

## 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 (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

### 2025

    7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

### General classification results timeline

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 | — | — | — | — | — | NH | — | 7 | DNF | 4 |
| Tour de Romandie | — | — | — | — | — | NH | 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 |