"I wanted to win, but Pablo has played his cards very well" - Marc Soler full of praise for compatriot Castrillo after stage 12 of La Vuelta 2024
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Another close call for Marc Soler has come at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana on stage 12. The UAE Team Emirates rider saw compatriot Pablo Castrillo be the strongest of the breakaway on Thursday afternoon.
Soler took third place while Castrillo went for the win with 10 kilometres to go (although his plan was to do it with 7 kilometres to go). In immediate statements at the end of the stage, the more experienced Spaniard explains why he lost the victory he is still looking forward to. "I wanted to win, but Pablo has played his cards very well and has been the strongest," admits Soler honestly.
The day began in a very sad way for Spanish cycling and for Castrillo's Equipo Kern Pharma team, as the news of the death of Manolo Azcona, former president of the team, was announced. He was also the founder of the Galibier Sports Association, through which Marc Soler himself passed, and who has therefore also been affected by the news.
"It's emotional (that Castrillo won). We congratulate them and for our part keep fighting to get the victory. To do this, we have to keep getting into the breakaways, which are very expensive, try to finish it off and take advantage of it," concludes the UAE Team Emirates rider.
Results of stage 12 of the Vuelta a Espana 2024
| 1 | CASTRILLO Pablo | Kern Pharma Team | 03:36:12 |
| POOLE Max | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 08 | |
| SOLER Marc | UAE Team Emirates | + 16 | |
| SCHMID Mauro | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 23 | |
| 5 | NARVAEZ Jhonnatan | INEOS Grenadiers | + 34 |
| VANSEVENANT Mauri | Soudal Quick-Step | + 40 | |
| TEJADA Harold | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 49 | |
| VERONA Carlos | Lidl-Trek | + 01:03 | |
| MEINTJES Louis | Intermarché-Wanty | + 01:14 | |
| RODRIGUEZ Óscar | INEOS Grenadiers | + 01:52 | |
| SKJELMOSE Mattias | Lidl-Trek | + 06:29 | |
| GALL Felix | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 06:29 | |
| SIVAKOV Pavel | UAE Team Emirates | + 06:29 | |
| O'CONNOR Ben | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 06:29 | |
| MORE Enric | Movistar Team | + 06:29 | |
| CARAPAZ Richard | EF Education-EasyPost | + 06:29 | |
| RODRIGUEZ Carlos | INEOS Grenadiers | + 06:29 | |
| ROGLIC Primoz | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 06:29 | |
| GAUDU David | Groupama-FDJ | + 06:29 | |
| RODRIGUEZ Cristian | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 06:29 |
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