An award more than deserved! Marc Soler will not leave the 2024 Vuelta a Espana empty handed after having been rewarded with the Super-combativity prize for the Spanish Grand Tour.
It's no wonder either. The UAE Team Emirates Spaniard has been a protagonist in practically every important breakaway in La Vuelta this year. With a total of 7 days in breakaways, Soler has also managed to be the rider in the peloton who has ridden the most kilometres in total at the head of the race. His big prize came on stage 16, when he took the long-awaited victory in Lagos de Covadonga after several shots to the post that he did not let frustrate him.
In addition, Marc Soler almost won the King of the Mountains classification. He entered stage 20 with the polka dot jersey, but decided to leave it to his teammate Jay Vine, who in statements after the stage praised the Spanish cyclist, who has all the affection of his teammates in the UAE for his constant sacrifice for the benefit of the team.
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Final mountain classification of the Tour of Spain 2024
| Position | Corridor | Team | Points |
| 1 | VINE Jay | UAE Team Emirates | |
| SOLER Marc | UAE Team Emirates | ||
| CASTRILLO Pablo | Kern Pharma Team | 43 | |
| ROGLIC Primoz | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | ||
| 5 | FRIGO Marco | Israel-Premier Tech | |
| MORE Enric | Movistar Team | ||
| ZANA Filippo | Team Jayco-AlUla | ||
| VLASOV Aleksandr | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | ||
| GAUDU David | Groupama-FDJ | ||
| YATES Adam | UAE Team Emirates | ||
| SCHMID Mauro | Team Jayco-AlUla | ||
| POOLE Max | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | ||
| MONIQUET Sylvain | Lotto Dstny | ||
| SIVAKOV Pavel | UAE Team Emirates | ||
| MEURISSE Xandro | Alpecin-Deceuninck | ||
| CARAPAZ Richard | EF Education-EasyPost | ||
| DUNBAR Edward | Team Jayco-AlUla | ||
| GREGAARD Jonas | Lotto Dstny | ||
| LECERF William Junior | Soudal Quick-Step | ||
| MATE Luis Angel | Euskaltel-Euskadi | ||
| O'CONNOR Ben | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | ||
| ARMIRAIL Bruno | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | ||
| DEL TORO Isaac | UAE Team Emirates | ||
| BERRADE Urko | Kern Pharma Team | ||
| SKJELMOSE Mattias | Lidl-Trek | ||
| LANDA Mikel | Soudal Quick-Step | ||
| PACHER Quentin | Groupama-FDJ | ||
| CATTANEO Mattia | Soudal Quick-Step | ||
| GUERNALEC Thibault | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | ||
| MIHOLJEVIC Fran | Bahrain Victorious | ||
| RODRIGUEZ Cristian | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | ||
| LEEMREIZE Gijs | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | ||
| VERONA Carlos | Lidl-Trek | ||
| KUSS Sepp | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | ||
| BIZKARRA Mikel | Euskaltel-Euskadi | ||
| IZAGIRRE Ion | Cofidis | ||
| LE BERRE Mathis | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | ||
| HOLLMANN Juri | Alpecin-Deceuninck | ||
| RUIZ Ibon | Kern Pharma Team | ||
| ISASA Xabier | Euskaltel-Euskadi | ||
| KÜNG Stefan | Groupama-FDJ | ||
| 42 | MARTIN Guillaume | Cofidis | |
| 43 | BERTHET Clément | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | |
| OOMEN Sam | Lidl-Trek | ||
| 45 | VANSEVENANT Mauri | Soudal Quick-Step | |
| CHAMPION Thomas | Cofidis | ||
| LIPOWITZ Florian | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 1 | |
| GALL Felix | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | 1 | |
| TEJADA Harold | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 1 | |
| ADRIÀ Roger | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 1 | |
| 51 | NARVAEZ Jhonnatan | INEOS Grenadiers | 1 |
| 52 | LAZKANO Oier | Movistar Team | 1 |
| ENGELHARDT Felix | Team Jayco-AlUla | 1 | |
| VERGALLITO Luca | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1 | |
| CAMPENAERTS Victor | Lotto Dstny | 1 | |
| PLANCKAERT Edward | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1 |
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- I get the point totally. We live in the snowflake society where some riders forget they are getting paid to ride and get results. When they have a few issues they try to look outside of the real issue instead of themselves. It odd so many of the team are making no complaints and getting on with their job. If you do not like what you do find another job simples. Tough love as my mum would say.paultryan200207-11-2026
- many people advise him to grow slowly and rather do giro and/or vuelta instead of tdf. but i can totally understand that he is not satisfied with taking over once pogi declines, but instead beat him in his prime. so if he goes for tdf again, i‘m all for it. let‘s hope that pogi recovers soon!Ketterechts07-11-2026
- So gracious to offer something no-one would be prepared to pay for. The Giro is not the Tour and doesn’t command the same interest or attract the same “elite” (those willing to pay to be a part of something they consider has ego boosting potential). Roadside viewing will always largely remain free for everyone outside circuits. Introduction of a symbolic entrance to mountain climbs is worthy of exploration. Asking 1-2€ isn’t going to repulse real fans (most will spend 50-100€ on their outing that day all things included) but will prevent a portion of the total knobhead thrillseekers who will join in any large gathering as long as it’s free, just because they’re attracted to crowds, without which it it difficult for them to work up their anti-social behaviour.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- How is radio going to help when someone went over a cliff or bridge or off the roadside into a forest unnoticed and is laying there unconscious?Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- Yep, next we’ll be accusing F1 drivers of avoiding Le Mans.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- But on what is that opinion based? Are you holding him to a different standard than others? Are you saying he should do learn to like something he doesn’t Are you saying he hasn’t achieved enough Are you saying he pretends to be better than his results? It’s actually a really strange opinion to oust if you consider it objectively or rationally. Try applying it to others or yourself by asking if not EVERYONE should then be doing more? Nobody in athletics or swimming gets criticism for not expanding their repertoire when a rival or someone else does. In fact, most who move to another event get accused of running from their rival. Opinions are boring, the reasons behind them are what count.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- for a medical chief to throw things like is just bad. There are already radios which were banned for spectacle. allow radios. Gps trackers are not a complete solutionabstractengineer07-11-2026
- Yeah man...PogiSloFans07-11-2026
- any rider less than 25 whether they are really ready for the position of leadership of GT is probably not the case. I think Pogi himself suffered when he was defeated by Jonas in the TDF twice. But that would be the team's job to ensure support so that they can bounce back. It requires a team and time to get back up and win after getting knocked down.abstractengineer07-11-2026
- I'm very glad he got the big late Quickstep Vuelta win and I hope he has a few left for Euskaltel-Euskadi.flyer07-11-2026
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