Persistence paid off big time for Marc Soler in the 2024 Vuelta a España as the ever-aggressive Catalan finally managed to secure a long-sought victory at the mythical Lagos de Covadonga summit finish.
UAE Team Emirates have opted for three-rider attacks on four occasions to date in the Vuelta mountains - Sierra Nevada, Ancares, Cuitu Negru and Covadonga - and Soler has been in all of them. But while constantly in the thick of the action, it wasn’t until the most prestigious mountain stage of all that the Catalan could finally triumph himself.
