LA FARRAPONA. LAGOS DE SOMIEDO, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 06: (L-R) Johannes Staune-Mittet of Norway and Team Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale and stage winner Marc Soler of Spain and UAE Team Emirates - XRG attack during the La Vuelta - 80th Tour of Spain 2025, Stage 14 a 135.9km stage from Aviles to La Farrapona. Lagos de Somiedo 1711m / #UCIWT / on September 06, 2025 in La Farrapona. Lagos de Somiedo, Spain. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images).
By this point in the Vuelta a España and with seven stage wins out of a possible 14 so far, reporting that UAE Team Emirates-XRG have taken yet another victory to their palmarès barely feels newsworthy.
But in the case of Marc Soler's latest triumph for UAE at the summit finish of La Farrapona, it later emerged that neither rider nor team had planned for it to happen.
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