Tour of Spain 2024
The Catalan later admitted that he had not been right.
The moment Van Aert steals Soler’s victory
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NACHO LABARGA
Baiona
Marc Soler a Spanish rider from the UAE Team, acknowledged that he “made a mistake” in Tuesday’s stage ending in Baiona when he allowed the the winner Wout van Aert escaped (Visma leases a bike) in the five-man breakaway of which they were both part.
“I have committed a mistake “I don’t know how to put it. Then I went well on the climb but I couldn’t do it on the descent,” said the Catalan, according to EFE, regretting not having reached the finish line with the Belgian champion.
Looking to the future
“It was a shame. Then we had to finish at the finish but at least having been there“in the sprint with the leader of the Regularity and today also of the Mountain.
Soler, on the other hand, noticed that “very hard” that was the day, the whole stage going “very fast” in the fight to get into the final breakaway. “It’s time to fight, There are many left and we must continue“said Soler, resigned, but also encouraged for what is to come in a Vuelta with many chapters still to be fulfilled.
