Marc Soler exhibition in San Miguel de Aralar to achieve a Spanish triumph 413 days later

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It was the stage dreamed of by

.

After several controversies in recent seasons due to its strategy in some stages of the Grand Tours, the Spanish team finally won the award for an

.

Far from conversations about the physical condition of its leaders,

, away from everything.

The group led by

dominated the second stage of the Vuelta a España, starting in

and finishing in

passing through two third-category ports and the top of

.

An inappropriate route for a second day, but who is who to oppose an edition that has already experienced two days of maximum tension.

Belgian

tried his luck

leading the day's breakout, with interesting companions such as Spaniard

, but Movistar, with

at the helm, was in charge of launching the stage and setting a devilish rhythm that surprised the peloton, still with legs thinking about Tuesday's climb in

.

In the midway winds, several of the men called to fight for important things stayed, such as the French

, who was expected in the top 10, or

, who will fight in stages, or

, fighting to recover distance with the main group on a plain.

He did not succeed, for a blow of reality that must hurt the one who was so many times champion.

On the way to

, Verona further hardened the course until

surprised the 70 runners who were still 'alive' with a strange start with his partner

.

They managed almost 40 seconds of distances before losing meters at the start of the ascent, but the Ecuadorian showed desire and legs to threaten his rivals.

Then

took the controls

and everything exploded into the air.

Aralar is a long port (

).

With concrete sections and ramps with a maximum slope of 15%.

A torture.

Even more so if a rhythm is imposed with that of the Spanish.

Without looking back and always with cadence,

, with

glued to his wheel, was discarding opponents and teammates of

.

Remained

... A riddle that inspired

, who proved in the

middle of the climb and ended up

yielding to the forces without pause Soler.

In the group, ten runners.

: Alejandro Valverde, Marc Soler and Enric Mas (Movistar Team), Richard Carapaz (INEOS), Primoz Roglic, Sepp Kuss and George Bennett (Jumbo-Visma), Dan Martin (Israel Start Up Nation), Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton Scott) and Hugh Carthy (EF Pro Cycling).

Kuss

, the young American from

, started in the last meters of the climb to fight for the mountain, and

followed him.

They managed a few meters, but the

warned his gregarious to stop the rhythm.

Doubts, slow pedaling ... And again Marc Soler.

With

ahead and with the group of favorites leading the race, the Catalan started on the descent while his rivals turned their heads to look at each other and achieved a few meters that he would no longer let go of.

Kuss tried to reduce distances to work on the Roglic stage, but Soler showed what a good rider he is.

Not even the return to

group

, another Jumbo, was enough to stop the

runner's push

, in full display of skills.

The end also demonstrated the team's good strategy:

raised his arms and shouted a loud

that was heard on all televisions, while Valverde lagged behind

in the sprint for the second-place bonus.

First win in over 400 days

Soler's is

this season after his own in the

, back in February, and the first for a Spanish rider in a great lap since

triumph

on September 4, 2019. 413 days of difference for a national peloton that was left empty of celebrations in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia.

Roglic extends his distances in the fight with the red jersey with nine seconds ahead of Dan Martin, eleven over Richard Carapaz and 19 over Chaves and Enric Mas.

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