Mauricio Soler
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Juan Mauricio Soler Hernández |
| Date of birth | January 14, 1983 |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Barloworld |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climbing specialist |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2006 2007– |
Acqua & Sapone Barloworld |
| Major wins | |
Tour de France, stage 9 (2007) Tour de France, King of the Mountains (2007)Circuit de Lorraine (2006) |
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| Infobox last updated on: | |
| July 28, 2007 | |
Juan Mauricio Soler Hernández (born January 14, 1983 in Ramiriquí, Boyacá) is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team Barloworld. He competed in the Tour de France for the first time in 2007, winning stage 9 having broken away on the Col du Galibier. He won that year's King of the Mountains title. Soler stated the stage win was "a victory from heaven. It is the biggest win of my life, and in my first Tour de France. I didn't think it would come so quickly."[1]
Soler began racing at the age of 17, he stated a race in his village is what made him decide to become a professional cyclist. Upon becoming a professional, Soler spent a year racing in his native Colombia and soon after joined the Acqua & Sapone team where he was guided by Claudio Corti, who later brought him to his current team, Barloworld.[2]
[edit] Victories
- 2006
- Circuit de Lorraine:
- Overall winner
- Winner stage 2
- 2007
- Tour de France:
- King of the Mountains, Tour de France
- Winner Stage 9,
- Vuelta a Burgos:
- Overall winner
- Winner stage 2
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ "Colombian rookie wins stage nine of the Tour de France", Monsters and Critics, July 17, 2007.
- ^ "Soler's dream come true with Tour stage win", EITB24, July 17, 2007.
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| NAME | Soler, Mauricio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Soler Rodríguez, Juan Mauricio |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Road bicycle racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1983-01-14 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ramiriqui, Colombia |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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