Soler wins the queen stage in Route du Sud

Marc Soler (Movistar) took his first professional victory in impressive fashion when he soloed to the top of the Col du Curaduque in the Route du Sud queen stage.

Despite spending the day in the early break and riding on the front for Nairo Quintana, he had enough left to make a late attack and as Quintana marked the rivals from behind, he held off his chasers to win the stage. Quintana beat Hugh Carthy (Caja Rural) in the sprint for second and so retained the overall lead, with Soler moving into second place.

Route du Sud 2016 – stage 4 results (Saint-Gaudens – Val d’Azur Couraduque):

1 Marc Soler (Movistar)

5:36:13

2 Nairo Quintna (Movistar)

+04”

3 Hugh Carthy (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA)

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4 Nicolas Edet (Cofidis)

+17”

5 Thomas Voeckler (Direct Energie)

+21”

6 Sergio Pardilla (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA)

+33”

7 Ricardo Vilela (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA)

+55”

8 Mikel Bizkarra (Euskadi)

+57”

9 Luis Ángel Maté (Cofidis)

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10 David Arroyo (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA)

+01’25”

 

General classification after stage 4:

1 Nairo Quintna (Movistar)

12:52:55

2 Marc Soler (Movistar)

+36”

3 Hugh Carthy (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA)

+58”

4 Nicolas Edet (Cofidis)

+01’06”

5 Thomas Voeckler (Direct Energie)

+01’15”

6 Sergio Pardilla (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA)

+01’55”

7 Ricardo Vilela (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA)

+02’01”

8 Mikel Bizkarra (Euskadi)

+02’12”

9 Stephane Rossetto (Cofidis)

+02’20”

10 Luis Ángel Maté (Cofidis)

+02’36”