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Biography

    Mauricio SOLER
  • Born:
    Ramiriqui (Col)
    1983-01-14
  • Residence:
    Boyaca (Col)
  • Professional since: 2005
  • Victories: 6

Juan Mauricio Soler Hernández 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."

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.

[sources: Wikipedia, teambarloworld.com]

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