Paula Blasi

Paula Blasi Cairol (born 19 February 2003) is a Spanish racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .

Blasi began her athletic career in middle-distance running, as well as the duathlon and triathlon. After an injury in February 2024 forced her to stop running, she could only train on her bike and decided to join a cycling club at the age of 21. She immediately achieved numerous podium places in national races. After winning the Catalan road and time trial championships, she placed seventh in the Spanish time trial championships. In the second half of the season, she finished fourth overall in the Tour de l'Avenir and the Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini, where she was also the best young rider. These results allowed her to sign with the UAE Development Team in 2025, before stepping up to in May after taking wins at the Gran Premio della Liberazione and the Pointe du Raz Ladies Classic.

In 2026, Blasi won her first major race, winning the Amstel Gold Race in a solo victory after a late attack. Three weeks later, she won the overall and mountains classifications of La Vuelta after finishing second in the last two mountain stages.

Major results

2024 Catalonia Road Championships 1st Road race 1st Time trial 1st Overall Volta Ciclista a Osona 1st Stage 2 1st Trofeu Speed Republik 2nd GP Léon 4th Overall Giro della Toscana 1st Young rider classification 4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir 2025 (4 pro wins) UEC European Under-23 Road Championships 1st Road race 10th Time trial 1st La Périgord Ladies 1st Gran Premio della Liberazione 1st Pointe du Raz Ladies Classic 1st Campionat Sabadell Femeni

3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 4th Overall Tour de Romandie 1st Points classification 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 1 (ITT) 5th Overall Tour Féminin International des Pyrénées 1st Young rider classification 5th The Traka 200 6th Overall Tour de l'Avenir 6th Grand Prix Féminin de Chambéry 7th Volta NXT Classic 2026 (2) 1st Overall La Vuelta Femenina 1st Mountains classification 1st Overall Volta a Catalunya Femenina 1st Mountains classification 1st Youth classification 1st Stage 2 1st Amstel Gold Race 1st Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria 3rd Overall Tour Down Under 1st Mountains classification 3rd La Flèche Wallonne 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 5th Clásica de Almería 8th Tour Down Under One Day Race 9th Trofeo Oro in Euro 9th Brabantse Pijl Tour de France Held after Stages 1–4