Official: Paula Blasi is already a rider for the Movistar cycling team
The open secret that had been heard in the peloton for months has finally been confirmed, so much so that the signing of Paula Blasi It had been taken for granted long before it became official today. The cyclist from Esplugues de Llobregat (Barcelona, February 19, 2003) I had one more year of contract with him UAE and it seems that finally the negotiations between both parties have reached a successful conclusion and in this way Movistar Team has already been able to announce the signing of Blasi.
“I am at a point in my sports career where I needed to take a different step, look for a team that believed in me, saw my goals favorably and was as ambitious as I am. I will be able to grow and also share leadership and learn from Marlenewhich for me development as an athlete is going to be important. Furthermore, it is the home team, it gives more pride to wear the kit,” said the runner in the statement issued by the team; to which Sebastián Unzué added: “We are very excited to finally announce the incorporation of Paula to our team for the next three seasons. With her arrival we take a new leap in quality that will allow us to fight for the most important races on the calendar. I want to thank Paula for her trust and for believing in this project. We really want to start working together. Welcome, Paula!”
Leading cyclist of the peloton
Paula Blasi has already established herself in the cycling elite after starring in a meteoric rise, to the point of her agent, Alex Carera, He even said that he was working with the idea that Paula would be the first cyclist to reach a contract of one million euros per year.
After closing 2024, still as an amateur, with victories in the Catalunya Time Trial and Road Championships, in addition to finishing fourth in the Tour de l’AvenirBlasi began 2025 in the ranks of the UAE development team, although from the start of the season she also competed with the first team, before being officially promoted to the WorldTour in May. In her first season among the professionals, she achieved four victories, including her first victory in the UCI Women’s WorldTour, a stage of the Romandie Féminin Tour. Her international progression was also confirmed with the title of European U23 road champion and the bronze medal at the World Championships in this category.
I am at a point in my sporting career where I needed to take a different step, look for a team that believed in me, welcomed my goals and was as ambitious as I am.
But it was in 2026 when Blasi gave free rein to all her talent and definitively became one of the greats of women’s cycling. The big leap came with the victory in the Amstel Gold Race, after winning alone after attacking 26 kilometers from the finish line. Just three days later she was third in La Fleche Wallonne and closed the Ardennes triptych with a fifth position in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, his first Monument.
A week after the Ardennes, in her first participation in a great cycling tour, Blasi became the winner of The Women’s Tour. The Catalan cemented the victory in the last two high finishes of the race: she finished second in Les Praereswhere he was only 18 seconds behind Anna van der Breggenand the next day he starred in a historic performance at the Angliru to turn the general classification around and put on the red jersey.
Blasi then won again in a stage race, this time in the CIC-Tour Féminin des Pyrénéeswhere he also achieved a stage victory, with an exhibition in the legendary Tourmalet. In June came another of the great moments of his season: in the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya: he showed himself in the final day in La Molina, confirming the victory in the general classification the next day in Barcelona.
He then faced the Tour de France Womena race that he had not specifically prepared as one of the great objectives of his season. Despite this, Blasi once again demonstrated her ability to compete at the highest level and finished fifth in the general classification.
In this way Movistar Team It ties a winning runner, capable of doing well in all fields and with a clear attacking mentality. In the ranks of the telephone team Blasi will compete alongside the Catalan team Mireia Benito. Both were formed in Massi Baix Terwhich today announced its dissolution.
