Blasi: “The hope is always to win a medal and that is what we will try”

The Catalan cyclist Paula Blasimember of the Spanish team that will compete in the Road Cycling World Championships in Montreal (Canada) from September 20 to 27stated this Wednesday that “the hope is always to win a medal.”

“The expectations are always to get on the podium, either with me or with a partner. We have a very powerful team to play our cards, either when the big runners move or, as happened last year, to play our cards first because we also have runners who can be ahead and be very scary,” he said in statements to ‘3Cat’ at the El Prat airport.

Blasiwho won under-23 bronze in 2025 and will make his debut in the top category, insisted that he faces the road race on Sunday the 26th, of about 180 kilometers, “with the hope of winning a medal”, although he admitted that he is “very aware that there are many big names and specialists.”

The cyclist of Esplugues de Llobregat (Barcelona) He will also participate in the individual time trial on Saturday the 20th, of about 39 kilometers, a test that he will attend “to gain experience, learn and focus a little more towards the European Championship” to be held from October 3 to 7 in Ljubljana (Slovenia).

After bursting onto the international scene this season, winning the Vuelta a España, the Amstel Gold Race, the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, the Tour of the Pyrenees and the Durango-Durango, in addition to finishing fifth overall in the Tour de France, Blasi noted that she feels “good” after “a couple of good weeks training at home.”

The Catalan stressed that she does not feel more pressure than usual due to the expectations placed on her and stressed that they will be her first World Cups in the category.

“We are going with a good team, but the race is always very open. I am a little waiting to see how the legs respond, because a long trip always has its own thing,” he added.

Likewise, Blasi, current rider for the UAE team, spoke about her future: “I have good news. In theory everything is closed before the World Cup. Yesterday I already closed everything. It is a matter of days to make it official.”

Also a member of the Spanish team, Mireia Benito, current Spanish elite and time trial champion, said that they will go to the World Cup “with very ambitious goals” because Blasi “is at a spectacular level and has shown it all year.”