Paula Blasi set for Gran Canaria 365 after shining at the Vuelta Femenina and the Tour de France Femmes
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The 2026 season isn’t over yet for Paula Blasi. The Spanish rider, one of the year’s big revelations, will line up at the second edition of Gran Canaria 365, held from the 22nd to 29th of November, bringing several leading figures of international cycling to the island.
Breakthrough season for Blasi
Blasi, of UAE Team L'IMAD, arrives after an exceptional year. The Catalan won La Vuelta Femenina 2026 and then confirmed her high level at the Tour de France Femmes, where she finished fifth overall. Those results have lifted her to second in the current UCI world ranking.
Paula Blasi’s name has become one of the headlines of women’s cycling in 2026. The Spaniard has gone from a rider with huge room to grow to racing shoulder to shoulder with the world’s best in just a few months.
Her triumph at La Vuelta was one of the defining moments of her season. Blasi not only secured the overall title, she also pulled on the polka dots as mountains winner. Then came the Tour de France Femmes, her debut at the French Grand Tour, where she placed inside the top five.
That fifth place at the Tour cemented her progression and propelled her to second in the UCI world ranking. Now she has another chance to enjoy her standout season in Gran Canaria.
Blasi’s rise is even more striking given how recently she entered the professional ranks. At the start of 2024 she had yet to compete as a professional cyclist. An injury forced her to abandon her preparation for the National Duathlon Championships, and she turned to the bike as a key tool during recovery.
In March of that same year she raced for the first time. Since then, her progression has been remarkably fast. In just over two years she has gone from her first competitive steps to winning a Grand Tour and finishing fifth at the Tour de France.
Gran Canaria 365 will therefore be another opportunity for the Spaniard to keep linking her name to major events and projects on the international calendar.
Paula Blasi fue quinta en el Tour de France Femmes
Gran Canaria, the epicentre of cycling for a week
Blasi’s presence strengthens the second edition of Gran Canaria 365, an initiative created by DG Eventos and promoted by Turismo de Gran Canaria through Gran Canaria Tri, Bike & Run.
The project aims to cement the island as a year-round, internationally recognised destination for cycling and training. Over eight days, leading international riders will cover different areas of Gran Canaria and experience first-hand the island’s training conditions.
The initiative also forms part of Turismo de Gran Canaria’s international promotion strategy, led by the tourism councillor, Carlos Álamo. The goal is to keep adding major cycling names as ambassadors and use their presence to reinforce Gran Canaria’s image as a cycling destination.
Blasi will be one of the protagonists of this second edition after a season that has transformed her standing in the peloton. The La Vuelta winner and Tour top five finisher will arrive on the island as the world’s number two in the UCI ranking and as one of the leading faces of Spanish women’s cycling.
The second edition of Gran Canaria 365 will take place from the 22nd to 29th of November, a week that will once again turn the island into a meeting point for some of the main figures of international cycling.
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Jorge Borreguero is a journalist with a degree from the Complutense University of Madrid and has been a writer for Cyclinguptodate and Ciclismoaldia since early 2023. In this role, he has played a key part in the evolution of the website, particularly as a specialist covering Movistar Team. He regularly writes race reports, analytical pieces, and in-depth features about the team, and has conducted exclusive interviews and attended multiple team presentations, providing readers with firsthand insights into one of the leading professional cycling squads.
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- many people advise him to grow slowly and rather do giro and/or vuelta instead of tdf. but i can totally understand that he is not satisfied with taking over once pogi declines, but instead beat him in his prime. so if he goes for tdf again, i‘m all for it. let‘s hope that pogi recovers soon!Ketterechts07-11-2026
- So gracious to offer something no-one would be prepared to pay for. The Giro is not the Tour and doesn’t command the same interest or attract the same “elite” (those willing to pay to be a part of something they consider has ego boosting potential). Roadside viewing will always largely remain free for everyone outside circuits. Introduction of a symbolic entrance to mountain climbs is worthy of exploration. Asking 1-2€ isn’t going to repulse real fans (most will spend 50-100€ on their outing that day all things included) but will prevent a portion of the total knobhead thrillseekers who will join in any large gathering as long as it’s free, just because they’re attracted to crowds, without which it it difficult for them to work up their anti-social behaviour.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- How is radio going to help when someone went over a cliff or bridge or off the roadside into a forest unnoticed and is laying there unconscious?Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- Yep, next we’ll be accusing F1 drivers of avoiding Le Mans.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- But on what is that opinion based? Are you holding him to a different standard than others? Are you saying he should do learn to like something he doesn’t Are you saying he hasn’t achieved enough Are you saying he pretends to be better than his results? It’s actually a really strange opinion to oust if you consider it objectively or rationally. Try applying it to others or yourself by asking if not EVERYONE should then be doing more? Nobody in athletics or swimming gets criticism for not expanding their repertoire when a rival or someone else does. In fact, most who move to another event get accused of running from their rival. Opinions are boring, the reasons behind them are what count.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- for a medical chief to throw things like is just bad. There are already radios which were banned for spectacle. allow radios. Gps trackers are not a complete solutionabstractengineer07-11-2026
- Yeah man...PogiSloFans07-11-2026
- any rider less than 25 whether they are really ready for the position of leadership of GT is probably not the case. I think Pogi himself suffered when he was defeated by Jonas in the TDF twice. But that would be the team's job to ensure support so that they can bounce back. It requires a team and time to get back up and win after getting knocked down.abstractengineer07-11-2026
- I'm very glad he got the big late Quickstep Vuelta win and I hope he has a few left for Euskaltel-Euskadi.flyer07-11-2026
- My memories of Ivan Basso aren't good but I liked his sister Elisa ok.flyer07-11-2026
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