Spain's Paula Blasi completed a head-turning season, graduating to UAE Team ADQ's WorldTour team mid-season and then winning the opening stage of the Tour de Romandie, where she also spent time in the leader's jersey. Now she has capped off a whirlwind under-23 campaign with the bronze medal in the under-23 women's standalone road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Kigali, Rwanda - and has enjoyed every step of the way.
"It's been a crazy journey this year. I came from the development team, so every step was going faster and faster, so I was just trying to absorb everything and trying to enjoy every moment, because this maybe could only happen once in my life. I tried to take nothing for granted and take every race as something unique and try to enjoy it," said Blasi.
