Paula Ostiz

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Paula Ostiz
2024 UCI Road World Championships Zurich Women Junior ITT 48.jpg
Personal information
Full namePaula Jessica Ostiz Taco
Born (2007-01-12) 12 January 2007 (age 17)
Pamplona, Spain
Team information
Current teamCafé Baqué
Disciplines
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Time trialist
  • All-rounder
Amateur team
2024–2025Café Baqué
Professional teams
2025 Movistar Team (stagiaire)
2026– Movistar Team
Medal record
Representing Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Women's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Zurich Junior road race
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Limburg Junior time trial
European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Banská Bystrica Girls' TT
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Banská BystricaGirls' road

Paula Jessica Ostiz Taco (born 12 January 2007) is a Spanish cyclist who specializes in road events. She was runner-up in the Junior World Championships road race in 2024. In August 2025, she will join UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team as a stagiaire before joining full-time in 2026.

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Career

Ostiz participated in cycling during the 2022 European Youth Olympic Festival in Banská Bystrica, and won silver in the time trial and road race in the girls' class, finishing in both events behind Cat Ferguson. [1] [2]

In June 2024, Ostiz won the junior national title in the Spanish National Road Race and Time Trial Championships. [3] On 11 September 2024, Ostiz won the junior time trial at the 2024 European Road Championships in Limburg, Belgium, and two days later, she signed with UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team in 2025 as a stagiaire before becoming a full-time professional the following year, signing a contract until 2028. [4] [5] Later that month, she was runner-up in the junior road race at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich, finishing behind Cat Ferguson. [6]

Major results

2024
European Junior Road Championships
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Time trial
6th Road race
National Junior Road Championships
1st MaillotEspana.svg Road race
1st MaillotEspana.svg Time trial
1st Overall Watersley Ladies Challenge
1st Young rider classification
1st GP Cantabria Deporte
1st Campeonato Navarro - ITT
1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 3 Lea Artibai Txallengea
UCI World Junior Road Championships
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Road race
7th Time trial
9th Ronde van Vlaanderen Juniors

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References

  1. "Girls individual time trial results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  2. Lloyd, Owen (26 July 2022). "Ferguson and Goszczurny storm to cycling golds at Banská Bystrica EYOF in poor weather". Inside The Games. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
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  5. "Paula Ostiz set to join Movistar Team". Movistar Team. 13 September 2024.
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