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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| Full name | Paula Jessica Ostiz Taco | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 January 2007 Pamplona, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Café Baqué | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024–2025 | Café Baqué | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2025 | Movistar Team (stagiaire) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Movistar Team | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editOstiz participated in cycling during the 2022 European Youth Olympics 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
edit- 2024
- European Junior Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 6th Road race
- 1st
- National Junior Road Championships
- 1st
Road race - 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 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
Road race - 7th Time trial
- 2nd
- 9th Ronde van Vlaanderen Juniors
References
edit- ^ "Girls individual time trial results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Laida Hierro durangarrak brontzezko domina irabazi du Espainiako errepideko txapelketan". anboto.org. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "European Championships: Paula Ostiz Taco wins junior women's time trial title". Cycling News. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "Paula Ostiz set to join Movistar Team". Movistar Team. 13 September 2024.
- ^ Ostanek, Dani (26 September 2024). "UCI Road World Championships: Cat Ferguson captures second gold in junior women's road race". Cycling News. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
External links
edit- Paula Ostiz Taco at ProCyclingStats
