Sandra Alonso Signs Single-Season Deal with Laboral Kutxa-Fundación Euskadi for 2027 Peloton Return
Following a successful competitive return to the Spanish club scene after giving birth to her first child in December, Spanish all-rounder Sandra Alonso has signed a single-season contract with Spanish ProTeam Laboral Kutxa-Fundación Euskadi for the 2027 season, targeting marquee events like Paris-Roubaix and the Tour de France.
Fantasy & Market Impact
- Classics Index: Alonso immediately re-enters the conversation as a prime fantasy dark horse for early-season cobblestone classics, specifically targeting a return to Paris-Roubaix where she finished 10th in 2022.
The Road Back: From WorldTour Hiatus to Domestic Domination
The landscape of women’s professional cycling changed dramatically while Sandra Alonso was away from the peloton. After spending four years with the WorldTour Ceratizit team—riding her final race at the Grand Prix Surf City in El Salvador in April 2025—Alonso stepped away to start a family. By December, just as she gave birth, the Ceratizit squad folded after 10 seasons in the peloton, leaving the veteran rider without a WorldTour home.
But the tape tells a different story about her resilience. Rather than waiting for a conventional offseason window, Alonso mounted an aggressive, accelerated return. By January, she was back in the saddle at a national-level race in the UAE, followed by a start at the 2.1-level Vuelta a Extremadura with the Spanish national squad in March.
Yet Alonso immediately impacted the podium, taking third place in her debut outing with club team Eneicat-Be Call at the GP Ciudad de Eibar.
Roster Fit and Tactical Objectives at Laboral Kutxa
With her extensive WorldTour pedigree—including her 2024 victories at the WorldTour level Tour of Guangxi and a stage at the Thüringen Rundfahrt—Alonso brings invaluable tactical maturity to a roster heavily laden with young Basque talent.
| Metric / Event | Detail / Result |
|---|---|
| Previous WorldTour Team | Ceratizit |
| 2024 Palmarès Highlights | Tour of Guangxi (WorldTour win), Thüringen Rundfahrt Stage |
| Club & National Results | GP Ciudad de Eibar (3rd), Spanish TT Championships (3rd), Mediterranean Games TT (2nd) |
| Targeted Monument | Paris-Roubaix (Career best: 10th in 2022) |
“Signing with Laboral Kutxa-Euskadi is a source of pride and the best reward for all the effort I’ve put in this year,” Alonso stated via the team’s official press release. “I feel I still have a lot to offer in cycling, and I’m approaching this opportunity with the excitement of someone starting their first year as a professional. I’ve come back stronger, with renewed enthusiasm, and having demonstrated a high level of competitiveness.”
Currently competing in the 2.2 Giro Della Toscana—where she opened with a sixth-place finish in the Thursday prologue—Alonso is fine-tuning her racing engine ahead of her official 2027 debut in Basque colors. Beyond her individual ambitions on the pavé of Northern France and the roads of the Tour de France, her primary objective remains clear: establishing a definitive precedent that high-level athletic excellence and motherhood are entirely compatible in modern professional sport.
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