Laura Ruiz Pérez

Laura Ruiz
Personal information
Full nameLaura Ruiz Pérez
Born (2004-06-18) June 18, 2004 (age 22)
Colindres, Cantabria, Spain
Cycling career
SportCycling
Current teamMovistar Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
2023Eneicat–CMTeam–Seguros Deportivos
2024–Movistar Team
Major wins
National Junior Road Race Championships (2022)

Laura Ruiz Pérez (born 18 June 2004) is a Spanish road cyclist who has competed for the UCI Women's Team Movistar Team since 2024. She won the Spanish national junior road race title in 2022 and is the twin sister of fellow Movistar rider Lucía Ruiz Pérez.

Early life and junior career

Ruiz and her twin sister Lucía were born in Colindres, Cantabria. Both took up cycling at the age of five and combine their sporting careers with veterinary studies at the University of León. As a junior, Ruiz competed for the Cantabrian team Río Miera–Meruelo–Cantabria Deporte.

On 3 July 2022, Ruiz won the Spanish junior road race title in Valladolid in a sprint finish ahead of Almudena Morales and Lucía García; her sister Lucía finished fourth and the Cantabrian regional team also took the team classification. Later that month, she won the overall classification at the junior women's Vuelta a Pamplona. She was later selected for the Spanish team at the 2022 UCI Junior Road World Championships in Wollongong, Australia.

Professional career

Eneicat–CMTeam (2023)

Ruiz turned professional in 2023 with the UCI Women's Continental Team Eneicat–CMTeam–Seguros Deportivos, where she rode alongside her sister and made her first UCI Women's World Tour appearances at the Vuelta a Burgos Femenina and La Vuelta Femenina.

Movistar Team (2024–present)

In August 2023, Movistar Team announced the signing of both Ruiz sisters on three-year contracts running through to the end of 2026. Ruiz was presented as part of the team's 14-rider squad for 2024 at its December launch. She made her WorldTour debut for Movistar at the 2024 UAE Tour Women, finishing seventh in the opening stage in Madinat Zayed.

In September 2024, she finished eighth in the women's under-23 road race at the European Road Championships in Limburg, with her sister taking sixth place. The following year, riding the Tour de l'Avenir Femmes with the Spanish national team, she finished 11th on the second stage.

References

  1. ↑ "Laura Ruiz". Movistar Team (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "Laura y Lucía Ruiz, un futuro brillante para Movistar Team" [Laura and Lucía Ruiz, a bright future for Movistar Team]. Movistar Team (in Spanish). 16 August 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "Las hermanas que estudian Veterinaria y se han convertido en jóvenes promesas del ciclismo español" [The sisters who study veterinary medicine and have become young prospects of Spanish cycling]. Animal's Health (in Spanish). 16 August 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "Laura Ruiz se proclama Campeona de España Junior tras ganar al sprint en Valladolid: "Me quité la espinita..."" [Laura Ruiz crowned Spanish junior champion after winning the sprint in Valladolid: "I got the thorn out..."]. COPE (in Spanish). 4 July 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Laura Ruiz y Yago Aguirre se proclaman campeones de España Junior en Valladolid" [Laura Ruiz and Yago Aguirre crowned Spanish junior champions in Valladolid]. Real Federación Española de Ciclismo (in Spanish). 3 July 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "Laura Ruiz impone su dominio en la Vuelta a Pamplona" [Laura Ruiz imposes her dominance at the Vuelta a Pamplona]. Diario de Navarra (in Spanish). 26 July 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "Las hermanas Laura y Lucía Ruiz irán con la Selección Española al Mundial de Australia" [The Ruiz sisters Laura and Lucía to ride for the Spanish national team at the World Championships in Australia]. El Diario Cantabria (in Spanish). 8 September 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
  8. ↑ "Las mellizas Laura y Lucía Ruiz correrán en el Movistar Team" [Twin sisters Laura and Lucía Ruiz to ride for Movistar Team]. EsCiclismo (in Spanish). 16 August 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "El Movistar ficha a las mellizas Laura y Lucía Ruiz Pérez" [Movistar signs the twin sisters Laura and Lucía Ruiz Pérez]. AS (in Spanish). 16 August 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "Laura y Lucía Ruiz fichan por el Movistar Team hasta final de 2026" [Laura and Lucía Ruiz sign with Movistar Team until the end of 2026]. Diario de Navarra (in Spanish). 16 August 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
  11. ↑ "Movistar ficha a dos jóvenes promesas cántabras" [Movistar signs two young Cantabrian prospects]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 16 August 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
  12. ↑ "El Movistar Team Femenino, ya sin Van Vleuten, presenta a sus 14 corredoras para 2024" [Movistar Team Women, now without Van Vleuten, present their 14 riders for 2024]. Ciclismo a Fondo (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 April 2026.
  13. ↑ "1ª UAE Tour féminas: Wiebes triunfa el día de su estreno" [1st UAE Tour Women: Wiebes triumphs on debut day]. Ciclo21 (in Spanish). 8 February 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
  14. ↑ "Lucía Ruiz y Laura Ruiz, 6ª y 8ª en la ruta sub23 femenina del Europeo" [Lucía Ruiz and Laura Ruiz, 6th and 8th in the women's U23 European road race]. Real Federación Española de Ciclismo (in Spanish). 13 September 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
  15. ↑ "11ª plaza para Laura Ruiz en la 2ª etapa del Tour del Porvenir" [11th place for Laura Ruiz in stage 2 of the Tour de l'Avenir]. Real Federación Española de Ciclismo (in Spanish). 25 August 2025. Retrieved 30 April 2026.