Paula Blasi (UAE Team ADQ) may have claimed centre stage at La Vuelta Femenina with her victory on debut at the Spanish tour but she certainly wasn't the only rider that announced her arrival as a formidable GC force at the event, with 21-year-old Marion Bunel (Visma-Lease a Bike) breaking through to the podium. The French talent had entered the race in the shadow of 2025 Tour de France Femmes winner Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, but as soon as the final key days of climbing began Bunel quickly proved that this time she was the French Visma-Lease a Bike rider that rivals would have to work hard to keep pace with. “Our priority all day was to keep Marion in a good position," said teammate Sarah Van Dam in a Visma-Lease a Bike release. "We really formed a sort of bubble around her.…