Rosa Klöser, winner of the Unbound Gravel 200 professional ladies’s race, may also race on the street within the WorldTour subsequent season, having signed a two-year cope with Canyon-SRAM.
The German, 28, is comparatively new to biking and received Gravel racing’s headline occasion on debut whereas nonetheless being a full-time PhD scholar again in June after a breathless dash within the 320km race.
Klöser will proceed to race gravel as a privateer going ahead however hopes to progress as a street racer on her house crew Canyon-SRAM, with an eye fixed on making use of her skills within the Classics and Grand Excursions.
“Whereas my essential focus for subsequent season will probably be on gravel as a privateer, I’m satisfied that the crew construction and street calendar the place I’m racing with extremely proficient teammates and being guided by extremely skilled help workers, will permit me to make some large steps and unlock new potential in my nonetheless pretty new biking profession,” mentioned Klöser on Canyon-SRAM’s web site.
“With my background in gravel racing, I consider that I could be a fairly versatile rider. I want to attempt myself out in basic races and be up there within the mountain levels of Grand Excursions to help the crew’s GC ambition. I’m excited to see the place my limits are.”
Klöser picked up biking competitively in 2022 in Denmark whereas finding out for her PhD in inexperienced delivery at Copenhagen Enterprise College. She discovered speedy success when she jumped absolutely into the gravel racing world, netting a number of podiums on the UCI Gravel World Collection in 2023 and 2024 forward of her triumph at Unbound in Kansas.
As she joins Canyon-SRAM, the crew of defending Tour de France Femmes champion Kasia Niewiadoma, Klöser has made one other monumental soar in her profession as a motorbike racer.
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“Profitable Unbound 200 in my debut yr whereas nonetheless being a full-time PhD scholar who has solely dipped her toes into biking round three years in the past was actually the largest second in my biking profession up to now,” she mentioned.
“I’ve been trying as much as Canyon//SRAM Racing as one of many main Ladies’s World Tour groups since I began biking round three years in the past. From the primary dialog with the crew, I might inform that I’d really feel at house right here.”
Having lower her enamel racing the native scene in Copenhagen, Klöser has some, albeit restricted, expertise racing on the street, additionally taking up the Tour de Berlin Feminin in 2023 and the German nationwide championships street race in 2024 – the place she was ninth behind principally WorldTour riders.
Klöser is the fifth new Canyon-SRAM signing introduced for 2025 alongside Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig, Maria Martins, Wilma Aintila and Anastasiya Kolesava, who was equally introduced on Monday morning having moved up from the event crew.
“It’s an enormous step for me to affix Canyon//SRAM Racing for the upcoming yr,” mentioned Kolesava.
“I am an all-rounder who can do spring classics and assist the crew within the stage races. I can place my teammates within the peloton and have good race intuition. My goals for the upcoming season are rising as a rider and supportive teammate.”
