Rosa Klöser on joining Canyon-SRAM and the future of gravel

The Adventure Stache

Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Reigning Queen of Gravel Rosa Klöser returns to the show to talk about some of the major developments in her career since we spoke with her after her surprise win at Unbound last year. That victory launched her into the spotlight as a major new player in the gravel scene, but her spur-of-the-moment decision to race German Road Nationals really brought her to the attention of the broader cycling world. After coming in 9th place in a stacked field, Rosa scored a contract with the WorldTour team...

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0:00.0	Around halfway into the race, we were left with a group of 10 people.
0:03.7	And I looked around myself and I realized it was me and nine World Tour riders.
0:09.6	And then in the end, rode over the line in ninth.
0:13.1	But yeah, I think I could show to some degree at least that I had like a sense for road racing as well
0:19.8	and that I could stick with the world
0:22.4	to ride us.
0:23.0	It's showtime everybody!
0:24.8	Showtime!
0:26.3	You've been living in a dream world, Neo.
0:32.1	This is the world as it exists today.
0:37.0	Life moves pretty fast.
0:38.9	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:41.3	You could miss it.
0:44.6	Listen, we're talking about practice.
0:47.8	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:49.3	Donnie, you're out of your element.
0:51.7	I see, you think this has nothing to do with you.
0:55.5	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
1:00.3	This is the adventure stash with Pace and McAlvin.
1:05.0	Hello everyone and welcome back.
1:07.3	Rosa Closer, current queen of gravel, returns to the podcast today.
1:12.4	Less than six months after she joined us for episode 239 back in September,
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