Rosa Klöser had cautioned her rivals as she headed into Unbound Gravel 200 that her plan for Saturday’s race was not to easily pass over the defence of the Unbound 200 crown, but ‘make their life as hard as possible’. The race, which rarely respects even the best laid plans, however, had other ideas, making her attempt to defend as hard as possible.
Racing with Canyon-SRAM-MAAP on the gravel, Klöser was clearly heading into the event with solid form, having taken second at The Traka 200 earlier this month in Spain. But the chips weren’t falling in her favour from early on in the 200-mile race in Kansas.
