Canyon SRAM has announced the addition of two riders to its Women’s WorldTour team for the 2025 and 2026 seasons. Nastya Kolesava, who rode with the Canyon SRAM Generation development team in 2024, will make the step up to the WorldTour squad, while Rosa Klöser joins the team as a new signing.
Kolesava, a rider known for her versatility and sharp racing instinct, is being promoted after a strong season with Canyon SRAM Generation. In 2023, she secured a stage win at the Giro Toscana and a third-place overall finish at the Tour de l’Ardèche, displaying her consistency and potential at the highest level. This year, she also earned a second place at GP Lucien Van Impe in Belgium, all while taking on a road captain role within the development team.
Reflecting on the upcoming move, Kolesava said: “It’s a big step for me to join Canyon SRAM for the upcoming year. I felt a great atmosphere in the team at the first training camps and doing some races with the team during 2024. The riders and staff are kind and helpful.” She added that her time with Canyon SRAM Generation had helped her grow both as a rider and a person. “I developed as a person and took another step as an athlete. I was happy to share my experience with younger riders on the team and I learned from the WorldTour riders.”
Kolesava, who describes herself as an all-rounder, also shared her ambitions for the future: “I’m an all-rounder who can do spring classics and help the team in the stage races. I can position my teammates in the peloton and have good race instinct. In 2023, I finished third in the Tour de l’Ardèche, which gave me more trust in myself and motivation to work harder.” She expressed her gratitude for the opportunity to join Canyon SRAM, saying, “My objectives for the upcoming season are growing as a rider and supportive teammate.”
Photo Credit: Canyon SRAMMeanwhile, Klöser brings a different set of experiences to the team. Starting competitive cycling just two years ago, she comes from a gravel racing background, highlighted by her victory at the 2024 Unbound 200. Klöser has balanced her cycling career alongside a PhD, and her performances in gravel races have caught the attention of many in the sport.
Reflecting on her rapid rise, Klöser said: “Winning Unbound 200 in my debut year while still being a full-time PhD student who has only dipped her toes into cycling around three years ago was certainly the biggest moment in my cycling career so far.” Now, she looks forward to the road racing challenges ahead: “I’ve been looking up to Canyon SRAM as one of the leading Women’s WorldTour teams since I started cycling around three years ago.”
Although Klöser’s focus will remain primarily on gravel racing, she is excited about the road racing calendar and the opportunity to race with highly talented teammates. She believes the transition to road racing will benefit her overall as a cyclist: “The lessons I will learn from road racing will come in handy, as the depth in the women’s gravel peloton allows for increasingly strategic racing. On the flipside, I think the long and hard days in gravel races will allow me to thrive in the road races where the race is ridden incredibly hard from start to finish.”
Main photo credit: Thomas Maheux
