RosaelTD
@rosael.bsky.social
Bilingual Journalist | Writer | Editor | Cycling Enthusiast
🎙️ Cohost of QueenStage Podcast
https://substack.com/@rosaeltd
🎙️ Cohost of QueenStage Podcast
https://substack.com/@rosaeltd
What would be worst than Pogačar winning Il Lombardía? 😂😭
October 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
What would be worst than Pogačar winning Il Lombardía? 😂😭
What a dramatic TTT y’all! #lavueltaaespaña
August 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
What a dramatic TTT y’all! #lavueltaaespaña
Ben O’Connor winning the Queen stage was not in my cards! 💥 🤯
July 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Ben O’Connor winning the Queen stage was not in my cards! 💥 🤯
It’s time to take stock of what promises to be a thrilling edition of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.
📍 Route analysis
🔥 Who’s hot in 2025
📉 No time trial, no buffer
👀 What to watch across all 9 stages
👉 Read the full preview: rosaeltd.substack.com/p/tour-de-fr...
#procycling
📍 Route analysis
🔥 Who’s hot in 2025
📉 No time trial, no buffer
👀 What to watch across all 9 stages
👉 Read the full preview: rosaeltd.substack.com/p/tour-de-fr...
#procycling
Your Very Efficient Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2025 Preview
Short on time? Here’s what happened last year, who’s hot this season, and what to expect from this year’s punchy, punishing route.
rosaeltd.substack.com
July 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It’s time to take stock of what promises to be a thrilling edition of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.
📍 Route analysis
🔥 Who’s hot in 2025
📉 No time trial, no buffer
👀 What to watch across all 9 stages
👉 Read the full preview: rosaeltd.substack.com/p/tour-de-fr...
#procycling
📍 Route analysis
🔥 Who’s hot in 2025
📉 No time trial, no buffer
👀 What to watch across all 9 stages
👉 Read the full preview: rosaeltd.substack.com/p/tour-de-fr...
#procycling
I’m excited to share with you QueenStage—a podcast I just launched with three other brilliant cycling journalists: Anne-Marije Rook, Betsy Welch, and Molly Hurford. We’re covering the women’s peloton starting with daily episodes of the Tour de France Femmes.
www.queenstage.cc
#procycling
www.queenstage.cc
#procycling
July 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I’m excited to share with you QueenStage—a podcast I just launched with three other brilliant cycling journalists: Anne-Marije Rook, Betsy Welch, and Molly Hurford. We’re covering the women’s peloton starting with daily episodes of the Tour de France Femmes.
www.queenstage.cc
#procycling
www.queenstage.cc
#procycling
In this week’s newsletter, I dig into what happens when greatness flattens the playing field, why stage wins still matter, Visma’s increasingly desperate tactics, and the quiet unraveling of Remco Evenepoel.
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Got a Better Plan to Beat Pogačar? Plus: Why Evenepoel Isn’t Built for Grand Tours
As Tadej Pogačar tightens his grip on the 2025 Tour de France, Visma scrambles for answers, the GC gap widens, and Remco Evenepoel exits stage left. This is what dominance, and unraveling, look like.
rosaeltd.substack.com
July 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
In this week’s newsletter, I dig into what happens when greatness flattens the playing field, why stage wins still matter, Visma’s increasingly desperate tactics, and the quiet unraveling of Remco Evenepoel.
rosaeltd.substack.com/p/tour-2025-...
rosaeltd.substack.com/p/tour-2025-...
The Giro Donne GC was decided by 18 seconds. No stage wins, no margin for error—just tactics, timing, and grit.
I broke it all down, plus what it means for the upcoming Tour de France Femmes.
rosaeltd.substack.com/p/giro-donne...
I broke it all down, plus what it means for the upcoming Tour de France Femmes.
rosaeltd.substack.com/p/giro-donne...
What the 2025 Giro d’Italia Donne Revealed About the State of the Women’s Peloton
With just 18 seconds separating first and second, the Giro Donne delivered suspense, standout rides, and a clear message: the women’s peloton is deeper than ever.
rosaeltd.substack.com
July 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The Giro Donne GC was decided by 18 seconds. No stage wins, no margin for error—just tactics, timing, and grit.
I broke it all down, plus what it means for the upcoming Tour de France Femmes.
rosaeltd.substack.com/p/giro-donne...
I broke it all down, plus what it means for the upcoming Tour de France Femmes.
rosaeltd.substack.com/p/giro-donne...
Style + know-how + guts = Julian Alaphilipe
July 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Style + know-how + guts = Julian Alaphilipe
How Vingegaard fought for position in that last kilometer, my god!
July 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
How Vingegaard fought for position in that last kilometer, my god!
Comment below with the name of a women’s cycling podcast you listen to:
July 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Comment below with the name of a women’s cycling podcast you listen to:
Why has the Giro Donne started with a time trial every year since 2013?
You’re already competing with the Tour de France, and you open on the weekend with a stage format most fans find boring? That’s your big first impression?
I love a TT, but move it to a weekday!!!
You’re already competing with the Tour de France, and you open on the weekend with a stage format most fans find boring? That’s your big first impression?
I love a TT, but move it to a weekday!!!
a man with a beard is touching his forehead with his hand
ALT: a man with a beard is touching his forehead with his hand
media.tenor.com
July 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Why has the Giro Donne started with a time trial every year since 2013?
You’re already competing with the Tour de France, and you open on the weekend with a stage format most fans find boring? That’s your big first impression?
I love a TT, but move it to a weekday!!!
You’re already competing with the Tour de France, and you open on the weekend with a stage format most fans find boring? That’s your big first impression?
I love a TT, but move it to a weekday!!!
A visual preview of the Tour de France Hommes 🇫🇷
July 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A visual preview of the Tour de France Hommes 🇫🇷
Roglič fans are just so hopeful.
July 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Roglič fans are just so hopeful.
Here is an extremely efficient and unusually honest preview of the Tour de France 2025: what makes this course so brutal, why the Pog vs. Jonas rivalry might finally explode, and more. It’s part race guide, part reality check, and yes, there’s a hand-drawn map.
rosaeltd.substack.com/p/tour-de-fr...
rosaeltd.substack.com/p/tour-de-fr...
Your Extremely Efficient Tour de France Hommes 2025 Briefing
From Pogačar vs. Vingegaard to stage traps and team tactics, here’s your expert crash course before the flag drops.
rosaeltd.substack.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here is an extremely efficient and unusually honest preview of the Tour de France 2025: what makes this course so brutal, why the Pog vs. Jonas rivalry might finally explode, and more. It’s part race guide, part reality check, and yes, there’s a hand-drawn map.
rosaeltd.substack.com/p/tour-de-fr...
rosaeltd.substack.com/p/tour-de-fr...
From alleycats in NYC to 4,000km across Europe, Alvin Escajeda’s journey is about more than endurance. It’s about visibility, survival, and the freedom to move—and who gets to claim it.
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rosaeltd.substack.com/p/alvin-esca...
“Pack Your Fears”: How Alvin Escajeda Found Himself in Ultra Racing
From alleycats to border crossings, Escajeda’s journey is about more than endurance—it’s about visibility, belonging, and the right to move freely through the world.
rosaeltd.substack.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
From alleycats in NYC to 4,000km across Europe, Alvin Escajeda’s journey is about more than endurance. It’s about visibility, survival, and the freedom to move—and who gets to claim it.
rosaeltd.substack.com/p/alvin-esca...
rosaeltd.substack.com/p/alvin-esca...
My latest for CyclingWeekly: A mural that said “All Bike(r)s Welcome” sparked a months-long backlash in Bentonville, Arkansas.
What began as a cheerful piece of public art became a flashpoint for debates over inclusion, identity, and who gets to belong.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/the-mur...
What began as a cheerful piece of public art became a flashpoint for debates over inclusion, identity, and who gets to belong.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/the-mur...
The mural that said ‘All Bike(r)s Welcome’—and the culture war that followed
In a city that celebrates art and cycling, a cheerful mural sparked a battle over who gets to be included and who gets to decide
www.cyclingweekly.com
June 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
My latest for CyclingWeekly: A mural that said “All Bike(r)s Welcome” sparked a months-long backlash in Bentonville, Arkansas.
What began as a cheerful piece of public art became a flashpoint for debates over inclusion, identity, and who gets to belong.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/the-mur...
What began as a cheerful piece of public art became a flashpoint for debates over inclusion, identity, and who gets to belong.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/the-mur...
Is anyone keeping count of how many time trials the Aerohead Mips II Helmet has won?
I only remember one, and it was by Canyon//SRAM in a TTT in 2023 or 2024.
I only remember one, and it was by Canyon//SRAM in a TTT in 2023 or 2024.
June 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Is anyone keeping count of how many time trials the Aerohead Mips II Helmet has won?
I only remember one, and it was by Canyon//SRAM in a TTT in 2023 or 2024.
I only remember one, and it was by Canyon//SRAM in a TTT in 2023 or 2024.
Still thinking about Stage 20 of the Giro. Del Toro froze, Yates flew, and I can’t let it go.
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Paralysis on the Finestre: Why I Can’t Stop Thinking About the Giro’s Stage 20
On the penultimate day of the Giro d’Italia, we expected a showdown. What we got instead was silence, and a lingering sense that something slipped through our fingers.
rosaeltd.substack.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Still thinking about Stage 20 of the Giro. Del Toro froze, Yates flew, and I can’t let it go.
rosaeltd.substack.com/p/giro-2025-...
rosaeltd.substack.com/p/giro-2025-...
Explaining to my boyfriend that Vingegaard’s signature move is blowing a kiss to the TV motto.
#criteriumdudauphine
#criteriumdudauphine
June 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Explaining to my boyfriend that Vingegaard’s signature move is blowing a kiss to the TV motto.
#criteriumdudauphine
#criteriumdudauphine
I still can’t understand Del Toro’s and his team’s behavior in stage 20 of the Giro d’Italia. Is a piece of the puzzle missing? This is going to haunt me.
June 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I still can’t understand Del Toro’s and his team’s behavior in stage 20 of the Giro d’Italia. Is a piece of the puzzle missing? This is going to haunt me.
Yes, it’s another unbound post. No, it’s not race results.
Just me, a press pass, and some very weird pasta.
rosaeltd.substack.com/p/unbound-gr...
Just me, a press pass, and some very weird pasta.
rosaeltd.substack.com/p/unbound-gr...
Inside Unbound Gravel: A Personal Dispatch from Cycling’s Wildest Week
Four days, countless story drafts, and one dusty finish line that reminded me why I love cycling journalism.
rosaeltd.substack.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Yes, it’s another unbound post. No, it’s not race results.
Just me, a press pass, and some very weird pasta.
rosaeltd.substack.com/p/unbound-gr...
Just me, a press pass, and some very weird pasta.
rosaeltd.substack.com/p/unbound-gr...
As much as I wanted Del Toro to win the Giro, I must admit that Simon Yates, the silent assassin, looks great in the maglia rosa.
June 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
As much as I wanted Del Toro to win the Giro, I must admit that Simon Yates, the silent assassin, looks great in the maglia rosa.
¡Viva México, c*brones!
Isaac del Toro wins stage 17
Isaac del Toro wins stage 17
May 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
¡Viva México, c*brones!
Isaac del Toro wins stage 17
Isaac del Toro wins stage 17