Laura Claus is a marketer, cyclist and community builder based in Munich, and one of the people behind GRL PCK — a women-led collective that turned a group of friends on bikes into a community creating adventures across Europe. She writes about the messy, brilliant world between professional racing and polished lifestyle imagery, and why that's exactly where the most interesting stories live.

Fifty women. One route from Munich to Lausanne. Seven days across the Alps. No timing chips, no rankings, no fixed groups. Just bikes, mountains, strangers becoming friends, and a finish line at the biggest race in women's cycling. Laura Claus on why the GRL PCK Rally was never really about the destination.