Jil Tomaschko has spent a decade working in marketing, partnerships and events across cycling and motorsport. She co-runs a women's cycling group in Cologne built for riders who want to push hard without the ego that often comes with it. She met Miles at Traka in 2026 and the rest, as they say, followed naturally. In her contributor intro, Jil writes honestly about the barriers she faced coming into cycling, why representation is more than a nice-to-have, and what it means to be an ally across l

There is a specific kind of vulnerability in arriving somewhere alone. Scanning the room, wondering if it shows that you do not quite know where to be. Contributor Jil, writes about doing exactly that at Graveller, a gravel event in Brabant, and what she found when she got there. A space that did not need to announce itself as inclusive because it simply was. An honest and warm piece about courage, connection and what good event design actually feels like.