Professional cyclists take several different routes to make it into the peloton, be that from the route of racing as a successful youth, junior, U23 and finally making it as an elite rider, or by switching across from another sport like ski mountaineering, for example. However, only 15 people in history can say their journey to cycling pro involved getting identified for their numbers on Zwift and earning a spot through competition.
18-year-old Australian Emily Dixon and 22-year-old Canadian Noah Ramsay are the latest to be added to that list, as the winners of the 2025 Zwift Academy finals, with their places on Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto and Alpecin-Deceuninck's development teams being won across four days of competition in December. The whole journey was captured in a series on GCN, for those eager to follow the competition in more detail.
