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Cycling Weekly
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Christopher Schwenker

Standardised trainers, anti-doping measures, 42 hopefuls and Tadej Pogačar? Your guide to the first-ever live UCI Cycling Esports World Championship final

Zwift cycling finals on day two of the Olympic Esports Week at Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre on June 23, 2023 in Singapore. (Photo by Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images).

As road cycling reaches the end of another season, a new kind of race is just beginning to take off—one not held on the iconic mountain passes and cobblestones but on the pixel-made roads of MyWhoosh. Cycling esports is our sport's newest frontier, blending athleticism, strategy and technology, and it's about to reach a new peak.

On October 26, 2024, the world’s top cycling esports athletes will gather in Abu Dhabi, UAE, for a landmark moment in the sport's young history: the UCI Cycling Esports World Championship final with a live audience and TV streaming. It’s a highly anticipated day for virtual cycling, marking a crucial evolution from the living rooms and training studios that have hosted virtual races in the past to the grand stage.

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