It is 11:30 p.m. in the Guerra household, and Gabriela (Gabi) Guerra is just waking up. Outside, the world is silent and black, but inside, Gabi's day is only just beginning. In the next few hours, she will step on the scale, warm up her legs, shovel down hundreds of grams of sugar, and race on an indoor trainer. Sweat will pool on the floor as she sprints toward a digital finish line. This isn't a hobby or a side hustle; this is Gabi's job. The 31-year-old Brazilian is a professional esports cyclist and a two-time world silver medalist who earns six figures a year racing online on the MyWhoosh platform.
Gabi found cycling the way many elite athletes do: through injury. In a previous life, Gabi was a professional skateboarder, racking up tens of millions of views for her skateboarding videos, travelling the world, collecting sponsors, and building a career on four wheels.
