With prizes in eSports becoming more prestigious and increasing in value, what can riders and event organisers do to ensure that the winners are legitimate?
Mike and Dave discuss whether the UCI need to create an eSports division that oversees all online platforms, whether the platforms themselves need to create a combined overseeing body and some potential future changes which could make it harder for athletes to cheat.
As eRacing develops specialist athletes who only ride indoors how do they prove their credentials when the assumption is that there is always a margin for error?
The pair also take comments from the viewers including Tam Burns of Virtupro.
Semi-retired after more than 20 years as the owner and director of a private Orthopedic Physical Therapy practice, Chris now enjoys the freedom to dedicate himself to his passions—virtual cycling and writing.
Driven to give back to the sport that has enriched his life with countless experiences and relationships, he founded a non-profit organization, TheDIRTDadFund. In the summer of 2022, he rode 3,900 miles from San Francisco to his “Gain Cave” on Long Island, New York, raising support for his charity.
His passion for cycling shines through in his writing, which has been featured in prominent publications like Cycling Weekly, Cycling News, road.cc, Zwift Insider, Endurance.biz, and Bicycling. In 2024, he was on-site in Abu Dhabi, covering the first live, in-person UCI Cycling Esports World Championship.
His contributions to cycling esports have not gone unnoticed, with his work cited in multiple research papers exploring this evolving discipline. He sits alongside esteemed esports scientists as a member of the Virtual Sports Research Network and contributes to groundbreaking research exploring the new frontier of virtual physical sport. Chris co-hosts The Virtual Velo Podcast, too.
