The indieVelo August 2023 monthly challenge includes Training and Racing elements, including cumulative distance totals and Kilo ITT. Plus the results of last month's challenge.
It’s August already! The cycling esports off-season is flying by! Time for a new set of challenges! There’s something there for everyone, so don’t miss the chance to test your form!
Training
Back on the flat again for one last time before the winter season starts to ramp up in September. All rides count (free riding, pacing, training, racing), and your challenge is your cumulative total distance for the month.
Racing
OK, so the consensus is that long time trials hurt. Let’s go for a short one instead….will still hurt though, just in a different way.
Every hour throughout the month, there’s a special Kilometer Time Trial event (2 laps of the velodrome) running in-game and highlighted in gold in the events tab in the The Hub.
You can enter as many times as you like, and your challenge is to post the fastest time you can.
Both these challenges are now active on the server, so feel free to get started straight away. Good luck, and have fun!
Check out the June Challenge Final Standings here!
Congratulations to all July 2023 Challengers!
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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.
