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      • Ep. 85: USA Cycling National Champion Hayden “Farmwatts” Pucker chats Nats, Worlds, Predictions, and Storylines
      • Ep. 84: Echelon’s Eric Hill — USA Cycling Esports National Series and 2026 National Championships
      • Ep. 83: Jacquie Godbe — Racing, Recovery, and Redefining Resilience
      • Ep. 82: The UCI’s Cycling Esports Coordinator, Jacob Fraser, talks World Championships and the Sport’s Future
      • Ep. 81: Mika Söderström – The 2-time National Road Champ That Identifies as an Esports Racer
    • Episodes 71 thru 80
      • Ep. 80: From indieVelo to TrainingPeaks Virtual – A conversation with Dr. George Gilbert about philosophy, phase one, new features, and the future
      • Ep. 79: Cycling Canada National Esports Champion Tiffany Penner
      • Ep. 78: Virtually a Niche Within a Niche with Biketerra founder Matt Gibbs
      • Ep. 77: Matt Smithson talks $1 Million MyWhoosh Championship and UCI Worlds
      • Ep. 76: The Anatomy of a Record-Setting 24-Hour Virtual Ride
      • Ep. 75: CEO Petr Samek on Rouvy’s Rise Up the Virtual Cycling Ranks to #2
      • Ep. 74: Breaking barriers, transforming lives, and building future champions: How cycling esports drives Masaka’s mission in Uganda
      • Ep. 73: Is elite cyclist Illi Gardner the best pure climber of her generation?
      • Ep. 72: Aussie Cycling Esports National Champs Kate Trdin and Josh Harris
      • Ep. 71: Zwift Games 25 Men’s Champion Neal Fryett—Under the Radar, First Over the Line
    • Episodes 61 thru 70
      • Ep. 70: Conny Björnehall—Making Cycling Esports a Household Name
      • Ep. 69: Michael Vink—Full Circle From MyWhoosh to UAE Team Emirates and Back to Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 68: Nutrition Coach and Influencer Kate MacLeod-Cycling Esports Performance Insights
      • Ep. 67: Dean Cunningham-Championing Change in Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 66: Inside Cycling Canada’s Esports Strategy with Josh Peacock
      • Ep. 65: The Team Behind the Success of Women’s Team—AEONIAN
      • Ep. 64: Bike Racer, Heart Surgery Survivor, and Advocate, Cody McKay
      • Ep. 63: CVR Cup and Smash Your Fitness Founder Frank Garcia
      • Ep. 62: Cycling Esports Superstar Gabi Guerra
      • Ep. 61: NeXT eSports pb Enshored’s Greg Abbott
    • Episodes 51 thru 60
      • Ep. 60: Zwift Pauses Elite Racing—Community Weighs In On Smart Trainer Issues
      • Ep. 59: Eric Hill Announces 2024/25 Echelon Racing League & USA Cycling Esports Nationals
      • Ep. 58: Training Peaks’ Dirk Friel and indieVelo’s Dr. George Gilbert on Formation of Training Peaks Virtual
      • Ep. 57: 2024 UCI Cycling Esports World Champion Kate McCarthy
      • Ep. 56: On the Eve of the Cycling Esports World Championships with UCI’s Jacob Fraser and MyWhoosh’s Matt Smithson
      • Ep. 55: Cycling Esports’ First Men’s World Champion Jason Osborne
      • Ep. 54: UCI’s Cycling Esports Coordinator Jacob Fraser
      • Ep. 53: Danish Cycling Union’s Esports Director Martin Wang Hjørngaard
      • Ep. 52: Lou Bates Has Unfinished Business to Settle
      • Ep. 51: Hayden “Farmwatts” Pucker is the New Breed of Cycling Esports
    • Episodes 41 thru 50
      • Ep. 50: MyWhoosh’s Matt Smithson, 2024 Cycling Esports World Championship Semi-Final Recap & Live Final Preview
      • Ep. 49: Mt. Washington Record Holder & Cycling Esports Star Kristen Kulchinsky w/Coach Josh Lipka
      • Ep. 48: AthleteAnalytiX Founder Bjoern Ossenbrink
      • Ep. 47: Elyse Gallegos is 100% All In For Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 46: FRR’s Richard Vale on the Groundbreaking MYTIKAS Games & Cycling Esports News Update
      • Ep. 45: The Research Team Leading the UCI’s Smart Trainer Standardization Program
      • Ep. 44: Anti-Cheating Esports Researcher Dr. Andrew Richardson and the 2024/25 Zwift Elite Race Book Breakdown
      • Ep. 43: Aussie Cycling Esports Indoor Specialists Kate Trdin and Josh Harris
      • Ep. 42: indieVelo’s Dr. George Gilbert, Watts Aren’t Watts in the Present and Future of Defining Virtual Sport
      • Ep. 41: A New Era
    • Episodes 31 thru 40
      • Ep. 40: Ex-Zwift Performance Team Employee Flint McInnis
      • Ep. 39: Lionel Vujasin and Ollie Jones, Zwift Games Championship or MyWhoosh Sunday Race Club? And In-Person Performance Testing in Abu Dhabi
      • Ep. 38: Live From The Birthplace of Zwift Cycling Esports with Brian Duffy
      • Ep. 37: Why MyWhoosh, not Zwift? The UCI Answers. The Reaction with Zach Nehr!
      • Ep. 36: 2024 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships & SRC Annulments Update with MyWhoosh’s Matt Smithson
      • Ep. 35: Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio, Cycling Esports’ First World Champion and Role Model
      • Ep. 34: WTRL’s Martin Carew Talks Zwift Racing League
      • Ep. 33: MyWhoosh Speaks Publicly For the 1st Time and The Zwift Games
      • Ep. 32: Echelon Racing Returns to Zwift, USA Cycling National Championships, and Zwift Grand Prix Round One Controversy
      • Ep. 31: From Virtual to Real-World Victory with Kristen Kulchinsky, the $100,000 Zwift Grand Prix, and Exciting News From the UCI
    • Episodes 21 thru 30
      • Ep. 21: Zoe Langham and Adam Thorpe’s Pro Partnership
      • Ep. 22: Richard Barry is Live and In-Person!
      • Ep. 23: 66-Day Nutrition Challenge Wrap-up with Winner, Shawn MacAfee
      • Ep. 24: Zwift Play, Multi-input Beta Gaming Experience, and What it Means For Zwift As We Know It
      • Ep. 25: indieVelo Founder and Former Zwift Esports Chair Dr. George Gilbert
      • Ep. 26: Was the Olympic Esports Series a Success For Cycling Esports, with Zach Nehr!
      • Ep. 27: indieVelo’s Dr. George Gilbert on the Innovation That Could Change the Future of Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 28: Zwift’s Winningest Elite Esports Racer James Joseph Barnes
      • Ep. 29: MyWhoosh, Zwift, the UCI, & the Esports World Championships—Wuht just happened?
      • Ep. 30: This Season on Zwift-The Racer’s Edition
    • Episodes 11 thru 20
      • Ep. 11: The Mercurial Fin Elite Eracer Teppo Laurio
      • Ep. 12: If Zwiftin’s a Crime, Then Give me Time with Saris NoPinz Michael Egan
      • Ep. 13: The Legend and Lure of Matt Yankow
      • Ep. 14: J Bruhn is Esports Feel Good Story
      • Ep. 15: Worlds Predictions and Esports Future with the First US Nats Champ Holden Comeau
      • Ep. 16: Team USA 2023 Cycling Esports Worlds Preview with Jenn Real and Zach Nehr
      • Ep. 17: 2023 Cycling Esports Worlds Wrap up with Winner Bjorn Andreassen and Lionel Vujasin
      • Ep. 18: Jacqueline Godbe is Much More Than 3rd in the World
      • Ep. 19: Marc Mäding Overcame On and Off the Bike
      • Ep. 20: Machine Learning and AI in Cycling Coaching feat. Coach Shayne Gaffney
    • Episodes 1 thru 10
      • Ep. 1: Some Cyclists Aren’t Virtual Cyclists-Who Knew?
      • Ep. 2: Glucose Monitoring and the Recreational and Competitive Cyclist
      • Ep. 3: Panel Discussion-Is Wahoo/RGT a Good Thing For the Virtual Cycling Community?
      • Ep. 4: One Woman’s World of Esports with Special Guest Team USAs and World #1 ranked Zwifter Liz Van Houweling
      • Ep. 5: A Day in the Life of Zwift Community Live’s Nathan Guerra and Dave Towle
      • Ep. 6: The DIRT Dad Fundo Across America check in with Chris!
      • Ep. 7: What’s New, Exciting, and All The Whining About on Zwift!
      • Ep. 8: Cycling Esports Legend Lionel Vujasin!
      • Ep. 9: Zwift Academy Finalist Liz Van Houweling!
      • Ep. 10: The Death of the Cycling Off-Season with Zwift’s Coach Shayne Gaffney
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    • Episodes 91 thru 100
      • Ep. 91: Virtual Cycling Singapore – A Blueprint for Cycling’s Future
    • Episodes 81 thru 90
      • Ep. 90: Team USA’s elite cycling esports racer Nicole Meyer
      • Ep. 89: Paweł Ścierski — The Young Rider Rocketing Up the Cycling Esports Ranks
      • Ep. 88: Jason Osborne — Inside the mind of 3-time UCI Cycling Esports World Champion
      • Ep. 87: Team Africa Rising is Building a Virtual Cycling Revolution Across Africa
      • Ep. 86: The World Championship Team of Kate McCarthy and Dylan Kennett
      • Ep. 85: USA Cycling National Champion Hayden “Farmwatts” Pucker chats Nats, Worlds, Predictions, and Storylines
      • Ep. 84: Echelon’s Eric Hill — USA Cycling Esports National Series and 2026 National Championships
      • Ep. 83: Jacquie Godbe — Racing, Recovery, and Redefining Resilience
      • Ep. 82: The UCI’s Cycling Esports Coordinator, Jacob Fraser, talks World Championships and the Sport’s Future
      • Ep. 81: Mika Söderström – The 2-time National Road Champ That Identifies as an Esports Racer
    • Episodes 71 thru 80
      • Ep. 80: From indieVelo to TrainingPeaks Virtual – A conversation with Dr. George Gilbert about philosophy, phase one, new features, and the future
      • Ep. 79: Cycling Canada National Esports Champion Tiffany Penner
      • Ep. 78: Virtually a Niche Within a Niche with Biketerra founder Matt Gibbs
      • Ep. 77: Matt Smithson talks $1 Million MyWhoosh Championship and UCI Worlds
      • Ep. 76: The Anatomy of a Record-Setting 24-Hour Virtual Ride
      • Ep. 75: CEO Petr Samek on Rouvy’s Rise Up the Virtual Cycling Ranks to #2
      • Ep. 74: Breaking barriers, transforming lives, and building future champions: How cycling esports drives Masaka’s mission in Uganda
      • Ep. 73: Is elite cyclist Illi Gardner the best pure climber of her generation?
      • Ep. 72: Aussie Cycling Esports National Champs Kate Trdin and Josh Harris
      • Ep. 71: Zwift Games 25 Men’s Champion Neal Fryett—Under the Radar, First Over the Line
    • Episodes 61 thru 70
      • Ep. 70: Conny Björnehall—Making Cycling Esports a Household Name
      • Ep. 69: Michael Vink—Full Circle From MyWhoosh to UAE Team Emirates and Back to Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 68: Nutrition Coach and Influencer Kate MacLeod-Cycling Esports Performance Insights
      • Ep. 67: Dean Cunningham-Championing Change in Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 66: Inside Cycling Canada’s Esports Strategy with Josh Peacock
      • Ep. 65: The Team Behind the Success of Women’s Team—AEONIAN
      • Ep. 64: Bike Racer, Heart Surgery Survivor, and Advocate, Cody McKay
      • Ep. 63: CVR Cup and Smash Your Fitness Founder Frank Garcia
      • Ep. 62: Cycling Esports Superstar Gabi Guerra
      • Ep. 61: NeXT eSports pb Enshored’s Greg Abbott
    • Episodes 51 thru 60
      • Ep. 60: Zwift Pauses Elite Racing—Community Weighs In On Smart Trainer Issues
      • Ep. 59: Eric Hill Announces 2024/25 Echelon Racing League & USA Cycling Esports Nationals
      • Ep. 58: Training Peaks’ Dirk Friel and indieVelo’s Dr. George Gilbert on Formation of Training Peaks Virtual
      • Ep. 57: 2024 UCI Cycling Esports World Champion Kate McCarthy
      • Ep. 56: On the Eve of the Cycling Esports World Championships with UCI’s Jacob Fraser and MyWhoosh’s Matt Smithson
      • Ep. 55: Cycling Esports’ First Men’s World Champion Jason Osborne
      • Ep. 54: UCI’s Cycling Esports Coordinator Jacob Fraser
      • Ep. 53: Danish Cycling Union’s Esports Director Martin Wang Hjørngaard
      • Ep. 52: Lou Bates Has Unfinished Business to Settle
      • Ep. 51: Hayden “Farmwatts” Pucker is the New Breed of Cycling Esports
    • Episodes 41 thru 50
      • Ep. 50: MyWhoosh’s Matt Smithson, 2024 Cycling Esports World Championship Semi-Final Recap & Live Final Preview
      • Ep. 49: Mt. Washington Record Holder & Cycling Esports Star Kristen Kulchinsky w/Coach Josh Lipka
      • Ep. 48: AthleteAnalytiX Founder Bjoern Ossenbrink
      • Ep. 47: Elyse Gallegos is 100% All In For Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 46: FRR’s Richard Vale on the Groundbreaking MYTIKAS Games & Cycling Esports News Update
      • Ep. 45: The Research Team Leading the UCI’s Smart Trainer Standardization Program
      • Ep. 44: Anti-Cheating Esports Researcher Dr. Andrew Richardson and the 2024/25 Zwift Elite Race Book Breakdown
      • Ep. 43: Aussie Cycling Esports Indoor Specialists Kate Trdin and Josh Harris
      • Ep. 42: indieVelo’s Dr. George Gilbert, Watts Aren’t Watts in the Present and Future of Defining Virtual Sport
      • Ep. 41: A New Era
    • Episodes 31 thru 40
      • Ep. 40: Ex-Zwift Performance Team Employee Flint McInnis
      • Ep. 39: Lionel Vujasin and Ollie Jones, Zwift Games Championship or MyWhoosh Sunday Race Club? And In-Person Performance Testing in Abu Dhabi
      • Ep. 38: Live From The Birthplace of Zwift Cycling Esports with Brian Duffy
      • Ep. 37: Why MyWhoosh, not Zwift? The UCI Answers. The Reaction with Zach Nehr!
      • Ep. 36: 2024 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships & SRC Annulments Update with MyWhoosh’s Matt Smithson
      • Ep. 35: Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio, Cycling Esports’ First World Champion and Role Model
      • Ep. 34: WTRL’s Martin Carew Talks Zwift Racing League
      • Ep. 33: MyWhoosh Speaks Publicly For the 1st Time and The Zwift Games
      • Ep. 32: Echelon Racing Returns to Zwift, USA Cycling National Championships, and Zwift Grand Prix Round One Controversy
      • Ep. 31: From Virtual to Real-World Victory with Kristen Kulchinsky, the $100,000 Zwift Grand Prix, and Exciting News From the UCI
    • Episodes 21 thru 30
      • Ep. 21: Zoe Langham and Adam Thorpe’s Pro Partnership
      • Ep. 22: Richard Barry is Live and In-Person!
      • Ep. 23: 66-Day Nutrition Challenge Wrap-up with Winner, Shawn MacAfee
      • Ep. 24: Zwift Play, Multi-input Beta Gaming Experience, and What it Means For Zwift As We Know It
      • Ep. 25: indieVelo Founder and Former Zwift Esports Chair Dr. George Gilbert
      • Ep. 26: Was the Olympic Esports Series a Success For Cycling Esports, with Zach Nehr!
      • Ep. 27: indieVelo’s Dr. George Gilbert on the Innovation That Could Change the Future of Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 28: Zwift’s Winningest Elite Esports Racer James Joseph Barnes
      • Ep. 29: MyWhoosh, Zwift, the UCI, & the Esports World Championships—Wuht just happened?
      • Ep. 30: This Season on Zwift-The Racer’s Edition
    • Episodes 11 thru 20
      • Ep. 11: The Mercurial Fin Elite Eracer Teppo Laurio
      • Ep. 12: If Zwiftin’s a Crime, Then Give me Time with Saris NoPinz Michael Egan
      • Ep. 13: The Legend and Lure of Matt Yankow
      • Ep. 14: J Bruhn is Esports Feel Good Story
      • Ep. 15: Worlds Predictions and Esports Future with the First US Nats Champ Holden Comeau
      • Ep. 16: Team USA 2023 Cycling Esports Worlds Preview with Jenn Real and Zach Nehr
      • Ep. 17: 2023 Cycling Esports Worlds Wrap up with Winner Bjorn Andreassen and Lionel Vujasin
      • Ep. 18: Jacqueline Godbe is Much More Than 3rd in the World
      • Ep. 19: Marc Mäding Overcame On and Off the Bike
      • Ep. 20: Machine Learning and AI in Cycling Coaching feat. Coach Shayne Gaffney
    • Episodes 1 thru 10
      • Ep. 1: Some Cyclists Aren’t Virtual Cyclists-Who Knew?
      • Ep. 2: Glucose Monitoring and the Recreational and Competitive Cyclist
      • Ep. 3: Panel Discussion-Is Wahoo/RGT a Good Thing For the Virtual Cycling Community?
      • Ep. 4: One Woman’s World of Esports with Special Guest Team USAs and World #1 ranked Zwifter Liz Van Houweling
      • Ep. 5: A Day in the Life of Zwift Community Live’s Nathan Guerra and Dave Towle
      • Ep. 6: The DIRT Dad Fundo Across America check in with Chris!
      • Ep. 7: What’s New, Exciting, and All The Whining About on Zwift!
      • Ep. 8: Cycling Esports Legend Lionel Vujasin!
      • Ep. 9: Zwift Academy Finalist Liz Van Houweling!
      • Ep. 10: The Death of the Cycling Off-Season with Zwift’s Coach Shayne Gaffney
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Rising Cycling Esports Talent and Pokemon Fanboy—Get to Know Ruben Dhondt!

Meet the young Belgian cyclist Ruben Dhondt who is rapidly making a name for himself in the world of elite cycling esports.

A True QOM—Former Professional Cyclist Illi Gardner Breaks Down What It Takes To Win the Zwift Games!

In this interview, cyclist Illi Gardner details her preparation for the Zwift Games Climb Championship and what it takes to bag the most Strava climbing QOMs in the world.

Get to Know Elite Esports Cyclist Nile Battey

An interview with the Restart Racing p/b Alex Coh racer and British cyclist Nile Battey.

Get to Know Elite Esports Cyclist Thomas Perren

An interview with NeXT eSport pb Enshored elite racer and British cyclist Thomas Perren.

Meet the 2024 AusCycling Esports National Champion Kate Trdin

An interview with BL13 pb LEVEL Velo racer and elite Australian esports cyclist Kate Trdin.

Get to know USA Cycling Esports National Age Group Champion and USAC Esports Committee Member Jenn Real

Elite Cyclist Jenn Real IRL Podium Finish

An interview with Zwift Team Saris racer and elite cyclist Jenn Real.

From Teaching Assistant to Esports Cyclist and Influencer—Get to Know Elite Racer Hollie Burgin!

Hollie Burgin on the road

An interview with Zwift Team NeXT eSports pb Enshored racer and podcaster, Great Britain’s Hollie Burgin.

Get to Know Zwift Grand Prix 2023/24 Elite Esports Cyclist Gabriela Guerra

An interview with Zwift Team Saris|Nopinz racer and elite cyclist Gabriela Guerra.

Get to Know Zwift Grand Prix 2023/24 Elite Esports Cyclist Ed Morgan

Get to Know Ed Morgan

An interview with Zwift Team dPAC-ELITE racer, the Welsh cyclist Ed Morgan.

Get to Know Zwift Grand Prix 2023/24 Elite Cyclist Tom Corrigan

Elite Cyclist Tom Corrigan

An interview with Zwift Team Saris-NoPinz elite esport racer, USA’s Tom Corrigan.

Get to Know Why They Call This Elite Cyclist, Hayden “Farmwatts” Pucker

Get to Know Why They Call This Elite Cyclist, Hayden “Farmwatts” Pucker

An interview with Zwift Team Restart pb Alex Coh elite esport racer, USA’s Hayden Pucker.

Get to Know Zwift Grand Prix 2023/24 Elite Cyclist Elyse Gallegos

Elite Zwift cyclist Elyse Gallegos

An interview with Zwift Team Wahoo le Col’s elite esport racer, IRONMAN champ, and mother of two, the USA’s Elyse Gallegos.

Get to Know Zwift Grand Prix 2023/24 Elite Cyclist Arne Jacobs

An interview with Zwift Team Coalition racer, the Dutch elite cyclist Arne Jacobs.

Get to Know Zwift Grand Prix 2023/24 Elite Cyclist Dean Cunningham

An interview with Zwift Team Restart p/b Alex Coh racer, the UK’s elite cyclist Dean Cunningham.

Get to Know Zwift Grand Prix 2023/24 Elite Esports Cyclist Daniel Pettinger

An interview with Zwift Team dPAC-ELITE Austrian cyclist Daniel Pettinger.

Get to Know Zwift Grand Prix 2023/24 Elite Cyclist Rob Wood

An interview with Zwift Team Restart p/b Alex Coh racer, the UK’s elite cyclist Rob Wood.

Get to Know Zwift Grand Prix 2023/24 Elite Cyclist Sean Gallagher

An interview with Zwift Team Primor RWB esport racer, Ireland’s Sean Gallagher.

Get to Know Zwift Grand Prix 2023/24 Elite Cyclist Oliver Dowd

An interview with Team Canada and Zwift Team Restart p/b Alex Coh elite cyclist Oliver Dowd.

Get to Know Elite Cyclist Ewan Mackie—293 lbs to 445W-plus FTP

Ewan Mackie cyclist riding up a hill with a friend

An interview with elite cyclist Ewan Mackie—the NeXT pb Enshored rider shares how he went from obesity (6′ 7″ and 293lbs.) to an esports monster with the help of Coach Alex Coh.

Get to Know Elite Cyclist Torben Partridge-Madsen

An interview with Team Australia and Zwift Team Aero’s elite cyclist Torben Partridge-Madsen.

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    • Episodes 91 thru 100
      • Ep. 91: Virtual Cycling Singapore – A Blueprint for Cycling’s Future
    • Episodes 81 thru 90
      • Ep. 90: Team USA’s elite cycling esports racer Nicole Meyer
      • Ep. 89: Paweł Ścierski — The Young Rider Rocketing Up the Cycling Esports Ranks
      • Ep. 88: Jason Osborne — Inside the mind of 3-time UCI Cycling Esports World Champion
      • Ep. 87: Team Africa Rising is Building a Virtual Cycling Revolution Across Africa
      • Ep. 86: The World Championship Team of Kate McCarthy and Dylan Kennett
      • Ep. 85: USA Cycling National Champion Hayden “Farmwatts” Pucker chats Nats, Worlds, Predictions, and Storylines
      • Ep. 84: Echelon’s Eric Hill — USA Cycling Esports National Series and 2026 National Championships
      • Ep. 83: Jacquie Godbe — Racing, Recovery, and Redefining Resilience
      • Ep. 82: The UCI’s Cycling Esports Coordinator, Jacob Fraser, talks World Championships and the Sport’s Future
      • Ep. 81: Mika Söderström – The 2-time National Road Champ That Identifies as an Esports Racer
    • Episodes 71 thru 80
      • Ep. 80: From indieVelo to TrainingPeaks Virtual – A conversation with Dr. George Gilbert about philosophy, phase one, new features, and the future
      • Ep. 79: Cycling Canada National Esports Champion Tiffany Penner
      • Ep. 78: Virtually a Niche Within a Niche with Biketerra founder Matt Gibbs
      • Ep. 77: Matt Smithson talks $1 Million MyWhoosh Championship and UCI Worlds
      • Ep. 76: The Anatomy of a Record-Setting 24-Hour Virtual Ride
      • Ep. 75: CEO Petr Samek on Rouvy’s Rise Up the Virtual Cycling Ranks to #2
      • Ep. 74: Breaking barriers, transforming lives, and building future champions: How cycling esports drives Masaka’s mission in Uganda
      • Ep. 73: Is elite cyclist Illi Gardner the best pure climber of her generation?
      • Ep. 72: Aussie Cycling Esports National Champs Kate Trdin and Josh Harris
      • Ep. 71: Zwift Games 25 Men’s Champion Neal Fryett—Under the Radar, First Over the Line
    • Episodes 61 thru 70
      • Ep. 70: Conny Björnehall—Making Cycling Esports a Household Name
      • Ep. 69: Michael Vink—Full Circle From MyWhoosh to UAE Team Emirates and Back to Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 68: Nutrition Coach and Influencer Kate MacLeod-Cycling Esports Performance Insights
      • Ep. 67: Dean Cunningham-Championing Change in Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 66: Inside Cycling Canada’s Esports Strategy with Josh Peacock
      • Ep. 65: The Team Behind the Success of Women’s Team—AEONIAN
      • Ep. 64: Bike Racer, Heart Surgery Survivor, and Advocate, Cody McKay
      • Ep. 63: CVR Cup and Smash Your Fitness Founder Frank Garcia
      • Ep. 62: Cycling Esports Superstar Gabi Guerra
      • Ep. 61: NeXT eSports pb Enshored’s Greg Abbott
    • Episodes 51 thru 60
      • Ep. 60: Zwift Pauses Elite Racing—Community Weighs In On Smart Trainer Issues
      • Ep. 59: Eric Hill Announces 2024/25 Echelon Racing League & USA Cycling Esports Nationals
      • Ep. 58: Training Peaks’ Dirk Friel and indieVelo’s Dr. George Gilbert on Formation of Training Peaks Virtual
      • Ep. 57: 2024 UCI Cycling Esports World Champion Kate McCarthy
      • Ep. 56: On the Eve of the Cycling Esports World Championships with UCI’s Jacob Fraser and MyWhoosh’s Matt Smithson
      • Ep. 55: Cycling Esports’ First Men’s World Champion Jason Osborne
      • Ep. 54: UCI’s Cycling Esports Coordinator Jacob Fraser
      • Ep. 53: Danish Cycling Union’s Esports Director Martin Wang Hjørngaard
      • Ep. 52: Lou Bates Has Unfinished Business to Settle
      • Ep. 51: Hayden “Farmwatts” Pucker is the New Breed of Cycling Esports
    • Episodes 41 thru 50
      • Ep. 50: MyWhoosh’s Matt Smithson, 2024 Cycling Esports World Championship Semi-Final Recap & Live Final Preview
      • Ep. 49: Mt. Washington Record Holder & Cycling Esports Star Kristen Kulchinsky w/Coach Josh Lipka
      • Ep. 48: AthleteAnalytiX Founder Bjoern Ossenbrink
      • Ep. 47: Elyse Gallegos is 100% All In For Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 46: FRR’s Richard Vale on the Groundbreaking MYTIKAS Games & Cycling Esports News Update
      • Ep. 45: The Research Team Leading the UCI’s Smart Trainer Standardization Program
      • Ep. 44: Anti-Cheating Esports Researcher Dr. Andrew Richardson and the 2024/25 Zwift Elite Race Book Breakdown
      • Ep. 43: Aussie Cycling Esports Indoor Specialists Kate Trdin and Josh Harris
      • Ep. 42: indieVelo’s Dr. George Gilbert, Watts Aren’t Watts in the Present and Future of Defining Virtual Sport
      • Ep. 41: A New Era
    • Episodes 31 thru 40
      • Ep. 40: Ex-Zwift Performance Team Employee Flint McInnis
      • Ep. 39: Lionel Vujasin and Ollie Jones, Zwift Games Championship or MyWhoosh Sunday Race Club? And In-Person Performance Testing in Abu Dhabi
      • Ep. 38: Live From The Birthplace of Zwift Cycling Esports with Brian Duffy
      • Ep. 37: Why MyWhoosh, not Zwift? The UCI Answers. The Reaction with Zach Nehr!
      • Ep. 36: 2024 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships & SRC Annulments Update with MyWhoosh’s Matt Smithson
      • Ep. 35: Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio, Cycling Esports’ First World Champion and Role Model
      • Ep. 34: WTRL’s Martin Carew Talks Zwift Racing League
      • Ep. 33: MyWhoosh Speaks Publicly For the 1st Time and The Zwift Games
      • Ep. 32: Echelon Racing Returns to Zwift, USA Cycling National Championships, and Zwift Grand Prix Round One Controversy
      • Ep. 31: From Virtual to Real-World Victory with Kristen Kulchinsky, the $100,000 Zwift Grand Prix, and Exciting News From the UCI
    • Episodes 21 thru 30
      • Ep. 21: Zoe Langham and Adam Thorpe’s Pro Partnership
      • Ep. 22: Richard Barry is Live and In-Person!
      • Ep. 23: 66-Day Nutrition Challenge Wrap-up with Winner, Shawn MacAfee
      • Ep. 24: Zwift Play, Multi-input Beta Gaming Experience, and What it Means For Zwift As We Know It
      • Ep. 25: indieVelo Founder and Former Zwift Esports Chair Dr. George Gilbert
      • Ep. 26: Was the Olympic Esports Series a Success For Cycling Esports, with Zach Nehr!
      • Ep. 27: indieVelo’s Dr. George Gilbert on the Innovation That Could Change the Future of Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 28: Zwift’s Winningest Elite Esports Racer James Joseph Barnes
      • Ep. 29: MyWhoosh, Zwift, the UCI, & the Esports World Championships—Wuht just happened?
      • Ep. 30: This Season on Zwift-The Racer’s Edition
    • Episodes 11 thru 20
      • Ep. 11: The Mercurial Fin Elite Eracer Teppo Laurio
      • Ep. 12: If Zwiftin’s a Crime, Then Give me Time with Saris NoPinz Michael Egan
      • Ep. 13: The Legend and Lure of Matt Yankow
      • Ep. 14: J Bruhn is Esports Feel Good Story
      • Ep. 15: Worlds Predictions and Esports Future with the First US Nats Champ Holden Comeau
      • Ep. 16: Team USA 2023 Cycling Esports Worlds Preview with Jenn Real and Zach Nehr
      • Ep. 17: 2023 Cycling Esports Worlds Wrap up with Winner Bjorn Andreassen and Lionel Vujasin
      • Ep. 18: Jacqueline Godbe is Much More Than 3rd in the World
      • Ep. 19: Marc Mäding Overcame On and Off the Bike
      • Ep. 20: Machine Learning and AI in Cycling Coaching feat. Coach Shayne Gaffney
    • Episodes 1 thru 10
      • Ep. 1: Some Cyclists Aren’t Virtual Cyclists-Who Knew?
      • Ep. 2: Glucose Monitoring and the Recreational and Competitive Cyclist
      • Ep. 3: Panel Discussion-Is Wahoo/RGT a Good Thing For the Virtual Cycling Community?
      • Ep. 4: One Woman’s World of Esports with Special Guest Team USAs and World #1 ranked Zwifter Liz Van Houweling
      • Ep. 5: A Day in the Life of Zwift Community Live’s Nathan Guerra and Dave Towle
      • Ep. 6: The DIRT Dad Fundo Across America check in with Chris!
      • Ep. 7: What’s New, Exciting, and All The Whining About on Zwift!
      • Ep. 8: Cycling Esports Legend Lionel Vujasin!
      • Ep. 9: Zwift Academy Finalist Liz Van Houweling!
      • Ep. 10: The Death of the Cycling Off-Season with Zwift’s Coach Shayne Gaffney
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      • Ep. 49: Mt. Washington Record Holder & Cycling Esports Star Kristen Kulchinsky w/Coach Josh Lipka
      • Ep. 48: AthleteAnalytiX Founder Bjoern Ossenbrink
      • Ep. 47: Elyse Gallegos is 100% All In For Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 46: FRR’s Richard Vale on the Groundbreaking MYTIKAS Games & Cycling Esports News Update
      • Ep. 45: The Research Team Leading the UCI’s Smart Trainer Standardization Program
      • Ep. 44: Anti-Cheating Esports Researcher Dr. Andrew Richardson and the 2024/25 Zwift Elite Race Book Breakdown
      • Ep. 43: Aussie Cycling Esports Indoor Specialists Kate Trdin and Josh Harris
      • Ep. 42: indieVelo’s Dr. George Gilbert, Watts Aren’t Watts in the Present and Future of Defining Virtual Sport
      • Ep. 41: A New Era
    • Episodes 31 thru 40
      • Ep. 40: Ex-Zwift Performance Team Employee Flint McInnis
      • Ep. 39: Lionel Vujasin and Ollie Jones, Zwift Games Championship or MyWhoosh Sunday Race Club? And In-Person Performance Testing in Abu Dhabi
      • Ep. 38: Live From The Birthplace of Zwift Cycling Esports with Brian Duffy
      • Ep. 37: Why MyWhoosh, not Zwift? The UCI Answers. The Reaction with Zach Nehr!
      • Ep. 36: 2024 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships & SRC Annulments Update with MyWhoosh’s Matt Smithson
      • Ep. 35: Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio, Cycling Esports’ First World Champion and Role Model
      • Ep. 34: WTRL’s Martin Carew Talks Zwift Racing League
      • Ep. 33: MyWhoosh Speaks Publicly For the 1st Time and The Zwift Games
      • Ep. 32: Echelon Racing Returns to Zwift, USA Cycling National Championships, and Zwift Grand Prix Round One Controversy
      • Ep. 31: From Virtual to Real-World Victory with Kristen Kulchinsky, the $100,000 Zwift Grand Prix, and Exciting News From the UCI
    • Episodes 21 thru 30
      • Ep. 21: Zoe Langham and Adam Thorpe’s Pro Partnership
      • Ep. 22: Richard Barry is Live and In-Person!
      • Ep. 23: 66-Day Nutrition Challenge Wrap-up with Winner, Shawn MacAfee
      • Ep. 24: Zwift Play, Multi-input Beta Gaming Experience, and What it Means For Zwift As We Know It
      • Ep. 25: indieVelo Founder and Former Zwift Esports Chair Dr. George Gilbert
      • Ep. 26: Was the Olympic Esports Series a Success For Cycling Esports, with Zach Nehr!
      • Ep. 27: indieVelo’s Dr. George Gilbert on the Innovation That Could Change the Future of Cycling Esports
      • Ep. 28: Zwift’s Winningest Elite Esports Racer James Joseph Barnes
      • Ep. 29: MyWhoosh, Zwift, the UCI, & the Esports World Championships—Wuht just happened?
      • Ep. 30: This Season on Zwift-The Racer’s Edition
    • Episodes 11 thru 20
      • Ep. 11: The Mercurial Fin Elite Eracer Teppo Laurio
      • Ep. 12: If Zwiftin’s a Crime, Then Give me Time with Saris NoPinz Michael Egan
      • Ep. 13: The Legend and Lure of Matt Yankow
      • Ep. 14: J Bruhn is Esports Feel Good Story
      • Ep. 15: Worlds Predictions and Esports Future with the First US Nats Champ Holden Comeau
      • Ep. 16: Team USA 2023 Cycling Esports Worlds Preview with Jenn Real and Zach Nehr
      • Ep. 17: 2023 Cycling Esports Worlds Wrap up with Winner Bjorn Andreassen and Lionel Vujasin
      • Ep. 18: Jacqueline Godbe is Much More Than 3rd in the World
      • Ep. 19: Marc Mäding Overcame On and Off the Bike
      • Ep. 20: Machine Learning and AI in Cycling Coaching feat. Coach Shayne Gaffney
    • Episodes 1 thru 10
      • Ep. 1: Some Cyclists Aren’t Virtual Cyclists-Who Knew?
      • Ep. 2: Glucose Monitoring and the Recreational and Competitive Cyclist
      • Ep. 3: Panel Discussion-Is Wahoo/RGT a Good Thing For the Virtual Cycling Community?
      • Ep. 4: One Woman’s World of Esports with Special Guest Team USAs and World #1 ranked Zwifter Liz Van Houweling
      • Ep. 5: A Day in the Life of Zwift Community Live’s Nathan Guerra and Dave Towle
      • Ep. 6: The DIRT Dad Fundo Across America check in with Chris!
      • Ep. 7: What’s New, Exciting, and All The Whining About on Zwift!
      • Ep. 8: Cycling Esports Legend Lionel Vujasin!
      • Ep. 9: Zwift Academy Finalist Liz Van Houweling!
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