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      • 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
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      • 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
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      • 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!
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    • 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
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      • 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
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      • 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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Who Will Win the Zwift Games 2025 Overall Championship?

Zwift Games 2025 Overall Championship

Assessing the Zwift Games 2025 Overall Championship favorites and contenders heading into the final Epic Championship stage.

ROUVY Acquires FulGaz and Partners With IRONMAN

ROUVY acquires Fulgaz

ROUVY’s acquisition of FulGaz and IRONMAN partnership brings a New Dimension to virtual cycling Training and Race Preparation with GPS Route Creation and Augmented Realism.

Zwift Postpones Elite Racing Season Due to Smart Trainer Accuracy Concerns

Zwift Postpones Elite Racing Season

The cost of ensuring accuracy in cycling esports: Is it time for hardware manufacturers to adapt to the strict standards of Elite competition?

Newly Crowned World Champion Jason Osborne Walks Away From WorldTour Alpecin–Deceuninck For Full-Time Cycling Esports Career

German 2-Time World Champion Leaves WorldTour Team to Pursue Cycling Esports, Raking in $21,000 in Just Two Days as Esports Athletes Report $100,000 Yearly Earnings

supertri Moves Virtual Platform Partnership From Zwift to MyWhoosh

MyWhoosh and supertri are expanding their reach by adding the supertri E Triathlon World Championship alongside the UCI Cycling Esports World Championship.

Cycling Esports Racer Seggebruch and Tandem Partner, Walton Set US Mark at 2024 World Championships

Track and Cycling Esports Star Spencer Seggebruch Forms Unbreakable Bond with Visually-Impaired Paralympic Tandem Partner in Two Short Months to Break the US Record

UCI Releases 2024 Cycling Esports World Championship Race Book Clarifying Event Details

UCI Releases 2024 Cycling Esports Rule Book

The Union Cyclist International Confirms the Semi-Final Format and other details for the 2024 UCI Cycling Esports World Championship.

The road.cc Podcast Features indieVelo Founder George Gilbert and The Zommunique’

road.cc podcast with indieVelo's George Gilbert and The Zommuique's Chris Schwenker

The road.cc podcast invites indieVelo’s founder George Gilbert and The Zommunique’s Chris Schwenker to discuss the future of cycling esports.

Does Cycling Esports Need the UCI? —The Community Reacts: Kevin Opele

This is the second in a series exploring the cycling esports community’s reaction to the “Does Cycling Esports Need The UCI?” debate.

24 hrs Atop Ventop—Flamme Rouge Racing’s Charity Club Challenge To Support Fellow Cyclists and Their Families on May 18, 2024

Flamme Rouge Racing 24 hrs Atop Ventop 2

Climb Zwift’s Ventop, individual or as a team, as many times as you can in 24 hours to raise funds for Cyclist Fighting Cancer and the Bodie Hodges Foundation during Flamme Rouge Racing’s 24 hrs Atop Ventop.

Virtual Cycling Platform MyWhoosh Makes Significant Updates to Optimize Accessibility

MyWhoosh Go update

MyWhoosh Go, Apple TV, and the MyWhoosh Link App make the virtual cycling platform more accessible to users than ever.

Does Cycling Esports Need the UCI? —The Community Reacts: Holden Comeau

Does Cycling Esports Need the UCI Holden Comeau

This is the first in a series exploring the cycling esports community’s reaction to the “Does Cycling Esports Need The UCI?” debate.

The Zwift Big Spin: The Fitness Phenomenon That’s Sweeping the Metaverse—Should We Worry?

“The only online sport requiring physical effort to gamble,” says an esports gambling researcher, has some health professionals concerned.

UCI in Transition: Examining the Governing Body’s Contribution, Relevance, and Evolving Role—Does Cycling Esports Need The UCI?

Forty racers were presented with the choice between a World Championship or a Zwift Games title, providing insight into the UCI’s value to cycling esports.

Michael Rogers Steps Away From Role as UCI Head of Cycling Esports

Michael Rogers leaves UCI as Head of Cycling Esports

The vacancy comes at a critical juncture. What’s next for cycling esports?

A Call For Non-Competition (Un-Ranked) Mode in Community-Level Cycling Esports

Clearly defined expectations for competition in cycling esports will eliminate confusion, enhance accessibility, and promote inclusion.

UCI Tells Nations How Many Riders They Can Bring To The 2024 Esports World Championship and Other Details

The Union Cycliste Internationale has notified the National Federations of Rider Quotas for the 2024 UCI Cycling Esports World Championship Semi-Final.

VVN’s Most Impactful People in Cycling Esports For 2024

The Virtual Velo Network’s first annual list of innovators and influential individuals in the cycling esports world for 2024.

UCI’s Fair Cycling Campaign Opens the Door For Formal Cycling Esports Cheat Reporting

The UCI says competition manipulation rules and whistleblower platforms apply to cycling esports. Why not a cycling esports bug bounty program?

Danish Federation’s Cycling Esports Leadership is an Example for NGBs

In Person Virtual Event is example set by the Danish Cycling Union

Securing sponsorships, negotiating television deals, and establishing esports committees are initial steps for cycling esports.

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      • Ep. 90: Team USA’s elite cycling esports racer Nicole Meyer
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      • 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. 60: Zwift Pauses Elite Racing—Community Weighs In On Smart Trainer Issues
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      • 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!
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