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      • Ep. 83: Jacquie Godbe — Racing, Recovery, and Redefining Resilience
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      • Ep. 81: Mika Söderström – The 2-time National Road Champ That Identifies as an Esports Racer
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      • Ep. 80: From indieVelo to TrainingPeaks Virtual – A conversation with Dr. George Gilbert about philosophy, phase one, new features, and the future
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      • Ep. 78: Virtually a Niche Within a Niche with Biketerra founder Matt Gibbs
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      • 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
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      • 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
    • Episodes 21 thru 30
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      • 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
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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!
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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
      • 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
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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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From Campus to Virtual Courses: Guiding Cycling’s Rise in Collegiate Esports Culture

The research aims to transform the collegiate esports model through research into adopting virtual reality technology in virtual cycling. Complete the short survey!

Reigning Cycling Esports World Champion Goes For Danish National Title in In-Person Event Final Broadcast Live This Sunday

Bjørn Andreassen with flag 2024 Danish Cycling Esports National Championship

Don’t miss Denmark’s best cycling esports racers across multiple categories competing on Zwift for the 2024 Danish Cycling Esports National Championship.

AusCycling Will Crown Esports National Champion in Live Event Final

Australian Esports National Final on Zwift

The 2024 AusCycling Esports National Championship live final will take place in March at the Brisbane Cycling Festival

ROUVY and Lidl-Trek Tech Partnership Could Change The Way Pro Cycling Teams Prep Races

ROUVY Partners with WorldTeam Lidl-Trek

Will the expanded relationship between virtual cycling platform ROUVY and WorldTeam Lidl-Trek change how pro cycling teams recce race routes?

Aussie Cycling Partners With Zwift To Discover Next Generation of Olympic Cycling Champions

AusCycling Partners with Zwift for virtual talent ID

AusCycling launches a new talent ID program on the virtual cycling platform Zwift to increase talent depth across all disciplines.

Virtual Velo Network 2023 Year-In-Review

Virtual Velo Network 2023 Year-In-Review

TheZommunique.com, The Virtual Velo Podcast, and the Si Bradeley YouTube Channel joined forces to become the Virtual Velo Network in 2023.

Zwift Levels Up With a Long List of New Features

This season on Zwift brings more level unlocks, new events, and enhanced gamification to keep users committed to their resolutions in the new year.

12 Months of Zwift For the Price of 10 With New Yearly Membership

Zwift Announces Yearly Memberships

On November 20, 2023, Zwift announced that it will be offering yearly memberships, making it more affordable to Zwift year-round.

Wahoo and Zwift Bundles Now Across Full KICKR Range With New Pricing

Wahoo KICKR smarttrainer and Zwift Membership bundle

Wahoo’s enhanced Zwift partnership bundles simpler onboarding, a broad range of KICKR options, and automatic integration across the ecoSYSTM.

MyWhoosh Enhances Route Selection and Introduces App Upgrades

MyWhoosh Alula World Update

MyWhoosh’s recent update revamps the AlUla map, streamlines Strava exporting, and includes a host of engaging user experience upgrades.

IOC Sports Director Opens the Door Wider For Cycling Esports Medal Recognition

Zwift Olympic Esports Series Cycling

In a recent interview, Kit McConnell hints that it is not “if” but “how,” joining other IOC leaders weighing in, intensifying speculation about the potential Olympic inclusion of cycling esports.

UCI and MyWhoosh Confirm October 2024 Live Cycling Esports World Championships Final

MyWhoosh UCI Cycling Esports World Championship live final

The momentous 2024 Live Cycling Esports World Championship event will bring the cycling esports elite to Abu Dhabi, UAE, to award the rainbow stripes in late 2024.

Cycling Canada Returns to Zwift for 23/24 Esports Season, National Team Selection on MyWhoosh

Cycling Canada Esports Calendar 23/24

23/24 Calendar Highlights: Weekly Group Rides, Social Rides with Team Canada racers, Fundos, and 2024 Canadian Esports Championships Dates

‘Ready To Ride’ Update Available On Wahoo ELEMNT Bike Computers

Wahoo ELEMNT Ready to Ride update

‘Ready to Ride’ update to Wahoo ELEMNT bike computers gives fast access to pre-ride functions, like sensor menu, routes, and battery life.

Elite Esports Star Luca Zanasca Tests Positive For PEDs

Luca Zanasca elite esports cyclist

Team Italy, MyWhoosh, and Zwift responded to the real-world doping violation of elite esports racer Luca Zanasca.

Zwift says About New Zwift Play Controller and Beta Gaming Experience, “Indoor Cycling is About to Get More Interesting”

On June 14, 2023, Zwift Announced the release of the Zwift Play controller and multi-input gaming, putting Zwift interaction at the user’s fingertips and the future in the company’s hands

Wise Athletes Podcast Ep. 93-55,500 Miles on Zwift w/Chris Schwenker, P.T.

Wise Athletes podcast Ep. 93 w/Chris Schwenker

Wise Athletes Podcast host Joe Lavelle interviews Chris Schwenker about his Cycling Weekly article “55,500 Miles Going Nowhere” and what it takes to be strong and pain-free despite where you ride.

The UCI Cycling Esports World Championships, the Olympics, and What the Future May Hold

2023 UCI Cycling Esports World Championship Bjorn Andreassen crossing the finish line

What does the UCI’s call for bids to host the Cycling Esports World Championship reveal about the future?

Will Virtual Platform MyWhoosh’s Millions Sway Racer Loyalty and Forge a Path to Professional Cycling Esports?

$1,000,000 MyWhoosh Championship Series on road.cc

The $1,000,000 MyWhoosh Championship Series beginning on April 28, 2023, boasts the biggest prize purse in cycling esports history and moves toward securing a living wage for the sport’s elite.

Elite Cyclist Kathrin Fuhrer–7th place in the 2023 Esports World Championship

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      • 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. 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!
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