The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has selected United Arab Emirates based MyWhoosh to host the UCI Cycling Esports World Championships for the next three years – 2024, 2025, and 2026. This marks the event’s departure from Zwift, the world’s most popular virtual training platform for amateur cyclists, which hosted the Esports Championships for the last four years.

“Today’s announcement further confirms Abu Dhabi’s commitment to our sport after it hosted a magnificent edition of the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in 2022. The city will again welcome this event in 2024, as well as the UCI Road World Championships and the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships in 2028 and the UCI Track World Championships in 2029. The next three editions of the UCI Cycling Esports World Championships add to Abu Dhabi’s reputation as host of top-class cycling events,” the UCI President, David Lappartient, said via press release.

While the move is widely viewed as purely a financial decision for the UCI, it comes as Zwift continues to layoff staff and cyclists rave about MyWhoosh’s stunning visuals vs. Zwift’s dated 1980’s graphics. An added bonus: MyWhoosh is FREE.

“MyWhoosh and UCI will be working closely to organise the UCI Cycling Esports World Championships with firm race control mechanisms. This collaboration signifies a transformative era for MyWhoosh and the realm of cycling esports, bringing all the benefits and excitement of competitive cycling into homes across the world,” said Akhtar Saeed Hashmi, CEO and Managing Director of MyWhoosh. 

MyWhoosh also has a track record of bringing new innovative to virtual cycling, including the inaugural $1 Million MyWhoosh Race Championship Series, the first European virtual training world including Belgium’s famous bergs and stringent oversight from the MyWhoosh Cycling Esports Race Commission that caught and banned now world famous digital-doper Eddie Hoole.

Photo Credit: MyWhoosh

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