{"id":37097,"date":"2025-08-01T09:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T09:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/37097\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T09:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T09:17:08","slug":"2025-uci-cycling-esports-world-championships-eois-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/37097\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships EOIs open"},"content":{"rendered":"

AusCycling is taking expressions of interest for the 2025 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships<\/a> semi-finals.<\/p>\n

The semi-finals on October 3 act as a precursor to the live finals in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on November 15.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 2025 event will be the second hosted on MyWhoosh, after moving to the platform from Zwift last year.<\/p>\n

Points-based multi-stage races comprise the race format for the semi-finals and finals, with points to be awarded for different achievements, such as being the quickest on a route segment, the first across the finish line on a lap, or the first to crest a climb.\u00a0<\/p>\n

150 riders per gender will compete in the semi-finals aiming for a top-20\u00a0finish that will progress them to the live finals.<\/p>\n

The semi-finals will consist of three stages. Stage 1 (The Sprinter’s Paradise) will see riders contest eight laps of a 1.5km circuit.<\/p>\n

Points are up for grabs at the end of every 1.5km lap, \u00a0culminating in a final, high-stakes finish-line sprint where even more points are up for grabs.<\/p>\n

Stage 2 (The Puncher’s Playground) will be raced over a 12km undulating circuit with short, sharp climbs.<\/p>\n

Points are available on two sprints and two climbs, plus finish line points, all being calculated by the first person to cross the finish line of each segment.<\/p>\n

Stage 3 (The Mountain’s Verdict) will be a decisive elimination race on an 8km unrelenting steep course.<\/p>\n

The rider at the back of the pack will be eliminated if caught by the \u2018Chaser\u2019.<\/p>\n

All riders will begin the race simultaneously, receiving a 2 minute head start on the Chaser that will act similar to a real world, maintaining consistent power output but slowing down slightly as the gradient increases.<\/p>\n

Any rider who is overtaken by the Chaser at any point on the course is immediately eliminated from the race.<\/p>\n

Further details on the points breakdown of each stage of the semi-finals, and world championship finals can be found in the technical guide<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The ARA Australian Cycling Team has seen strong success since the launch of the esports cycling world championships in 2020.<\/p>\n

Jay Vine won the virtual rainbow jersey in 2022<\/a>, with his teammate Freddy Ovett taking silver. Ovett also finished eighth in 2020 and\u00a0sixth in 2023<\/a>. Ben Hill has been consistent with\u00a0two finishes of fifth and fourth in 2020 and 2022 respectively, while Joshua Harris placed eighth in 2024.<\/p>\n

Sarah Gigante was just 0.064 of a second off becoming the first women to \u00a0win the esports world championships in 2020, while Bre Vine finished 10th that same year and 11th in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Riders who wish to be considered must complete the expression of interest form by 5pm Tuesday, August 12. Use the link\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0or visit the\u00a0Selection page<\/a>\u00a0to submit an EOI.\u00a0<\/p>\n

MyWhoosh Open Public qualifiers<\/p>\n

Riders can also qualify for the semi-finals through open public qualifiers hosted by MyWhoosh<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are four qualifying events throughout August (August 6, August 8, August 22 and August 27) that will all take place in the AlUla World.<\/p>\n

The race will cover 32.4km and 377m of elevation gain, and include four opportunities to win points on intermediate sprints, plus finish line points.<\/p>\n

Find out more about the open public qualifiers here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AusCycling is taking expressions of interest for the 2025 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships semi-finals. The semi-finals on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":["post-37097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}