The Zwift Academy offers budding riders the chance to use their virtual racing skills to secure themselves a real-life professional contract, Alpecin-Fenix taking on the male winner and Canyon SRAM for the women.
2020 brings in a new format, where riders will take on daily Zwift challenges, with video teams accompanying each rider on their home roads to help viewers get to know them better.
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'I'd love to be an F1 driver': Get to know GB track sprinter Emma FinucaneWorld sprint champion tells Cycling Weekly about her earliest Olympics memories, drinking coffee in Jakarta, and her passion for F1
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'I felt like I was the worst rider in the bunch' - Simon Carr dispels doubt with longest ever solo win at Tour of the AlpsBrit triumphs from lone 45km breakaway, after days of battling allergies
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I've packed away my Zwift trainer - it's farewell until winterWe'll meet again, indoor cycling, but summer is for the outdoors
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Zwift might be about to add a new map, leaked pictures suggestZwifters might soon be able to compete in a virtual Omnium, or take on the Hour Record
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Introducing: the Zwift Games, the largest virtual racing event ever heldThe inaugural Zwift Games in March 2024 is set to become the largest virtual racing event ever held, complete with sponsors like Oakley, Wahoo and Adidas.
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Zwift axes more jobs as Co-CEO resigns in efforts to become a 'leaner' businessDespite challenges, Zwift remains committed to its sponsorship of women’s Tour de France and Paris-Roubaix
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How Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio is using virtual cycling to change the narrative for African girlsWorldTour cycling pro Ashleigh Moolmna-Pasio is using the tail end of her career to build virtual cycling and computer learning centers in Cape Town to educate and empower women
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Zwift cyclist climbs equivalent of 138 Everests in a yearKeith Roy has broken an unofficial climbing record, totting up over 4 million feet this year
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Zwift avatars will no longer be dependent on athlete's profile gender in latest updateNew faces for avatars will be available across this winter, along with updates to the Zwift Companion App and a return of the Tour de Zwift
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Zwift Academy reopens for 2023 -two professional contracts are on the lineThe six-ride, two-race series will run from November 6 through December 17. Contracts with CANYON//SRAM Generation and Alpecin-Deceuninck Development Team on offer
