With Zwift to Scotland: New year, new world

A few days ago, Zwift confirmed its plans to add a new training world to its online training platform. The completely redesigned map was created especially for the UCI Cycling E-Sports World Championships. Glasgow and the Scottish landscape served as inspiration.

Scotland in a double pack: UCI Cycling World Championships and UCI Cycling E-Sports World Championships

Zwift is the official virtual fitness platform of the UCI Cycling World Championships, which will take place in Glasgow and the surrounding area from 3 to 23 August 2023. The new Zwift world is both an extension of the next Cycling World Championships and the first venue to be created specifically for an e-sports race.

The virtual world is intended to emphasise that Scotland is an important destination for cyclists. This also includes the fact that cycling is a sustainable way of travelling, that it can be used for leisure activities and that it can contribute to improved mental and physical health and therefore well-being.

Try out the new world on stage 8 of the Tour de Zwift

The new map will be ridden for the first time as part of the Tour de Zwift. The eighth stage of the stage event, which will take place at the beginning of 2023, will feature the complete route branding of the UCI Cycling Indoor World Championships.

Three different Scotland routes for the World Cup

In the new world on Zwift, there will be three different tracks to revitalise the new format of the Indoor World Championships. In 2023, the UCI Cycling Esports World Championships will consist of three different races for the first time: The Punch, The Climb and The Podium. >> More about the new format of the Indoor World Championship.

Esports World Cup 2023 - not just virtual

To reduce the gap between the physical endeavour and the virtual race, the city of Glasgow will host five women and five men nominated for the Esports World Championships.

The Glasgow event is to be broadcast as an important hybrid feature to take the eracing formats and fan experience to a new level. Further details will be released in January 2023 and tickets will go on sale.