2023 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships

The 2023 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships was the third edition of the UCI Cycling Esports World Championships, the annual world championships for esport road bicycle racing. It was held on 18 February 2023 on the platform Zwift on a specially designed, Scotland inspired course.

2023 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships
VenueZwift
Date(s) (2023-02-18)18 February 2023
Events2

Loes Adegeest defended her 2022 world title in the women's race by winning the final sprint of three riders. The men's race was won by Bjørn Andreassen. He jumped ahead at the very start of the last race and managed to keep a gap until the finish.[1]

Elimination format

The format of the 2023 championships was changed into a three-race elimination series. Qualifying races were held in November 2022 in order to select 100 riders for each race. The February championships were divided into three 25 minute races with short breaks in between them. The first part The Punch started with the whole 100 rider peloton. The first 30 riders competed in the second part The Climb and raced for the 10 places in the finale elimination criterium called The Podium. At every half of the course one rider was eliminated until 3 riders remained and sprinted for the medals at the finish line.[2]

Results

Men's Race

Rank Rider Country
Bjørn Andreassen  Denmark
Jason Osborne  Germany
Marc Mäding  Germany
4 Anders Foldager  Denmark
5 Kjell Power  Belgium
6 Freddy Ovett  Australia
7 Haavard Gjeldnes  Norway
8 James Barnes  South Africa
9 Oskar Hvid  Denmark
10 Zach Nehr  United States

Women's race

Rank Rider Country
Loes Adegeest  Netherlands
Zoe Langham  Great Britain
Jacqueline Godbe  United States
4 Sandrinne Etienne  France
5 Arielle Verhaaren  United States
6 Mika Söderström  Sweden
7 Kathrin Fuhrer   Switzerland
8 Liz Van Houweling  United States
9 Kristen Kulchinsky  United States
10 Lou Bates  Great Britain
  • "2023 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships". GCN Racing on YouTube. 2023-02-18.
  • "Bjørn Andreassen and Loes Adegeest crowned winners of the 2023 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships". Zwift. 2023-02-18. Includes race description, print screens and official results.

References
  1. Daniel Ostanek (2023-02-18). "Adegeest and Andreasson take rainbow jerseys at Esports World Championships". Cycling News.
  2. Stephen Farrand (2022-11-11). "2023 Esports World Championships transformed into three-event elimination race". Cycling News.
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