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The Virtual Velo Podcast p/b TheZommunique.com — 91 episodes

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Ep. 91: Virtual Cycling Singapore: A Blueprint for Cycling's Future

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Ep. 90: Team USA’s elite cycling esports racer Nicole Meyer

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Ep. 89: Paweł Ścierski — The Young Rider Rocketing Up the Cycling Esports Ranks

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Ep. 88: Jason Osborne — Inside the mind of 3-time UCI Cycling Esports World Champion

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Ep. 87: Team Africa Rising is Building a Virtual Racing Revolution Across Africa

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Ep. 86: The World Championship Team of Kate McCarthy and Dylan Kennett

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Ep. 85: USA Cycling National Champion Hayden “Farmwatts” Pucker chats Nats, Worlds, Predictions, and Storylines

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Ep. 84: Echelon’s Eric Hill — USA Cycling Esports National Series and 2026 National Championships

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Ep. 83: Jacquie Godbe’s Comeback Story — Racing, Recovery, and Redefining Resilience

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Ep. 82: The UCI’s Cycling Esports Coordinator, Jacob Fraser, talks World Championships and the Sport’s Future

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Ep. 81: Mika Söderström – The 2-time National Road Champ That Identifies as an Esports Racer

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Ep. 80: From indieVelo to TrainingPeaks Virtual – A conversation with Dr. George Gilbert about philosophy, phase one, new features, and the future

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Ep. 79: Cycling Canada National Esports Champion Tiffany Penner

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Ep. 78: Virtually a Niche Within a Niche with Biketerra founder Matt Gibbs

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Ep. 77: Matt Smithson talks $1 Million MyWhoosh Championship and UCI Worlds

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Ep. 76: The Anatomy of a Record-Setting 24-Hour Zwift Ride

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Ep. 75: CEO Petr Samek on Rouvy’s Rise Up the Virtual Cycling Ranks to #2

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Ep. 74: Breaking barriers, transforming lives, and building future champions: How cycling esports drives Masaka’s mission in Uganda

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Ep. 73: Is elite cyclist Illi Gardner the best pure climber of her generation?

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Ep. 72: Aussie Cycling Esports National Champs Kate Trdin and Josh Harris

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Ep. 71: Zwift Games 25 Men’s Champion Neal Fryett—Under the Radar, First Over the Line

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Ep. 70: Conny Björnehall—Making Cycling Esports a Household Name

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Ep. 69: Michael Vink—Full Circle From MyWhoosh to UAE Team Emirates and Back to Cycling Esports

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Ep. 68: Nutrition Coach and Influencer Kate MacLeod-Cycling Esports Performance Insights

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Ep. 67: Dean Cunningham-Championing Change in Cycling Esports

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Ep. 66: Inside Cycling Canada’s Esports Strategy with Josh Peacock

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Ep. 65: The Team Behind the Success of Women’s Team—AEONIAN

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Ep. 64: Bike Racer, Heart Surgery Survivor, and Advocate, Cody McKay

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Ep. 63: CVR Cup and Smash Your Fitness Founder Frank Garcia

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Ep. 62: Cycling Esports Superstar Gabi Guerra

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Ep. 61: NeXT eSports pb Enshored Cycling Team President Greg Abbott

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Ep. 60: Zwift Pauses Elite Racing—Community Weighs In On Smart Trainer Issues

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Ep. 59: Eric Hill Announces 2024/25 Echelon Racing League & USA Cycling Esports Nationals

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Ep. 58: Training Peaks’ Dirk Friel and indieVelo’s Dr. George Gilbert on Formation of Training Peaks Virtual

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Ep. 57: 2024 Women's UCI Cycling Esports World Champion, New Zealand's Kate McCarthy

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Ep. 56: On the Eve of the Cycling Esports World Championships with UCI’s Jacob Fraser and MyWhoosh’s Matt Smithson

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Ep. 55: Cycling Esports’ First Men’s World Champion Jason Osborne

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Ep. 54: UCI's Cycling Esports Coordinator Jacob Fraser

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Ep. 53: Danish Cycling Union’s Esports Director Martin Wang Hjørngaard

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Ep. 52: Cycling Esports Superstar Lou Bates

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Ep. 51: Hayden "Farmwatts" Pucker is the New Breed of Cycling Esports

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Ep. 50: MyWhoosh's Matt Smithson, 2024 Cycling Esports World Championship Semi-Final Recap & Live Final Preview

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Ep. 49: Mt. Washington Record Holder & Cycling Esports Star Kristen Kulchinsky w/Coach Josh Lipka

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Ep. 48: AthleteAnalytiX Founder Bjoern Ossenbrink

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Ep. 47: Elyse Gallegos is 100% All In For Cycling Esports

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Ep. 46: FRR’s Richard Vale on the Groundbreaking MYTIKAS Games & Cycling Esports News Update

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Ep. 45: The Research Team Leading the UCI's Smart Trainer Standardization Program

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Ep. 44: Anti-Cheating Esports Researcher Dr. Andrew Richardson and the 2024/25 Zwift Elite Race Book Breakdown

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Ep. 43: Aussie Cycling Esports Indoor Specialists Kate Trdin and Josh Harris

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Ep. 42: indieVelo's Dr. George Gilbert, Watts Aren't Watts in the Present and Future of Defining Virtual Sport

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Ep. 41: The Virtual Velo Podcast Ushers In a New Era

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Ep. 40: Ex-Zwift Performance Team Employee Flint McInnis

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Ep. 39: Lionel Vujasin and Ollie Jones, Zwift Games Championship or MyWhoosh Sunday Race Club? And In-Person Performance Testing in Abu Dhabi

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Ep. 38: Live From The Birthplace of Zwift Cycling Esports with Brian Duffy

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Ep. 37: Why MyWhoosh, not Zwift? The UCI Answers. The Reaction with Zach Nehr!

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Ep. 36: 2024 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships & SRC Annulments Update with MyWhoosh’s Matt Smithson

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Ep. 35: Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio, Cycling Esports’ First World Champion and Role Model

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Ep. 34: WTRL’s Martin Carew Talks Zwift Racing League

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Ep. 33: MyWhoosh Speaks Publicly For the 1st Time and The Zwift Games

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Ep. 32: Echelon Racing Returns to Zwift, USA Cycling National Championships, and Zwift Grand Prix Round One Controversy

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Ep. 31: From Virtual to Real-World Victory with Kristen Kulchinsky, the $100,000 Zwift Grand Prix, and Exciting News From the UCI

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Ep. 30: This Season on Zwift-The Racer's Edition

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Ep. 29: MyWhoosh, Zwift, the UCI, & the Esports World Championships—Wuht just happened?

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Ep. 28: Zwift’s Winningest Elite Esports Racer James Joseph Barnes

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Ep. 27: indieVelo’s Dr. George Gilbert on the Innovation That Could Transform the Cycling Esports Landscape

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Ep. 26: Was the Olympic Esports Series a Success For Cycling Esports, with Zach Nehr!

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Ep. 25: indieVelo Founder and Former Zwift Esports Chair Dr. George Gilbert

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Ep. 24: Zwift Play, Multi-input Beta Gaming Experience, and What it Means For Zwift As We Know It

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Ep. 23: 66-Day Nutrition Challenge Wrap-up with Winner, Shawn McAfee

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Ep. 22: Elite Cyclist Richard Barry is Live and In-Person!

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Ep. 21: Elite Cyclist Zoe Langham and Adam Thorpe’s Pro Partnership

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Ep. 20: Machine Learning and AI in Cycling Coaching feat. Coach Shayne Gaffney

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Ep 19: Elite Zwift Cyclist Marc Mäding Overcame On and Off the Bike

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Ep 18: Elite Zwift Cyclist Jacqueline Godbe is Much More Than 3rd in the Esports World

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Ep. 17: 2023 Cycling Esports Worlds Wrap up with Winner Bjorn Andreassen and Lionel Vujasin

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Ep. 16: Team USA 2023 Cycling Esports Worlds Preview with Jenn Real and Zach Nehr

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Ep. 15: Worlds Predictions and Esports Future with US Nats Champ Holden Comeau

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Ep. 14: J Bruhn is Esports Feel Good Story

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Ep. 13: The Legend and Lure of Matt Yankow

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Ep. 12: If Zwiftin’s a Crime, Then Give me Time with Saris NoPinz Michael Egan

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Ep 11: The Mercurial Fin Elite Esports Cyclist Teppo Laurio

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Ep. 10: The Death of the Cycling Off-Season with Zwift’s Coach Shayne Gaffney

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Ep. 9: Zwift Academy Finalist Liz Van Houweling

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Ep. 8: Cycling Esports Legend Lionel Vujasin!

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Ep. 7: What’s New, Exciting, and All The Whining About on Zwift!

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Ep. 6: The DIRT Dad Fundo Across America check in with Chris!

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Ep. 5: A Day in the Life of Zwift Community Live’s Nathan Guerra and Dave Towle

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Ep. 4: One Woman’s World of Esports with Special Guest Team USAs and World #1 ranked Zwifter Liz Van Houweling

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Ep. 3: Panel Discussion-Is Wahoo/RGT a Good Thing For the Virtual Cycling Community?

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Ep. 2: Glucose Monitoring and the Recreational and Competitive Cyclist

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Ep. 1: Some Cyclists Aren't Virtual Cyclists - Who Knew?