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L'Étape Brasil goes virtual with Santander and Mitsubishi Motors as main sponsors
Sep 22nd — 2022
São Paulo, Brazil / For the first time, the Campos do Jordão circuit of L'Étape Brasil will be ridden simultaneously in the real and in the virtual world on ROUVY.
La Vuelta Virtual ‘22 Summary - 7K riders worldwide, a winner from Belgium and 5K Euro for inclusive cycling
Sep 15th — 2022
Madrid, Spain / La Vuelta Virtual on ROUVY, last weekend, had a magnificent wrap up in Madrid. Everyone witnessed the amazing story of Ward Simons who became the first winner of La Vuelta Virtual ‘22 at the in-person Grand Final. The pharmacist from Belgium managed to beat 9 competitors on the stage placed in the center of Madrid near Plaza de la Lealtad.
The digital twin of the CHALLENGE SANREMO is set for Sep 15th, one week before the actual race
Sep 13th — 2022
Almere, Netherlands / Challenge Family and ROUVY continue to digitize the best triathlon locations around the world. Now with the Challenge Almere behind, the next stop is the middle-distance triathlon in the Ligurian region. The international tri community and Sanremo participants are set to recon the bike course segments in the online race on ROUVY with the Brazilian-Italian pro, Guilherme Muglia, aka “Gui”.
La Vuelta’s Virtual and Real Grand Final in Madrid - Ride along with the Champions from home!
Sep 8th — 2022
Madrid, Spain / After a series of online qualification races on ROUVY, the open epic grand finale on the ZYCLE smart ZBikes will take place as an in-person and online event in Madrid on Sept 11th, at the closing stage of the real La Vuelta. The qualified finalists will ride against the former Olympian and MTB World Champion, José Hermida, in a battle for the crown of the virtual peloton.
Popular eSports platform ROUVY introduces the first augmented indoor cycling integration with Strava Live Segments
Aug 31st — 2022
Prague/San-Francisco - Today, ROUVY announces a new integration with Strava to bring Strava Live Segments to over 1M athletes on ROUVY’s popular esports platform. Strava is the leading social platform for athletes and the largest sports community in the world with over 100M athletes on the platform. Strava Live Segments give another dimension of excitement to the ROUVY experience, providing motivation to compete on a Strava segment from the trainer like you would on a stretch of road or trail outdoors.
‘La Vuelta Virtual’ starts along the real La Vuelta ‘22
Aug 18th — 2022
Madrid, Spain / August 18th, 2022 - Vuelta a España kicks off on Aug 19th in Utrecht in the Netherlands. On the same day, ROUVY, the official, multi-year provider of La Vuelta Virtual, launches the immersive, multi-stage digital version of the 2022 Spanish Grand Tour. Available for anyone from home, the community racers will fight along with the pros on the same maps. Racers have the unique opportunity to ride the real LV roads online even before the World Tour stars do it. The in-person Grand Finale for LV Virtual will wrap up the series on Sept 11 in Madrid with the best of the racers competing on Zycle stationary bikes in the LV VIP zone. 15 racing days and 800 digitized kms from the LV 22 promise discovery of new beautiful landscapes, exciting battles and great valuable prizes.
‘La Vuelta Virtual 22’ Warm-Up Racing Weekend #4 - August
Aug 1st — 2022
Madrid, Spain / The ‘La Vuelta Virtual 22’ Warm-Up Racing Series is wrapping up with the August community events on ROUVY. The Italian bike influencer Elisa Scarlatta and riders from the UCI Pro Team Equipo Kern Pharma invite everyone to ride and race with them from home, to earn a chance at winning the VIP visit to the La Vuelta Grand Finale in Madrid and getting some valuable prizes from ZYCLE, Europcar and La Vuelta.
‘La Vuelta Virtual 22’ Warm-Up Racing Weekend #2 - July
Jul 4th — 2022
Madrid, Spain / The ‘La Vuelta Virtual 22’ Warm-Up Racing Series continues with the July community events on ROUVY. The former MTB World Champion Jose Hermida and riders from the UCI Pro Team Equipo Kern Pharma invite everyone to ride and race with them from home, to earn a chance at getting some great and valuable prizes from ZYCLE, Europcar and La Vuelta.
ROUVY adds Gravel routes, support for STRAVA outdoor rides and Outdoor Achievements for more training fun and inspiration
Jun 23rd — 2022
Prague, Czech Republic / ROUVY, the indoor cycling app, adds Strava outdoor cycling activities to ROUVY CAREER. Other platform updates include numerous new augmented routes, a fresh ‘Gravel & Off-road’ category and Outdoor Achievements.
‘La Vuelta Virtual 22’ June’s Warm-Up Racing Series - Win A VIP Experience in Madrid from home
Jun 16th — 2022
Madrid, Spain / Preparation for Vuelta a España kicks off next week with the open virtual events with the riders from the UCI Pro Team Equipo Kern Pharma and SCOTT CALA BANDIDA. ROUVY, the official, multi-year provider of La Vuelta Virtual, presents the immersive, “virtual and real” multi-stage digital version of the 2022 Spanish Grand Tour. Available for anyone from home, the community racers will fight for the trip to an in-person grand finale in Madrid and the Vuelta’s VIP experience. The series of events over the next 3 months promises the exciting warm up and great valuable prizes from ZYCLE, Europcar and La Vuelta.
The VIRTUAL TOUR DE SUISSE on ROUVY - Discover Beautiful Switzerland on Bike from Home
Jun 9th — 2022
Grenchen, Switzerland / Cyclists of all levels are invited to explore the beauty of the professional Tour de Suisse online via ROUVY, the Official Digital Partner of the Swiss tour. Mapped on the segments of the same courses as the actual 2022 pro race, the virtual community races will run from June 13th to 19th, along the real stages and on the same days as the PROs ride.
Virtual Challenge Family’s Month of Iconic Races to pre-ride on ROUVY: Challenge Roth, Kaiserwinkl-Walchsee and others
Jun 2nd — 2022
Almere, Netherlands / Challenge Family and ROUVY announce a month full of Challenge Family virtual races in various iconic locations. Roth, Kaiserwinkl-Walchsee, St Polten, Wales and Gunsan-Saemangeum are all available as prep-rides for the official races. Those athletes, racing outdoors, have a great opportunity to train for their bike leg in advance, while the rest of the international tri-loving community can experience the iconic events just from home, with a chance to meet the pro stars online.
“Journey to Pro Cycling” video series, Episode 1 - SARIS ROUVY SAUERLAND Team on GCN
May 26th — 2022
Eslohe, Germany / The UCI Continental SARIS ROUVY Sauerland Team invites all to follow the Team’s journey in the fight to reach the Pro Tour level. Produced by GCN, the 1st Episode covers the open virtual Pro-Chasing series and training camp in Girona, where young riders from different countries competed in the final to get a contract and become a part of the team roster.
ROUVY Ghosts’ Comeback - 10 Virtual Pace Bots to make the indoor cycling session more fun
May 23rd — 2022
Prague, Czech Republic / ROUVY, a popular indoor training app, releases an update which introduces the advanced version of its virtual bots. Riders of all fitness levels, searching for added motivation and fun, can use this optional feature to always have the company of an equally performing team around their own avatar. The feature comes along with the improved functionality of the Unlimited Virtual Partners that enables simulation of the race or group ride of any scale, all based on real public record data.
The Digital ‘22 TOUR DE SUISSE CHALLENGE - VIP Guest Experience is up for grabs
May 19th — 2022
Grenchen, Switzerland / Cyclists and fitness enthusiasts are invited to explore the beauty of one of the ‘Top 5’ stage road races in the world on ROUVY, the Official Digital Partner of Tour de Suisse. Mapped on the segments of the same courses as the actual, upcoming tour of 2022, the open Tour de Suisse Challenge sets the preparation for June 12th - 19th virtual and real races. The digital Challenge gives the unique opportunity to ride the real courses from home, before the Pros do it, and a chance to win a VIP experience, to watch the World Tour stars on-site at a hand-touch distance.
Outdoor rides from Garmin devices added to ROUVY CAREER for more training fun and better motivation
May 11th — 2022
Prague, Czech Republic / ROUVY, the indoor cycling platform, adds outdoor rides and achievements to ROUVY CAREER for Garmin® cyclists. Revamped at the beginning of this year, ROUVY Career 2.0 is a multi-year ongoing motivational system for cycling both indoors and outdoors. Any athlete or fitness enthusiast, registered on ROUVY and currently uploading activities to Garmin Connect™, automatically enrolls to a fun virtual journey around the world to become a ‘Legend’ one day.
The 2nd Virtual Edition of the stage race series “PEDALITALY Giro di Sera”
May 5th — 2022
Lucca, Toscana (Italy) / From May 10th, the global cycling community will be competing virtually on beautiful, real-life courses across Italy on ROUVY. The course segments are the same and are on the same days as the first grand tour of the season. Those who can’t visit Italy in May for the bike trip are welcome to ride these routes from the best Italian races from home.
ROUVY to host a 3rd Virtual Edition of The German UCI Classic ESCHBORN-FRANKFURT
Apr 27th — 2022
Frankfurt, Germany / Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Radsports, the race event organizer behind ESCHBORN-FRANKFURT and DEUTSCHLAND TOUR, will host the virtual German Classic on ROUVY at the same time as the actual race. On May 1st, the international community will be able to watch and race in one of the greatest cycling festivals of Germany - ESCHBORN-FRANKFURT - from home.
Virtual Tour “Around The World with Giant & Liv”
Apr 20th — 2022
Giant & Liv welcome every cycling enthusiast and athlete to explore the world on ROUVY. After the previous “Tour of Africa by Giant & Liv”, the new series inspires all athletes to explore 14 exciting routes from 7 countries live online. This spring season will be full of weekly group rides. The action is supported by ROUVY’s cool 1:1 implemented Giant TCR and Liv Langma road bikes, allowing to explore Italian Alps, Australian metropoly, the Spanish Grand Tour, Taiwanese and Tanzanian horizons and Slovenian roads - birthplace of many famous cycling champions. It’s all available for enjoyment from the comfort of everyone’s indoor cycling spot!
Brazilian Virtual Cycling is bronze in the Sport Innovation Award of the Brazilian Olympic Committee
Mar 31st — 2022
Salvador, Brazil / Brazilian Virtual Cycling, powered by ROUVY, received a Sport Innovation Award in the Esport Innovation Project category at the 2nd Brazilian Olympic Congress.