Four Irish riders will take part in the UCI Cycling eSports
World Championships Semi-Finals on Friday, 6th of September.
Richard Barry, Colin Clavin, Stuart Millar and Chris Dawson will all don the virtual green, and hope to make it through to the finals. Dawson comes into the event fresh off the back of a strong performance at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, competing in both Olympic length and short track cross-country events. Richie Sheerin will act as Directeur sportif for the event.
The top 20 riders from these semi-finals will go on to represent
their country at the finals, an in-person event in Abu-Dhabi on October 26th.
The semi-final is composed of two events. Stage 1 is a one
lap Points Race on an 8.9km route, featuring 200m of climbing with a maximum
gradient of 16.5%. Stage 1 begins at 7.30pm, before Stage 2, which is comprised
of 8 laps of a mostly flat 4km route beginning at 8pm.
The cumulative points from the two races will determine the
riders’ final rankings.
This competition is run using MyWhoosh software, and
MyWhoosh subscribers can watch the event with their account. Others wishing to
watch the event can tune in on YouTube.
The full race book and details for the semi-finals and finals can be found here.