This article originally appeared on BikeRadar
How does the chance to join a professional road cycling team sound? If you want to see just how far you can push your cycling fitness and skills, you might just get yourself a place on the Canyon//SRAM women's team for 2017 - and you can do it all from the comfort of your own home with the Zwift Academy. Well, nearly.
Zwift is an online training video game that allows you to ride virtually with hundreds, even thousands, of riders around the world. All you need is a laptop with the Zwift app installed, a smart trainer and power meter if you have one, or a simple trainer with a speed/cadence sensor, so long as they're ANT+ or Bluetooth devices.
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Your customisable avatar (including gender, clothing, etc) rides through virtual environments, including flat routes, climbs and cobbled sections, while other riders online ride around you. You might even spot a pro or two as you ride.
It certainly injects fun into indoor training sessions, and with functionality including new group ride capabilities, mountainous stages, and the ability to communicate with other riders, not to mention a stats-rich display, it's easy to see why it might be the perfect way to identify road cycling talent of the future.
What is the Zwift Academy?
Essentially, the Academy is a year long training and vetting process that will, at the end of the year, result in one woman being selected to join the Canyon//SRAM pro women's team.
Zwift are sponsors of Canyon//SRAM, the UCI 4th ranked team in the world which includes riders such as Trixi Worrack, Tiffany Cromwell and Hannah Barnes, and it's in collaboration with the team that the idea for the Zwift Academy came about. With the metrics that Zwift can record, it allows remote monitoring of a rider's performance, and is perfectly positioned for talent spotting.
Something for everyone
How to get involved in the Canyon//SRAM Zwift Academy
- Laptop or computer with Zwift app and internet access
- Smart trainer with power meter OR turbo trainer with ANT+ cadence/speed sensor OR Wattbike
- ANT+ stick or Smartphone with Bluetooth connectivity to pair your trainer to PC/Mac
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