![]() “He took on with an amazing effort, something we’ve almost never seen before”…“that is one of the best efforts, I literally have ever seen for a catch on Zwift, to go flying right on by, Eddy Hoole just did what I thought was absolutely impossible”. Just after crossing the line ( 41:23), announcer Nathan Guerra says: You can listen to the announcers astounded as Eddy inexplicably closes the gap from the peloton to the two leaders, passing them as Nathan Guerra says he “comes flying back like they’re standing still”, ultimately taking the win and qualification spot: At times breaking over 10 w/kg, in the middle of this extended climb. In doing so he’s holding 8 w/kg up this hill for some 4 minutes in duration. Mere moments later at 37:28, rider Eddy Hoole starts a breakaway from the pack at the base of the final climb of the race – a daunting multi-minute climb to the finish. And certainly sloth is not the issue out here, but greed might be.” “I don’t know all 7 of the deadly sins, but I know two of them are greed and sloth. It’s at that moment, right before the offending action occurred, one of the two announcers, Dave Towle, says ( at 34:38), and I quote: Two riders had broken away from the pack, while the main pack, including our man in question Eddy Hoole, were back quite a ways. The 27.2km race of Roule Ma Poule had been progressing normally, but there was one final ~100m ascent for the last couple kilometers, with a hill-top finish. Most notably, the livestream even had webcams from some riders – including the individual in question. Additionally, the winner got an automatic ticket to the world championships. This qualifier included 124 starters, with 50 of those advancing to the next race. ![]() That race even had a livestream of it, whereby 5,978 people watched the event unfold. That doesn’t occur till mid-February, when everyone is solidly sick of trainers. This particular race was for Europe & Africa, though of course, the World Championships cover, ya know, the world. An Unbelievable Mountaintop Finish:īack on November 13th, 2022, Zwift had a continental qualifier event for the upcoming UCI Cycling Esports World Championships. In this case, arguably it’s the very brazenness of not just the tech, but the race finish usage of it, that outed him. Mind you, these are only the ones where people have been caught and publicly flogged. However, what fascinates me about them is just how increasingly technically brazen riders cheaters are getting with these. Races where you’ve agreed to a set of terms, agreed to certain verification standards, etc… These aren’t being done on your run-of-the-mill DIRT events. To be clear, Zwift is only doing cheating bans on essentially pro-level races. ![]() So why am I writing about this? Well, I’ve long found these Zwift cheating bans interesting. As for the titles, feel free to add your own in the comments section. ![]() The titles I considered writing here were:ġ) UCI Esports World Championship Qualifier Banned after Spicy Real-Time Manipulation of Data StreamĢ) Zwift Race Cheating Gets Even More Covertly Brazen During UCI World Championship Qualifierģ) Previously Outlined Zwift Cheating Hack Actually Implemented in UCI eSports World ChampionshipsĪll would work, and there are many more potential good ones! However, I don’t think any of those titles really capture just how ballsy this particular attack is, and more importantly, how big of a deal it is going forward to UCI’s Esports World Championship series. ![]() They’re all too factual, and usually too boring. ![]()
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