The professional riders’ union, the CPA, has called for athletes to have a say in whether their personal data is shared during e-racing events.
E-racing – typically on Zwift – is a relatively young, but growing discipline and as such regulations are still being fine-tuned.
Earlier this year, British Cycling held the inaugural eRacing national championships, only for the winner to be fined, banned and stripped of his title because the bike he rode in the final had only been earned through simulated efforts.
Zwift and the UCI have agreed to host the first ever UCI Cycling Esports World Championships next year.
CPA president Gianni Bugno welcomed the growth in e-racing and said that pro road racers could bring “kudos and value” to the discipline. However, he also warned that regulations would need to be looked at, specifically with regards to the sharing of personal data.
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The spectacle of e-racing relies heavily on data with the presentation of power figures providing viewers with the opportunity to quantify the efforts of riders. Bugno said that whether or not this information were visible should be down to individual riders.
“We believe protecting the riders' freedom of choice concerning the sharing of their sensitive data (heart rate, height, weight, watts per kg, etc.) is a matter of paramount importance,” he said. “Riders must be free to decide individually whether to let the teams release their data – and = if so, at what cost – or to use their data personally for promotional reasons, or even to keep them entirely private.
“Sensitive data is the individual rider's exclusive property and cannot be shared without their permission. The use of riders' data in the e-sports context has broad legal and commercial implications that must be dealt with by the governing body of cycling, alongside all stakeholders, as soon as possible.”
I have no idea why he was banned. I was just referring to his strange belief that you shouldn't cycle to social events.
If you'll forgive me, that's a slopey-shouldered red herring if ever I saw one....
I appreciate you including the substantial evidence to backup your claims. Oh wait
i would imgaine things will be sold in lots rtaher than individually....hard to imagine the logistics of selling that much stock one by one...so...
cyclists cling to familiarity...
Sounds like a good case for increasing the level of punishment that the courts can impose...
I can't figure out how these "hi-viz" proponents managed to make out the bloke in the picture.
No way, London. Holy cow what were the chances of something like this happening there? QED
Interestingly I raised this article and video on Saturday, this must have been a follow up article....
Eben Weiss has run a couple of articles recently about a thing called a SoftRide which was a 'brilliant' idea that never caught on, a couple of...