Are you the next Jay Vine or Neve Bradbury? Zwift Academy registration is now open with a pro contract on the line

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published 15 July 2024

Do you have what it takes to go pro? Here's your chance to prove it.

The Zwift Academy, the indoor cycling platform's renowned talent identification programme, is now open for registration. The programme will run from August 5 through November 3rd, at which time the winner will receive a contract with either Canyon-SRAM's or Alpecin-Deceuninck's development team for 2025.

Several Zwift Academy winners have gone on to race on the WorldTour and are still racing today, including Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates), winner of the 2023 Tour Down Under, two Vuelta a España stages and the 2022 UCI World Esports Championship. On the women's side, Australian Neve Bradbury won the 2020 Zwift Academy, and just last week she won the Queen Stage, Young Rider Classification, and finished third overall at the Giro d'Italia Women.

Dan Fleeman, Performance Director at Canyon-SRAM added, “We crafted the Zwift Academy programme this year to really push the boundaries for all entrants, to take all riders through a series of workouts that mirror the demands of WorldTour level racing, based on real WorldTour data. We know the riders that earn the contracts with both Alpecin - Deceuninck and CANYON//SRAM will have extremely bright careers as professional cyclists ahead of them.”

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Cycling Weekly's North American Editor, Anne-Marije Rook is old school. She holds a degree in journalism and started out as a newspaper reporter — in print! She can even be seen bringing a pen and notepad to the press conference.

Originally from The Netherlands, she grew up a bike commuter and didn't find bike racing until her early twenties when living in Seattle, Washington. Strengthened by the many miles spent darting around Seattle's hilly streets on a steel single speed, Rook's progression in the sport was a quick one. As she competed at the elite level, her journalism career followed, and soon she became a full-time cycling journalist. She's now been a cycling journalist for 11 years.

Are you the next Jay Vine or Neve Bradbury? Zwift Academy registration is now open with a pro contract on the line

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