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Perceptions of Cheating and Doping in E-Cycling
E-cycling is a growing area of cycling appealing to competitive cyclists and fitness enthusiasts. Zwift is the most popular e-cycling platform, with approx. 1 million subscribers and is a virtual environment that hosts regular races, including the UCI e-cycling world championships. The popularity of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10611401/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37888528 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports11100201 |
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description | E-cycling is a growing area of cycling appealing to competitive cyclists and fitness enthusiasts. Zwift is the most popular e-cycling platform, with approx. 1 million subscribers and is a virtual environment that hosts regular races, including the UCI e-cycling world championships. The popularity of Zwift has given rise to cases of cheating and hacking the system to gain an advantage in e-racing. As a result, some high-profile professional riders have faced bans. We set out to understand the thoughts and concerns e-cyclists have about cheating, hacking, and doping in e-cycling. A total of 337 females and 1130 males were recruited over a 7-week period via social networking sites to complete an online survey. Forty-four per cent had experienced cheating during e-racing, which made them feel angry, annoyed, disappointed, and cheated. However, 15% of those who experienced cheating said they did not care, possibly because many see e-racing as a game or training tool rather than a competitive event. Eighty-seven per cent of participants were in favour of enforcing a ban on cheaters in e-cycling, while 34% wanted cheaters to be banned during in-person cycling events too. Results indicate that many e-cyclists have experienced cheating and would like clearer rules and bans for cheaters during e-races. |
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spelling | pubmed-106114012023-10-28 Perceptions of Cheating and Doping in E-Cycling Richardson, Andrew Berger, Nicolas Smith, Phillip Sports (Basel) Communication E-cycling is a growing area of cycling appealing to competitive cyclists and fitness enthusiasts. Zwift is the most popular e-cycling platform, with approx. 1 million subscribers and is a virtual environment that hosts regular races, including the UCI e-cycling world championships. The popularity of Zwift has given rise to cases of cheating and hacking the system to gain an advantage in e-racing. As a result, some high-profile professional riders have faced bans. We set out to understand the thoughts and concerns e-cyclists have about cheating, hacking, and doping in e-cycling. A total of 337 females and 1130 males were recruited over a 7-week period via social networking sites to complete an online survey. Forty-four per cent had experienced cheating during e-racing, which made them feel angry, annoyed, disappointed, and cheated. However, 15% of those who experienced cheating said they did not care, possibly because many see e-racing as a game or training tool rather than a competitive event. Eighty-seven per cent of participants were in favour of enforcing a ban on cheaters in e-cycling, while 34% wanted cheaters to be banned during in-person cycling events too. Results indicate that many e-cyclists have experienced cheating and would like clearer rules and bans for cheaters during e-races. MDPI 2023-10-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10611401/ /pubmed/37888528 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports11100201 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Communication Richardson, Andrew Berger, Nicolas Smith, Phillip Perceptions of Cheating and Doping in E-Cycling |
title | Perceptions of Cheating and Doping in E-Cycling |
title_full | Perceptions of Cheating and Doping in E-Cycling |
title_fullStr | Perceptions of Cheating and Doping in E-Cycling |
title_full_unstemmed | Perceptions of Cheating and Doping in E-Cycling |
title_short | Perceptions of Cheating and Doping in E-Cycling |
title_sort | perceptions of cheating and doping in e-cycling |
topic | Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10611401/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37888528 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports11100201 |
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