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ArticleSports (Basel, Switzerland)2025

From Amateur to Professional Cycling: A Case Study on the Training Characteristics of a Zwift Academy Winner.

Daniel Gotti, Roberto Codella, Luca Vergallito, Andrea Meloni, Tommaso Arrighi, Antonio La Torre, Luca Filipas

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Article in Sports (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Daniel GottiDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Roberto CodellaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20122 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1608-1899
Luca VergallitoDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Andrea MeloniDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Tommaso ArrighiDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Antonio La TorreDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20122 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4987-2024
Luca FilipasDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20122 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3828-9626

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to describe the training leading to the Zwift Academy (ZA) Finals of a world-class road cyclist who earned a professional contract after winning the contest. Four years of daily power meter data were analyzed (male, 25 years old, 68 kg, VO

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cycling performanceendurance training strategiesexercise adherencepublic health implications of virtual cyclingtraining periodizationZwift Academy (ZA)

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PMCPMC12298706

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