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UCI eSports World Championship: Germany's rower Jason Osborne becomes world champion

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UCI eSports World Championship

Cycling: madness! At the first UCI eSports World Championship in the history of cycling, a German rower is crowned world champion. Jason Osborne takes gold! In the women's competition, South African Ashleigh Moolman was successful on her birthday.

Jason Osborne celebrates first digital world title

He can row. He can cycle. And he can now even call himself the first digital cycling world champion. Jason osborne has duped the cycling elite in Watopia on Zwift. After a little over an hour, the 26-year-old attacked on the final climb. The attack was prepared by a colleague Jonas Rapp. The competition – which previously put pressure on mainly from Canada and Belgium – could no longer keep up. When Jonas Rapp finished his preliminary work, Jason Osborne pulled through to the finish line. World Champion! The Danes anders foldager and Nicklas pedersen only places two and three remained with a deficit of 1,74 and 2,09 seconds respectively. The Canadians, who are so strong, even went away empty-handed.

BDR team boss Tim Böhme:
"It wasn't planned that way. But we used the experience from the women's race. Jonas got the signal from our good sport director and gave it his all when he noticed that Jason was behind him. He then took the right power-up and pulled it off. Jason Osborne just has an amazing engine.”

Ashleigh Moolman gifts herself

In the women's World Championship race Ashleigh moolman the perfect birthday gift homemade. The 35-year-old South African became the first UCI eSports World Champion. About 900 meters before the finish, she attacked on the climb and could not be overtaken. The Australian positioned herself just behind her Sarah Giant in front of the Swede Cecilia Hansen. The race ended in disappointment for the Americans, who were extremely well represented in the first group. Ultimately, six of them finished in the top 10, but not a single one received a medal.

Tags:anders foldagerAshleigh moolmanBDRCecilia HansenGermanyeSportsesports world cupJason osborneJonas RappNicklas pedersenSarah GiantTim BoehmeUCI eSports World ChampionshipWeltmeisterschaftWMZwift

About Michael Behringer

Cycling with all its tactics, stage analyses, placements and forecasts are Michael Behringer's great passion. In 1996 he tracked his first Tour de France. Since then he has observed almost every race. His passion for cycling has been with him for over two decades. There is no end in sight.