Top men's and women's WorldTour teams will compete in Zwift's virtual points race "Tour for All (open in new tab)" next week, with the competition being broadcast live on Eurosport and Global Cycling Network (GCN).

The five-stage virtual race will take place from May 4-8 from 15:00 to 17:00 (CEST) and will feature the men's team Alpecin Phoenix, Bahrain McLaren, CCC Team, Groupama FDJ, Israel Startup Nation, NTT, Rally Cycling, Team Cofidis, Mitchelton Scott, and EF Pro Cycling will participate.

Boels Dolmans, Canyon/SRAM Racing, CCC Liv, Drops, FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope, Team Twenty20, Team Chibco Silicon Valley Bank, Valcar Travel & Services, and Rally Cycling. women's competitors.

The men and women will compete in separate races, with the women competing before the men, and the television coverage will be evenly split.

The pro race series will also launch a month-long effort to raise funds for Médecins Sans Frontières' COVID-19 crisis fund, with 250,000 Zwift users completing one stage of the Tour for All, Zwift will donate $125,000 to the fund.

"We are excited to finally announce this new exhibition series in collaboration with GCN and Eurosport to bring high-level racing and top-class entertainment to cycling fans around the world," said Eric Min, CEO and co-founder of Zwift. said Eric Min.

"Over the past few months, we have offered many unique experiences and opportunities to ride with the stars of the World Tour peloton. And what better way to kick off our charity month, Tour for All, in support of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), than to host this men's and women's exhibition race."

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This pro event adds a new level of competition not seen in the Digital Swiss 5, where there is no drafting advantage and each stage is pure power. The Tour-for-All requires more strategy, and the overall winning team will be determined by the standings in each race and the points awarded in the intermediate sprints. The "queen stage," which finishes at the top of the Alpes du Zwift, is awarded double points.

Power-up bonuses on the Zwift platform allow riders to use the bonuses to gain temporary aerodynamic, weight, and drafting boosts, become undraftable, or become invisible for sneak attacks, further enhance.

The race opens with a relatively flat first stage on Zwift, a simulation of the Innsbruck World Championship course. Riders compete over 52.9 km with only 72 m of elevation gain, with intermediate sprints every six laps and points (5,4,3,2,1) awarded to the top five finishers. The final sprint of the stage is 25 points for 25th place.

Stage 2 is a 46.2 km, 5 laps of the World Championship course in Richmond, with a KOM sprint on two climbs of the course (Libby Hill and 23rd Street), with the top 3 finishers.

The third stage is a 72.9 km, 981 m climb in Watopia, with one intermediate sprint, KOM points at Watopia Hill and Volcano (for the top 5 finishers), and an "epic" KOM finish (for the top 25 finishers).

The final stage is a mostly flat Watopia circuit, 42.6 km long with 147 m of climbing and two KOM point sprints, followed by the queen stage, a 46.5 km long, 1710 m climbing Alpes du Zwift route in Watopia. This route includes three KOM sprints (Titansgrove, Epic, and the final climb which awards 35 points to the winner).