Zwift

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Zwift racer banned for hacking data tries MyWhoosh... gets ... (road.cc)

In December, Eddy Hoole was sacked by his team and banned from Zwift racing for six months for cheating during a world championships qualifier.

According to Zwift's investigation, Hoole's 526w attack at his given weight "equates to a sustained average power output of approx. 85 mL/min/kg)." The platform told DC Rainmaker... Eddy Hoole has violated Clause 1.4.5.3 of the MyWhoosh ruleset for participating in a MyWhoosh esports race while serving a suspension from Cycling South Africa Responding promptly to a complaint from a rider who called Hoole "the most famous virtual cycling cheater ever", MyWhoosh disqualified the South African racer, saying he has also been suspended "until further notice" for participating in a race while suspended by his national governing body. The disgraced virtual cycling racer, banned from Zwift races for six months, suspended by Cycling South Africa and sacked by his team after hacking data during a world championships qualifier has now been disqualified from a MyWhoosh event and suspended from all of the platforms future races until further notice.

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Rider disqualified from Zwift UCI World Championships hit with ... (Cycling Weekly)

South African Eddy Hoole disqualified by MyWhoosh due to Hoole's suspension by Cycling South Africa.

By Christopher Schwenker • Published Tom is a News and Features Writer at Cycling Weekly, and previously worked in communications at Oxford Brookes University. “After an internal investigation, the MyWhoosh Cycling Esports Race Commission has annulled Eddy Hoole’s participation from March 12th’s Sunday Race Club… “At MyWhoosh we are committed to ensuring fair racing is maintained. The Sunday Race Club competition can carry a prize pool of up to $314,000 USD. He was then banned for six months and let go by his team Toyota CRYO RDT.

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Rider disqualified from Zwift UCI World Championships hit with ... (Yahoo Sports)

South African Eddy Hoole disqualified by MyWhoosh due to Hoole's suspension by Cycling South Africa.

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