Ride on Zwift. Race on ECRO.
ECRO (E-Cycling Race Organization) is a competitive racing league built on Zwift. It brings the structure, strategy, and excitement of professional road cycling to the platform—a full season calendar, fair categorization, team contracts and transfers, automated results processing, race integrity monitoring, and season-long championship standings. ECRO turns individual Zwift races into a connected, year-long competition.
How It Works
Race on Zwift.
ECRO events are run inside Zwift. You join them the same way you'd join any Zwift event. The difference is what happens after.
Results processed automatically.
After each event, ECRO captures your results from Zwift, applies its scoring and integrity systems, and publishes official standings. Points, penalties, time gaps, team scoring... all handled automatically.
Compete all season.
Your results accumulate across the entire season. Individual race points, Grand Tour GC standings, series championships, and team competition all run simultaneously. The more you race, the more you earn.
The 2026 Season
The 2026 ECRO World Tour features 77 races across a full season from March through October. The calendar mirrors the UCI WorldTour with races inspired by professional cycling's most iconic events.
3 Grand Tours
Chasing Pink (18 stages), Chasing Yellow (21 stages), and Chasing Red (11 stages) are the centerpiece events, modeled after the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, and Vuelta a Espana.
Spring Classics Series
8 one-day races inspired by the cobbled classics and Ardennes classics, including Chasing Vlaanderen, Chasing Roubaix, and Chasing Liege.
Monument Classics
Standalone day races like Chasing Sanremo and Chasing Lombardia that carry major points.
World Championships
The season culminates with Chasing Rainbows, featuring both an Individual Time Trial and a Road Race.
Fair Competition
Fair racing is the foundation everything else is built on.
- 5 performance categories (A through E) based on your ZwiftRacing.app 90-day vELO rating ensure you're racing against riders at your level.
- Automated integrity monitoring analyzes every single result for power manipulation, physiological anomalies, heart rate mismatches, and other indicators. No manual review needed for detection... the system catches it automatically.
- Category locking prevents sandbagging. Your category locks after your first race in each phase and resets during transfer windows.
- Equipment requirements including heart rate monitors, power meters (no zPower), and smart trainers for top categories keep the data honest.
Teams
Teams add a layer of strategy and community that you won't find anywhere else in virtual cycling.
- Build a squad. Team managers recruit up to 12 riders across all five categories.
- Contracts and transfers. Sign riders to contracts with customizable terms. The transfer market opens between each racing phase, mirroring professional sports transfer windows.
- Compete for team standings. The top 6 riders per category earn points for their team. All category points combine for overall team championship standings.
- Virtual economics. Riders have market values based on performance. Teams manage virtual budgets (ECRO$) and make strategic decisions about roster composition. Smart team building creates real competitive advantages.
5 Time Slots Per Race
Every race offers up to 5 time slots to accommodate riders around the world. No matter your time zone, there's a start time that works. All categories race together, and results are segregated by category after the event. Only your first completed time slot per race counts.
Who Is ECRO For?
- Competitive Zwift racers who want structured, season-long competition with fair categorization and verified results.
- Team managers who want to build squads, recruit riders, manage virtual budgets, and compete for team championships.
- Race organizers who want to leverage the ECRO platform for categorization, results processing, and integration into a larger competition calendar.
- Anyone who believes Zwift racing can be better and wants to be part of a community that's making it happen.
Getting Started
- Create your account at www.ecro.app
- Purchase your 2026 Rider License (or Team License to manage a team)
- Join races, earn points, and compete for championship standings
Anyone can participate in ECRO events on Zwift. Only licensed riders have results counted toward official ECRO World Tour standings.
From Chasing Tour to ECRO
ECRO evolved from the Chasing Tour, a year-long Zwift racing calendar founded in 2022. The Chasing Tour proved that structured season-long competition resonated deeply with the Zwift racing community. ECRO expanded that foundation into a comprehensive platform with team economics, contracts, transfers, automated results processing, and race integrity monitoring.
The platform has been completely rebuilt for 2026 with a modern tech stack, AI-powered verification, and automated integrity analysis on every result.