Ride on Zwift. Race on ECRO.
ECRO (E-Cycling Race Organization) is the competitive racing layer on top of Zwift. We organize a full season of structured competition, process every result automatically, and give riders and teams the tools to compete like professionals.
Zwift is the foundation. It's the virtual cycling platform where you ride. ECRO adds a season calendar, championship standings, team contracts and transfers, fair categories, integrity monitoring, and a game-within-a-game that turns individual races into something bigger.
Think of it like your own fantasy sports league, except you're the player and the manager.
What ECRO Adds to Your Zwift Racing
A full racing season.
The ECRO World Tour runs from March through October with 77 races across four seasonal phases. The calendar mirrors the UCI WorldTour, with races inspired by professional cycling's most iconic events. Three Grand Tours, a Spring Classics series, monument one-day races, and a World Championship finale. Your results accumulate all season. Every race counts.
Fair competition.
Five performance categories (A through E) ensure you're racing against riders at your level. Categories lock after your first race in each phase, preventing riders from dropping down mid-season. Every single result is analyzed automatically for power manipulation, physiological anomalies, and data integrity. Equipment verification is required for top categories. Fair racing isn't something you have to hope for. It's built in.
Teams, contracts, and strategy.
Build a squad of up to 12 riders. Sign contracts with customizable prize splits. Manage a virtual budget. Scout free agents in the transfer market. Compete for team championship standings and fight for promotion in the division system. It's the management game layered on top of the racing, and it's what makes ECRO feel like a real sport.
Results that mean something.
After every event, ECRO captures results from Zwift, runs integrity analysis, applies scoring, and publishes official standings. Points, time gaps, penalties, team scoring... all handled automatically. Your dashboard shows your championship standings, upcoming races, team status, and season progress in one place.
A platform for organizers.
Race organizers can run their events through ECRO to access rider categorization, automated results processing, and integration into the broader season calendar. Their races become part of the ECRO World Tour ecosystem.
The 2026 Season
The 2026 ECRO World Tour features 77 races organized into four seasonal phases separated by three transfer windows.
Three Grand Tours anchor the season: Chasing Pink (18 stages, modeled after the Giro d'Italia), Chasing Yellow (21 stages, the Tour de France), and Chasing Red (11 stages, the Vuelta a España). Surrounding them are the Spring Classics series, monument one-day races like Chasing Sanremo and Chasing Lombardia, and the season-ending World Championship at Chasing Rainbows.
Every race offers up to 5 time slots to accommodate riders around the world. All categories race together, and results are separated by category after the event.
Who Is ECRO For?
ECRO is for competitive Zwift racers who want a full season of structured competition with fair categories and verified results. It's for the person who looks at a group of riders and thinks "I want to build a team out of this." It's for race organizers who want to plug their events into a larger competition ecosystem. And it's for anyone who wants their Zwift racing to feel like a real sport.
Getting Started
- Create your account at 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.
Our Story
ECRO started as an 18-stage community event called Chasing Yellow during the 2022 Tour de France. That grassroots ride-along proved that structured season-long competition resonated deeply with the Zwift racing community. Over the following years, the calendar expanded, teams were introduced, and the platform grew into what is now ECRO: a comprehensive racing organization with team economics, contracts, transfers, automated results processing, and race integrity monitoring.
The platform was completely rebuilt for the 2026 season.