Version 1.0 | Feb-17-2025
The ECRO World Tour is a year-long racing competition for individual riders and teams. Throughout the season, riders and teams accumulate points based on their performance in individual races and General Classification (GC) competitions. The riders and teams who earn the highest number of points will be ranked accordingly.
The ECRO World Tour season offers riders and teams multiple competitive opportunities through various competitions.
The most fundamental level of competition is a race, for instance, Chasing Bianche. The ECRO World Tour supports 4 events per race, scheduled at different times to accommodate global demand. These 4 events are designated as race events. Every race and race event provides a rider or team with the opportunity to compete and win.
There are 75 races in the ECRO World Tour
This results in 300 race events
Many races within the season are organized into general classification (GC) competitions. GC competitions measure a rider's or team's overall performance across a set of races. Seasonal series and stages races are examples of GC competitions that employ different methods to determine a rider's or team's overall performance.
A seasonal series is a multi-race competition that evaluates the accumulation of points across a predetermined set of races.
A stage race is a multi-race competition that evaluates a rider's accumulated time gap throughout multiple race events. For teams, stage races evaluate the accumulation of points.
The points accumulated from races and GC competitions are combined into an overall ECRO World Tour season-long competition, where the riders and teams with the highest accumulated point totals achieve the highest rankings.
Results are processed at the end of each race event.
Only qualified race results are included in the the results process. Qualified race results include…
Results are split into riders’ assigned category at race event completion.
Results from riders racing within the wrong category on the race course will be recategorized. Example: If a (B) rider races in the (C) category within the event, their result will be recategorized to the (B) category at event completion. Continued racing under the wrong category may lead to penalties or disqualification.
Riders must be registered on www.zwiftpower.com
Riders must hold an ECRO Rider License before the start of the race event
Heart rate monitors are required
Public Zwiftpower activity details are required
The first race event that a rider completes for a particular race. Subsequant race event results from the same rider are not considered.
No ZPower riders
Points are awarded in two ways, for individual race events and general classification (GC) competitions. The more you ride, the more you earn.
Points are awarded per each category.
The points awarded for each race event are determined by the race tier and finishing positions.
Each race has a minimum point value awarded to each rider completing the race.
The points awarded for each stage race are determined by the race tier and finishing positions.
A time gap system is used in an effort to normalize race result times across the various race events.
Time Gap System
The 1st placed rider in a race event will earn a time gap of 00:00:00s.
Each following rider’s time gap is calculated as a difference from the first rider’s time (e.g. +00:00:05s).
The time gap logic is applied to each race event within a GC stage race competition.
Riders are then globally ranked based on their overall combined time gaps throughout the stage race.
The rider with the lowest overall accumulated time gap finishes in 1st.
If a rider misses a race they are given the last finishing time for the race.
Riders must complete the minimum required amount of races within the GC competition to qualify for GC competition points.
Riders are required to complete all ITTs within the GC competition.
Riders do still earn points for the race events they complete within a stage race, regardless if they achieve the minimum number of stages required.
The points awarded for each seasonal series are determined by the race tier and finishing positions.
The rider with the highest overall accumulated points within the series finished in 1st.
Riders must hold and registered ECRO Rider License to compete in the ECRO World Tour
Unregistered riders entering events will be excluded from results.
Riders are assigned into 1 of 5 race categories based on their www.zwiftracing.app 90 day velo rating.
🔴 A | 1900+
🟢 B | 1450 - 1899
🔵 C | 1150 - 1449
🟡 D | 850 - 1149
🟣 E | 0 - 849
Recategorization maybe occur under certain circumstances in accordance with the following rules.
A rider’s first ECRO World Tour event results in a velo rating increase that would position them into a higher category. In this case the rider will be upgraded to a new category with no penalty for the completed event.
A rider’s performance leads to a review by the race organizer and possible recategorization.
There are also predetermined recategorization points through the season. Riders are all recategorized at the close of a transfer window.
When joining a Chasing Tour event, riders must select their assigned Chasing Tour category.
The in-game category is used to differentiate riders within the race event on the race course.
Riders from all categories will start together in a single starting pen.
Riders from all categories will be visible together on the race course.
Races have 4 time slots to support riders around the globe, these are referred to as race events. Example: Chasing Bianche is a race with 4 race events scheduled at 4 different times on the day of the race.
Teams and team racing offers and exciting element to the ECRO World Tour.
Teams can consist of up to 12 riders
Riders can be from any of the 5 categories.
Riders may only be on 1 team at a time.
A points-based system is used to determine team results and standings.
The top 6 riders in each category earn points for their team. These points from each race are then totaled to determine the team's overall standing in the team race results.
The summation of team stage points determines the ranking of teams at the end of a GC competition.
A team with a higher density of riders within the same category has an advantage, as team results are calculated per category. For instance, a team with 12 riders spread across categories A, B, C, and D can only achieve a maximum of three team results per category per race. This makes it difficult to compete against teams with six or more riders in a single category, who can potentially garner results from all six riders.
