Eagle-eyed VeloViewer users will have spotted a new Mex metric sitting in your Activity Stats. So what is it, and how can you use it to have some fun, and set new challenges based on your Mex?
What does your Mex mean? A rider’s Mex is equal to the highest consecutive kilometre completed before their first missing distance. Users must complete one individual ride at every whole-kilometre distance in ascending order.
It’s three weeks since VeloViewer’s Anna finished The Route event in aid of Cure Leukaemia, conquering all nine stages of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. During this time they tackled over 1175 km of riding and 18,795 meters of vertical climbing. To date this incredible crew of 19 riders have smashed their fundraising target of £250K.
While their combined efforts will make a profound difference in the lives of so many patients, they’ve also gained priceless memories and lifelong friendships along the way.
We caught up with Anna to hear her reflections post Route and her insight into pro life on the bike. Continue reading
Exciting news at VV HQ as our leading lady Anna has committed to the full nine day Route Cure Leukaemia Challenge in July.
To mark each of the nine stages from the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift she will undertake as part of the event, Anna shares nine reasons why she traded the two day taster event for this mega challenge.
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Today our partnership with Cycling Sheffield entered its 7th year! To mark the occasion VeloViewer’s Ben and Rachel joined the team for the new season launch at the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC), at Sheffield Hallam University.
The host, Professor Rob Copeland, now Team Manager for Santa Cruz Syndicate, welcomed the Cycling Sheffield team and its supporters. Team Manager, Dave Coulson, introduced the new Under 23 team who are supported and progressed through the British and European cycling scene. The team of eight riders includes two rookies, Josh Horsfield and Oliver Sergeant, who are excited about their debut season. They are all hoping for an injury free season and, for some, are particularly keen to impress when they ride in France and Belgium later in the year in the hope they may attract a contract from a European team for next season. Continue reading
VeloViewer Director Anna is getting ready for pro season this year as she prepares to take on Cure Leukaemia‘s unique challenge of The Route, which mirrors the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (TdFFaZ) race, just one day ahead of the pros.
Taking place in July, Anna has signed up for the ‘Taste of The Route’ event which will feature the first two stages of this year’s pro race all in aid of this amazing charity, raising funds for young people with blood cancers. She will ride alongside participants who are taking on the full nine days of riding covering each stage of the TdFFaZ. Continue reading
Following a successful inaugural season of collaboration between AIOCC and VeloViewer we are thrilled to announce a three year extension to the working partnership.
It is 12 months since the initial AIOCC contract agreement which made VeloViewer available to all AIOCC members as part of their membership package, and it has been fantastic to see so many Race Organisers benefit from its use. Continue reading
Following VeloViewer’s first year of partnership with AIOCC, we were delighted to attend the General Assembly in Copenhagen last week to meet with partners and race organisers. The event was a culmination of the 2025 cycling season, reviewing the successes of the year and challenges of 2026.
VeloViewer Office Manager Rachel attended alongside Director Ben, and journaled her time in Copenhagen highlighting the success of the collaboration with AIOCC. Continue reading
The Strava Developer Summit will go down as a highlight for VeloViewer in 2025, and it was a pleasure to join the Strava API community for this event.
Held at Strava HQ in San Francisco, the Summit was designed to support and share learnings across the Strava API ecosystem. The inaugural event was a celebration of innovation, and the in-person meet up allowed for peers to swap stories, and spark new collaborations across the developer community. Continue reading
Ben recently connected with legendary lead out man Michael Mørkøv, and took the opportunity to find out more about his career and use of VeloViewer. It is always fascinating to get the view from a rider as to how VeloViewer has changed the logistics of racing, and how it is integrated into team and race organisers’ planning systems.
Can you tell us the background to your cycling career and highlights?
I started off as a track cyclist and grew up on the boards (ed: Velodrome) and I won Worlds and World Cup medals, going on to win Olympic medals. I then turned professional on the road starting with Saxo Bank, the former CSC team. There the main focus was to participate in the Tour de France and be optimistic for the GC riders. I then moved to Katusha and Quick Step where I took on the role as lead out man for the best sprinters of the time. As a result I combined road and track cycling for many years. Continue reading
At VeloViewer we are always fascinated by the role the WorldTour App plays in professional and individual pursuits, and were particularly intrigued with a recent academic request for the software for research purposes by Loughborough University.
PhD Researcher Alex Welburn reached out to our team for use of the App for a Time Trial (TT) optimisation study he was undertaking, focused on the critical power of two female riders.
Keen to know more, Alex sat down with us to talk about the project details and how VeloViewer will play a role in his research. Continue reading