We are delighted to announce that we will join 15 other WorldTour teams, two Pro Continental teams, and the Swiss national team in racing The Digital Swiss 5, a series of five virtual races on sections of the same parcours planned for the Tour de Suisse 2020.

The Digital Swiss 5 is an initiative that has been launched by the organisers of the Tour de Suisse, Velon and the eSports platform ROUVY in response to the Covid-19 challenge. For our team, it will bring several benefits, including partner exposure, fan engagement and a new challenge for those riders participating.

The Digital Swiss 5 runs from April 22 to 26 with three riders per team participating across five race days. Each race will run for 1 hour per day and we have the option of changing the three riders for each race. Riders will use the indoor cycling platform, ROUVY, which combines real video footage of the roads and the rider’s avatar. 

The Digital Swiss 5 will be broadcast live on television and fans can also participate in virtual events around the race and engage with a series of content streams currently being planned.

The five race routes and our rider-up will be announced in the coming days along with a full rundown of the event. 

Participating teams:

1. Team Bahrain McLaren
2. AG2R La Mondiale
3. BORA-Hansgrohe
4. CCC Team
5. Deceuninck – Quick-Step Team
6. EF Pro Cycling
7. Groupama-FDJ
8. Israel Start-Up Nation
9. Lotto Soudal
10. Mitchelton-SCOTT
11. Movistar Team
12. NTT Pro Cycling
13. Rally Cycling
14. Team INEOS
15. Team Jumbo-Visma
16. Team Sunweb
17. Total Direct Energie
18. Trek-Segafredo
19. Swiss national team