The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) has announced a new partnership with ROUVY, which becomes the Official Virtual Ride Partner of the 2023 PTO Tour.
As part of the partnership, the indoor cycling platform will give amateur triathletes the exclusive opportunity to join a ROUVY virtual ride on the PTO Asian Open course in Singapore. This virtual ride will be held alongside some of the world’s best triathletes a month before the in-person racing takes place on August 19-20, 2023.
“This is a significant partnership for ROUVY as we put more of a marketing focus on triathlon, in order to provide triathletes with relevant content on our platform that helps them prepare for race day,” said ROUVY CEO Petr Samek.
“The PTO Tour races are fast becoming the pinnacle of the sport, with world class fields meaning the best athletes are racing head-to-head on a consistent basis – and also giving age groupers the chance to experience the same course over the same weekend.
“But training for a bike course you’ve never ridden before can be tough, so by giving all athletes the chance to experience it virtually is proving both a helpful training tool and a cool experience.”
ROUVY offers more than 15,000 virtual routes, filmed on video around the world. As well as partnering with the PTO Tour, ROUVY also partners with Challenge Family in triathlon and La Vuelta in cycling.
PTO CEO Sam Renouf said “ROUVY’s big strength as a platform is to enable professional and amateur athletes the chance to ride real routes at home.
“The Singapore course for the PTO Asian Open will be stunning and take in a number of the city’s iconic landmarks. By partnering with them in this way, we’re able to give all our athletes a unique opportunity to try out and train on the course virtually before race day.”
The 2023 PTO Tour started in Ibiza on Saturday (May 6) with the first-ever PTO European Open. It now goes to Milwaukee on August 4-5 for the PTO US Open and then to Singapore for the inaugural PTO Asian Open on August 19-20.
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