Events
Digital sports events with LaceUp – when one event becomes a whole season
Traditional sports events often live off a single, intense moment. But what happens afterwards? With LaceUp, that energy can be extended – and a oneday event …
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Events
Les Cols de Zurich 2025 – what a ride!
Four weeks of pure enthusiasm, record participation with 750 registered riders, and countless duels – against yourself, the clock and, of course, the strongest …
News
LaceUp is officially A Start-up Company of ETH Zurich
LaceUp officially becomes A Startup Company of ETH Zurich, strengthening its mission to build digital solutions that expand outdoor sports experiences and get …
News
Breaking new ground in cycling, together
Joining forces for the future of cycling: LaceUp and Cycling Unlimited AG are launching a partnership to expand digital event formats and open up new paths in …
Digital Doping
The "perfect" fake ride
Even highly sophisticated GPS manipulations leave digital fingerprints. These traces are often subtle but systematically detectable. Our mission at LaceUp is …
Digital Doping
Fair play through GPS analysis
So that every ride in LaceUp events is scored fairly, we have developed an algorithm together with our colleagues at ETH Zurich that automatically rates the …
Digital Doping
A case from the field
Or: when a GPX track raises questions... The lescolsdezurich.ch competition drew over 700 participants in summer 2025 – and unfortunately we had to remove one …
Digital Doping
Manipulated data
Our current analysis – a collaboration between LaceUp, ETH Zurich and students Kevin Kosch and Nikolaus Rath – examines the phenomenon of digital doping …
Digital Doping
Fairness in GPS sport
To safeguard fairness and trust in GPSbased timing, LaceUp has launched a research project together with ETH Zurich. The goal: an algorithm that automatically …
Tech
Digital sports events with GPS: real value instead of commodity
The last few years have shown: digital sports formats are here to stay. But many digital sports events stay on the surface – generic challenges with no …
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