At the end of May, QIDI Vida Smart Glasses featured in the 2024 Desafío China by La Vuelta – Beijing, serving as the only official provider of smart sports glasses.

The 2024 Desafío China by La Vuelta – Beijing has emerged as a prestigious C-class international event with substantial global impact. The competition, held from May 24th to the 26th, attracted nearly 2,600 participants from 28 countries and regions across the world.

As the sole officially designated smart glasses for this competition, QIDI invited 2,500 cycling enthusiasts to test the QIDI Vida engineering prototype. Five legendary cyclists, Anna van de Breggen, Alejandro Valverde, Óscar Freire, Nicholas Roche, and Lisa Brennauer, all tried it on and were impressed by the QIDI Vida’s exceptional “AR+AI” performance.

(Photo: Anna van de Breggen learns about the QIDI Vida)

Anna van der Breggen is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, who became Olympic, European, Dutch, and double world champion on the road, and was also a World, European, and double Dutch champion in the individual time trial. She also won the Giro Rosa four times, and Flèche-Wallonne seven times (in a row!). (Source: Wikipedia & Anna van der Breggen’s official website)

(Photo: Alejandro Valverde tries on the QIDI Vida)

Alejandro Valverde is a Spanish cyclist, who achieved 133 professional victories during his road racing career. Some of his biggest wins include the Vuelta a España in 2009, the Critérium du Dauphiné in 2008 and 2009, the Volta a Catalunya in 2009, 2017 and 2018, Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 2006, 2008, 2015 and 2017, La Flèche Wallonne in 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, the Clásica de San Sebastián in 2008 and 2014, and the road race at the 2018 World Championships. (Source: Wikipedia & Alejandro Valverde’s official website)

(Photo: Óscar Freire tries on the QIDI Vida)

Óscar Freire is a Spanish cyclist best known for winning the World Championship road race three times, in 1999, 2001, and 2004, which equals the record for most wins in that race previously held by Alfredo Binda, Rik Van Steenbergen, and Eddy Merckx. (Source: Wikipedia & Olympics’ official website)

(Photo: Nicholas Roche tries on the QIDI Vida)

Nicholas Roche is an Irish professional cyclist, who took twelve victories during his professional road racing career, including four titles at the Irish National Cycling Championships – two each in the road race and the time trial – and stage victories at the Vuelta a España in 2013 and 2015. (Source: Wikipedia & Nicholas Roche’s official website)

(Photo: Lisa Brennauer signs on a QIDI co-branded water bottle)

Lisa Brennauer is a German former racing cyclist. On the track, she won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women’s team pursuit, setting a new world record. On the road, Brennauer formed part of three consecutive team time trial world championship victories between 2013 and 2015, and also won world titles in the individual time trial in 2014, and the mixed team relay in 2021. (Source: Wikipedia)

(Photo: QIDI invites 2,500 cycling enthusiasts to test the QIDI Vida engineering prototype)

On the first day of the race, a sudden downpour occurred, with temperatures peaking at only 15 degrees Celsius and northerly winds reaching around Force 4.

“QIDI Vida Smart Glasses provide me with accurate navigation and health monitoring even in challenging conditions, enhancing my real-time interactions with the race through ‘AR+AI’, which significantly improves the overall experience,” said Chinese triathlon athlete Jingshuang Feng after the race.

“I am deeply impressed by the QIDI Vida’s stable and reliable performance,” Jingshuang added.

(Photo: Jingshuang Feng, a former member of the China triathlon team)

On the second day of the race, despite the sunny weather, strong winds persisted.

QIDI’s Founder & CEO, Mike, along with 20 QIDI members, wore the QIDI Vida throughout the 95.5-kilometer group race , which featured a total elevation gain of 730 meters to persoanally test its functions in person.

(Photo: QIDI’s Founder & CEO, Mike, with QIDI team members)

The 2024 Desafío China by La Vuelta – Beijing concluded successfully. QIDI will keep refining its products and pushing the boundaries of technological innovation to bring cyclists a safer and smarter riding experience. As the official prize for the team time trial champions of the competition, QIDI Vida Smart Glasses will accompany more cycling enthusiasts to embrace their riding adventures in the future.

(Photo: QIDI Vida Smart Glasses, as the official prize for the team time trial champions)

Founded in December 2021, QIDI focuses on creating perfect all-day-wear smart glasses. Meridian Capital Asia is delighted to have supported QIDI’s angel round financing of approximately 100 million RMB in 2022.

The wave of technological innovation in “AR+AI” has arrived, ushering in a new era of opportunities with a new breed of intelligent devices. Smart glasses are at the forefront of this transformative journey.

We believe QIDI smart glasses are poised to become the epicenter of this revolution, reshaping the way of interacting with the digital realm and transforming how information is accessed and life is lived.