Local cyclists will compete against their Dubbo counterparts in the Western Division E-Sport Cycling Championships on Thursday night via online multiplayer cycling training program Zwift, with the championships doubling up as the final round of the AusCycling Club National E-Sport Series.

Bathurst is currently third in the national series, with only two Sydney clubs above them on the ladder.

Thursday night's race will take cyclists on a 23 kilometre course of Paris' Champs-Élysées in a kermesse format.

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Thursday night's Western championships will be contested across four grades, with A grade rider Mark Windsor saying the online competition has been well embraced by Bathurst members.

"Young Luke Tuckwell will be hard to beat in the top grade, but we've got cyclists in the four top grades," Windsor explained.

"There's men's and women in four different grades, so it's a really good series."

Windsor and Tuckwell are the only two A grade men's riders, while Kirsten Howard is expected to compete in the A grade women's.

Other cyclists that are expected to compete in Thursday night's competition includes Cal Baker, Jack Cannon, Luke Gillmer, Stephen Jackson and Craig McAlister in men's B grade, Jen Arnold in women's B grade, Ray Thorn, Will Leshand Paul Jones in men's C grade, Michelle Patton in women's C grade, Gary Hamer, Glen Carter and Gary Baker in men's D grade and Claire Scott and Bec O'Conner in women's D grade.

"This last event will be in France, after we competed at Central Park in America in the most recent round," Windsor said.

"It's just right on the Champs-Élysées. The course has been set out exactly with the same slope and everything.

"It's only relatively short and A grade goes first and then a minute or so later B grade is off, then C grade and then D grade.

"We have riders in each grade, like Dubbo. Hopefully we can do well as a club.

"We'll have little trophies for the winners as well, but I don't know how we'll get them out there as we're all locked away in our houses."

In the national series side of things, Windsor said he's been impressed at how well the Bathurst club has performed, considering its numbers compared to others.

"We're really hoping to hang onto third because other teams are coming at us," he said.

"Port Adelaide knocked us out of third at one stage but we got back in front.

"I'd love to finish third because we've taken it pretty seriously, while a lot of the other clubs are still getting their heads around it."

Bathurst is on 677 points, behind Randwick in second and Waratahs in third respectively on 954 and 1386 respectively.

Thursday's final round of the national series and Western championship will get underway from 7.30pm online via Zwift.

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