Inside Gabriela Guerra’s Altitude Lab: How a World Champ Trains with Hypoxico

January 19, 2026 | By Stan Pillman Inside Gabriela Guerra’s Altitude Lab: How a World Champ Trains with Hypoxico

Gabriela Guerra is one of the most versatile cyclists in the world—and she’s doing it with altitude built into her daily routine. As a UCI Esports World Champion (Epic category, 2025) and 2024 silver medalist, plus a Wisconsin State Champion on both dirt and pavement, she lives at the intersection of cutting-edge performance, technology, and training experimentation. Her latest experiment: turning her home into a “live high, train low” lab with a Hypoxico Cubicle Tent, Sierra 100, and Everest Summit II.

Meet Gabriela Guerra

UCI Cycling Esports World Champion Epic category (2025) and silver medalist (2024), with multiple major virtual-racing wins.
Wisconsin State Champion in both mountain biking and criterium racing, plus victories in demanding events like the Ore to Shore marathon.
Competes year-round in virtual and in-real-life racing, using data, continuous bloodwork, and structured altitude exposure to stay at the top of her game.

Building A High-Altitude Home Base

Gabriela and her team set up a Hypoxico Cubicle Tent paired with both the Sierra 100 and Everest Summit II to simulate sleeping and napping at altitude while living at normal elevation. Over several months of full-time use, she tracked continuous bloodwork, watching key markers shift in ways that matched how she felt on the bike and in racing. Those changes showed up where it matters most: performance. She added yet another UCI Esports World Championships silver medal in Abu Dhabi on November 15 and maintained high power and repeatability by racing every Sunday throughout the season.

How She Trains With Hypoxico

Altitude isn’t just something Gabriela sleeps in—it’s built into her training week. She uses the Sierra 100 with a mask for on-bike sessions, especially high-intensity sprints and repeatability work that are crucial for the explosive demands of cycling esports. The ability to combine structured workouts with controlled hypoxic stress lets her target race-specific efforts while still living and recovering at normal elevation. Outside the tent and mask sessions, she manages a steady racing calendar, then returns to altitude sleep to reinforce adaptations, only stepping away from it about two weeks before the World Championships to sharpen for race day.

Real-World Feedback From a Full-Time Pro

Living and training with altitude gear around the clock exposes every strength and challenge of a system, and Gabriela is clear-eyed about both. She notes that:

Physiological responses and lab markers over time have been “very positive,” and performance outcomes align with the data.
Running both the Sierra 100 and Everest Summit II together works well, though the Sierra 100 is noticeably louder, and summer heat management can require extra cooling in the room.
The Cubicle Tent design is effective, and the cable ports are especially well thought out.
Masks are easy to attach, clean, and use during hard sessions.

Where Altitude Training Goes Next

Gabriela isn’t just using altitude—she wants to help shape its future. She’s actively monitoring her own data, eager to participate in research, and already thinking about what next-generation systems will look like.

“At the end of the day, we’re happy customers,” she says. “I’m more than glad to keep sharing feedback—especially from the perspective of full-time elite athletes.”

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