Just joined the 7:30? A group longer ride. Jumped in from the title menu as it said it just started.
Only had 18km or so remaining and dropped me in at around 100th position. So I’ve essentially skipped the first lap plus extra. With no warmup, I thought I’d just spin through but I actually found myself thinking fuck it, let’s give these guys a hard time. Moved straight to the front of the group and just cranked the pace up. Christ knows what I was doing but just kept drilling it. Caught a group of about 25 with 5km to go and it was just balls out from that point on. Shelling riders all the time. Moved up to around 45th this point and thought I’ll take a top 50 think I took 51st with a non sprint finish.
Rolled on for a few seconds and Mr Sanders himself comes through
Tempus Fugit is a flat course, Get into the start pen early to get a position near the front. you need to go hard at the start to get into a leading group, as it is really tough to bridge. Once in a group try to hang on and let others do the work at the front, there are no hills so a breakaway is unlikely once groups have formed. The pace at the front will ramp with 5km to go, and may be close to 330w just to hang on, but keep some powder dry for the final 300m sprint
Did Stage 1 of The Tour for All, last night in the B category. Ended up in a large group in about 40th position, feeling pretty good. Had a few digs on the second lap but was not able to break things up too much, until about 5km to go. We managed to catch another smaller group on the line and came in 35th, I think. Upshot was I averaged 4w/kg for 51 mins, so pretty pleased with that. Next one I need to be a bit more aggressive at the start and see if I can get into a faster group from the off.
I’ve done that a few times, and you end up putting in stupid power to get near the front on the lead in. In a big race, can take 2-3 mins of 400W+. Generally 5 mins is plenty to be close to front. I get into the start pen, fill my water, eat a banana, have a pee, choose my bike and wheels, calibrate PM. With 20s to go I get power up to 250w, with 4s to go I start to ramp power up to 400w, as soon as gun goes I am above 400w, which I hold for 30s and then see how it is shaping up around me
Thanks for that, an issue I’ve had is that my wattbike powers off if I don’t peddle for a short period then I get into all kinds of problems with them pairing again, but that’s probably a timeout setting I’ll need to look at.
Join bang on 30mins before as Matt says. Then go faff. Then come back 10-15 mins beforehand to spin and warm up, and repair everything. I largely wont stop pedalling after that.
Zwift also seems good at remembering the device you paired, even if it powers down. Once it wakes back up again, it’ll repair almost immediately.
Anyone got a recommended best set up for the Bologna TT course, I’ve never really considered the set up before other than ‘not TT if a drafting race/ride’.
