Virtual Zwift Rides

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My turn - geezus thats a hard course. The climb was tough, but those 2 false flats before and after the sprint line at the top of the hill had me at my limit every time.

35 started and with 2 off the front left 12 chasing. I honestly did not expect to contest the sprint; esp when my legs felt like they blew immediately on climb 3.

1 went early on the sprint; I jumped on the wheel of the chaser - but then 1st man checked his sprint. I eased enough to stay in the draft, but lost a ton of momentum. Went again but couldnt quite catch 3 and 4.
5/35 - in a tough A field on a tough course (and predicted 11th) Im pleased even tho my podium streak is ended.

Also up to Ruby on zwiftracingapp !!!

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15409

I noticed about 3 more routes on Watopia tonight? Jurassic coast or something and a couple of short ones.

15410

They’ve made the zwift game routes public now.

Epic 5v5 ladder battle tonight. 2 of our best riders shelled in the opening km :astonished:

We tactically let their strongest rider go clear, which slowed our pack and kept our diesel in chasing distance.

They attacked once to many and we slingshotted past with only one of them hanging on as we countered.

Battles all over as we edged a few positions and put diesel caught their stragglers at the end for a 29-26 win.
Awesome racing

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15411

Those 5v5 sound proper fun.

Tiny races at 10am tomorrow

15412

Best racing on zwift without a doubt for me.
Every race is different, tactics matter, team work is key, attacks can stick or be suicidal, you can’t switch off.

Tiny races in cat A… Not so much appealing.

Tho 2 bridges Bonanza tomorrow isn’t it… awesome route :ok_hand:

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15413

Never done this 5 v 5 thing but I find races with small fields say 15-20 much more fun than 80+. More scope for tactics rather than just hanging on to the blob. That’s why I often do the 7:10am zRacing

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15414

Bloody hell, Daz :flushed::joy:

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15415

Yep top effort @Daz .

v.Everesting :white_check_mark:

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15416

Can walk fine today, but didn’t get much sleep and I have nerve issues in right hand lol. No feeling at all in little finger :laughing:

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15417

Your domestique did another 3 hours this morning.

I won’t tell you how easy she makes the climbing look.

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15418

She’s super strong Mike! Very impressive

15419

@Jorgan good luck with Gok; he’s lost 21kg on his morning :poop: today!!

Oh and Tom Dumoulin!!

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15420

@mw22 what happened to you?! Ended up being a shit race, only 2 of us finished. Some chancer rode off at 7.0 and blew what few were left apart. Non event.

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Ah soz. Only signed up to watch mate in cat B.
Assumed there’d be a healthy field and it wouldn’t matter.

Saw a handcycle in the pen :eyes:

I’d rather have raced that than the beating I’m getting later. The opposition captain has 250 more watts than me on his 5 Min power :flushed:

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15422

Anyone smashing out 580W for an hour this weekend :grin:

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15423

standard cat B race isnt it?

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15424

Did 30min with Big Mig as the B of a BRick this evening. 4 to 4.5W/kg seemed to be enough to stay in the draft. Not sure I could have stayed for the full hour, happy to bail and put the trainers on for a 15min tempo.

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15425

I thought there could be a pack to draft in, or you could go on a poet diet :joy:

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15426

Zwift is going up to £17.99 per month :money_with_wings:

15427

I think it got announced a while back, probably take a hit in the northern hemisphere for now.

I’ll be keeping it as it motivates me to do something! And is better than staring at the garage wall.

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