The day before stage 10 of the Tour de France, Michael “Bling” Matthews of team ORICA-BikeExchange tweeted a question about joining a group ride on Zwift, as he hopped on for a ride during his rest day.
Anyone now how to join a group ride on @GoZwift im on my rest day at true tour de France and trying to find a group
— michael matthews (@blingmatthews) July 11, 2016
(Incidentally, we’ve got a post covering how to join a group ride–it’s easy!)
The next day Matthews got into the break along with two teammates (Luke Durbridge and Daryl Impey) and a few other strong riders including Peter Sagan, Edvald Boassen Hagen and Greg Van Avermaet.
The ORICA-BikeExchange trio worked their team advantage perfectly, placing Matthews in an ideal position for the win. He executed a fast and precise sprint to take the stage.
More and more pros are using Zwift–it was even featured in the TdF newscast. As Zwift HQ’s Charlie Issendorf likes to say: “Zwift now, win later.” (Note: this philosphy also worked for Matthews’ teammate Matt Hayman who won Paris-Roubaix after a month of Zwifting earlier this year.
