“Mayan San Remo” Route Details (Watopia)
Winning the award for the best route name in recent Zwistory, “Mayan San Remo” is presumably titled as such because the route profile roughly matches the final kilometers of the famous Milan-San Remo classic. (Check out this Strava segment starting with the Cipressa descent and then climbing the Poggio before descending to the finish in San Remo.)
Route Basics
Length: 21 km (13.0 miles)
Elevation: 219m (719′)
+0.3km (0.2 miles) lead-in
Map: Watopia
ZIMetrics
Rating: 10.5/100 🛈
Time Estimates 🛈
4 W/kg: 31 minutes
3 W/kg: 34 minutes
2 W/kg: 42 minutes
Start & Finish
Begins at Jungle Pens, ends at Acropolis Sprint.
Format: Point-to-Point
Ride Achievement Badge: 420 XP
Run Achievement Badge: none
Strava Segments
Route Description
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We begin from the Jungle start pens with a mostly-downhill beginning that takes us across the rope bridge and down dusty Jungle roads. But we don’t descend to the bottom of the Jungle quite yet – we hang a right onto the Mayan Bridge Cutoff which, once the bridge is crossed, presents us with our first opportunity for an attack as the road tilts upward!
Hit this climb hard, and soon enough you’ll turn left onto the main Jungle road once more to descend through the lap arch and turn right onto the southern coast road.
This flat road takes us to a left turn onto the biggest climb of the route. It’s actually two back-to-back KOM segments with just a bit of flatness in between: first the Mayan Mountainside KOM, then the Itza KOM. With a total of 6km of climb between the two, this is the route’s key section and the place where the largest selections will take place. (Tip: surf the wheels if you aren’t attacking, since these climbs are quite draftable!)
After the Itza KOM banner you’ll turn right onto a steep, straight descent to the bottom of The Grade. 1.3km of negative 9-10% means high speeds, so be sure to use the draft wisely.
From the bottom of The Grade it’s a flat road to the finish at the Acropolis Sprint banner. Time this right and bring a useful powerup, and you just may end up on the podium. Good luck!
Do we think starting on a mountain/gravel bike and then swapping outside of the jungle would be a good idea?
No… it’ll take to long to swap frames, and with road bikes being faster on gravel now than they used to be… it just doesn’t make enough of a difference.
Someone will try it in the D’s. I can feel it.
What, you think D’S are stupid or inexperienced?
No. It’s that the extra time taken to complete the actual riding in Cat D makes the bike swap a viable option. No need for anyone to feel attacked.
I guess Tron bike would be best on this route. But if not available, what frame/wheels would you recommend, please?
Go with the most aero option available. The climb portion is very draftable, any gap that could be opened up by using a climbing bike would quickly be closed on the descent and flat finish.
OK, thank you!
if you are over 80 kg which seems to be the majority on Zwift and the reason behind the cat enforcement go for the aero set up because big riders just mash gears , they can lead on kom climbs like wataopia forward and volcano kom
What if one is under 80kg. Or under 45kg as in my case? What setup would you recommend?
Pasta, potatoes, rice… generally, lots of carbs!
Seriously, just go with your fastest set up. No point in trying to hurt people on the climb because you will get punished on the descent.
Save energy as much as possible where you can by sitting in the blob so that you can work hard through the final descent and flat finish.
Check this website, it ranks the best bike based your the route and your level!
https://zwifterbikes.web.app/
Just use the pino F and DiCut 62 wheels. Both aero and light for climbing.
When is that route available for club events?
At what point will this (and Izta Climb Finish / Izta Party) be available as just standard rides? I missed the events.
This is now in the standard Watopia route list but no Strava segment yet. The one above is from the start pens, not the spawn point.
Strava Segments
Mayan San Remo
starts in the starting pens… now that it’s opened to all… it does not register the segment… It needs to be shorter or an other one created
Not flagging on VeloViewer for me but it is for some people? Is that because they rode it as the event and i rode it as a standatrd route?
Me too same as you didn’t match
I’m having him update the segment to https://www.strava.com/segments/37627341, which should match.
Route needs to have a non-event version since the start is different.
Already did, just wasn’t linking to it above! It’s linked now: https://www.strava.com/segments/37627341
For anyone looking for the old segment, (“from the pens”), it’s at https://www.strava.com/segments/37098607
why is the elevation always wrong, i check the route every week for the TTT and always elevation is out
I rode this route today and it took me up the alpe de zwift.is it part of the route?
Nope.
Maybe you finished the route, then it took you up the Alpe afterward?
Thank you Eric,I’ll give it another try
I think there’s an issue at the end of your segment for this route that can cause problems. I got the badge and started from the Pens and rode well past the end of the segment but I don’t show up on the strava segment leaderboard. I think there’s an issue with the end of your segment that maybe causing the problem. It’s either you or me that has the issue at the very end. Here’s a picture of the end showing Strava’s matching tool. It won’t let me attach the photo. https://file.io/zffngOv6GOVv