Team Fearless 9th Annual Women’s Team Championships – December 6

Team Fearless has announced the details of this year’s Annual Women’s Team Championships, held in partnership with Flamme Rouge Racing (FRR).

Now in its ninth year, this race can be called a true Zwift December classic! Over 220 women are already registered, but organizers expect that number to more than double by race day.

Meant to test resilience and endurance with a longer distance than the average Zwift race, the AWTC is one of a kind. First, it’s a team-based competition, but without limits on team size. Even better: each category gets to crown its own champions, so this race is for all ability levels. Read on for details…

Date and Time

The race happens Saturday, December 6 at 7:30 PM UTC/2:30pm ET/11:30am PT).

Race Format and Categories

Riders are grouped into categories based on Zwift Racing Score:

• Dancer (450+)
• Blitzen (350–450)
• Comet (250–350)
• Donner (175–250)
• Rudolph (0–175)

This is a team competition, with winning teams determined using a custom points system. Points are scored in two ways:

• Finish Points: based on your position across the finish line
• Segment Points: based on your segment time (Fastest Through Segment) on each segment of the race course

Finish and Segment Points start at 100 and drop by 1 point each place down to the 41st position. Then from 46th to 100th position, points drop by 5 every 5 places, with every rider earning at least 1 point for their effort. For example:

• 46th to 50th places will earn 55 points
• 51st to 55th places will earn 50 points

Team competitions will be held across all five pens and overall. The Club with the highest average points score will win the day. This way, clubs are not restricted in the number of riders who can enter, and also, there is no minimum number of Club riders.

For more info, see the Rules page >

Route Details

This year’s race will be held on France’s Knights of the Roundabout route, with different route lengths based on rider category.

Cat D/E will be finishing at 36km at the Ballon Sprint arch, while A/B/C will finish at 44km after descending from the Petit KOM.

Sign Up

This is a team event. Riders can register until the race begins, but the race pace link is private, so registration is required at https://flammerougeracing.com/fearless/.

To compete, you must meet these minimum requirements for accounts and equipment:

• Riders must be OPTED IN to share their race data with ZwiftPower from their Zwift Profile Connections
• Riders must have created and connected a ZwiftPower account – full instructions on this can be found here
• Riders must have an FRR account to allow Team Managers to select them for a Club Team and have registered for the Fearless event, to do this simply follow these instructions:
  • Simply visit the FRR Home page and Login or Register a New account – once in, click on your name to open your Profile options
    • New accounts must first complete their basic Profile Information when they first log in – just select Profile and complete the fields presented not forgetting to SAVE at the end
  • To register for the event click on Event Admin and then select Register from the 3 tabs shown
    • The page details the 3 simple steps to follow to complete event registration
    • Race BIO confirmation is important to us as we look to improve rider responsibility for their virtual profile, since these define how our virtual self competes
• Riders are advised to have completed at least 3 Zwift race events prior to racing to ensure your ZRS value is reflective of you as a rider

Once registration is completed you will appear on the Registered list of riders and you will receive a welcome email to confirm along with some helpful details about the event.

You can email Team Fearless at [email protected] for support, email FRR race control at [email protected], or join the Fearless Discord server.

Watch the Live Stream

The race will be live-streamed on FRR’s YouTube channel, with Nathan Krake commentating.

Final Details

Go to the race homepage and click “Roadbook” for detailed rules and other info.