Zwift + INEOS Grenadiers have just announced a short event series happening this week. The “INEOS Grenadiers’ Greatest Hits” series runs from Wednesday, August 11 through Friday, August 13.
Why the “greatest hits”? Because the team’s star riders are leading individual events, often coupled with retired pro riders or other well-known personalities. For example, the first chase race is being led by Geraint Thomas in the fast A group, and World of Zwift personality OJ Borg in the slower B group.
There are 6 events, each taking place on a different route. Whether you want to push yourself to the limit in a chase race, or just enjoy a more socially-paced ride, this series has something for you. Here are more details…
Event Schedule
This series is a combination of group rides and chase races, although all the events are classified simply as rides in Zwift, so they won’t count toward your ZwiftPower ranking stats.
The chase races have just two groups: A and B. Each group is being led by a guest rider (see below). The B group is the “slower” group and will begin a few minutes before the A group, with the intention of both groups coming together near the end of the race for a mad dash to the finish.
There are three chase race events:
- Wednesday at 2:15pm CEST/1:15pm BST/8:15am EDT/5:15am PDT
Route: Tick Tock, 2 laps
Guest Riders: Geraint Thomas and OJ Borg - Thursday at 6:30pm CEST/5:30pm BST/12:30pm EDT/9:30am PDT
Route: R.G.V., 1 lap
Guest Riders: Brandon Rivera and Sebastian Henao - Friday at 11:30pm CEST/10:30am BST/5:30am EDT
Route: The Magnificent 8, custom length (38km)
Guest Riders: Jonathan Castroviejo and Christian Knees
Looking for a slower pace? There are also three social rides:
- Wednesday at 8pm CEST/7pm BST/2pm EDT/11am PDT
Route: Greatest London Flat, 60 minutes
Guest Riders: Cam Wurf and Ben Foster - Thursday at 2:30pm CEST/1:30pm BST/8:30am EDT/5:30am PDT
Route: Volcano Flat, 60 minutes
Guest Riders: Rohan Dennis and Matt Stephens - Friday at 7:30pm CEST/6:30pm BST/1:30pm EDT/10:30am PDT
Route: Beach Island Loop, 3 laps
Guest Riders: Ben Swift and Leonardo Basso
Learn more/sign up at zwift.com/events/series/ineos-grenadiers-greatest-hits >
Kit Unlock
Finish any ride in the series to unlock the orange INEOS Grenadiers Fans kit!
About INEOS Grenadiers
The INEOS Grenadiers are a British professional cycling team that competes at the UCI WorldTeam level. Based at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester, England, the team is full of world class talent including recent Olympic Gold medal winner Richard Carapaz (Ecuador), Tour de France winners Geraint Thomas (Great Britain) and Egan Bernal (Columbia), current World Time Trial Champion Filippo Ganna (Italy), former World Time Trial Champion Rohan Dennis (Australia), and former World Champion Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland).Â
This year they won the Giro d’Italia (for the second year in a row) following their victory last year by Tao Geoghegan Hart (Great Britain), who still rides for the team.
The team is so good, they even have cyclists who can win not only on a road bike, but a mountain bikes – see Tom Pidcock (Great Britain), who won Great Britain’s first ever MTB medal in the Olympics.
In summary, they have one of the strongest teams in cycling, with a diverse and multi-national roster. If it wasn’t for a series of crashes involving key riders, I am sure they would have been contesting the yellow jersey at this year’s Tour de France – and they still managed a third place podium with Richard Carapaz.
The architect of this team is Sir David Brailsford (also a Zwifter). He was formerly performance director of British Cycling and is currently general manager of the team. He guided Sir Bradley Wiggins to become the first British winner of the Tour de France and guided British Cycling to unprecedented success in the London 2012 Olympics.
Learn more/sign up at zwift.com/events/series/ineos-grenadiers-greatest-hits >
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