The DBR team has just announced their seventh SufferDay League race series, described as “A series of 10 long and really hard races made to test your fitness, endurance, and mental well-being on the bike and trainer. Can you endure the suffering and master yourself to come out on top?!”
Flat, hilly, and mountain stages will all be featured. Each stage will take approximately 2.5 hours for the fastest to reach the finish line. All categories race the same course because, as DBR says, “There is no mercy, just suffering.”
The series begins September 3rd and runs each Saturday for 10 weeks through November 5th.
There is just one event time slot each Saturday: 8:30am UTC. Events are not yet on the Zwift calendar, but the first race should show up on Sunday, August 28.
Route Schedule
| # | Date | Route | Laps | Length (km) | Elevation (m) |
| 1 | 3-Sep | Downtown Titans (Watopia) | 4 | 98.1 | 1015 |
| 2 | 10-Sep | 2018 UCI Worlds Short Lap (Innsbruck) | 4 | 96.9 | 1980 |
| 3 | 17-Sep | London Pretzel | 2 | 111.9 | 1062 |
| 4 | 24-Sep | Neokyo All-Nighter | 5 | 121.3 | 835 |
| 5 | 1-Oct | Knickerbocker Reverse (NYC) | 4 | 90.1 | 1456 |
| 6 | 8-Oct | Three Little Sisters (Watopia) | 3 | 113.0 | 1205 |
| 7 | 15-Oct | 2019 UCI Harrogate Circuit | 7 | 97.0 | 1718 |
| 8 | 22-Oct | R2015 UCI Worlds Course (Richmond) | 6 | 97.7 | 810 |
| 9 | 29-Oct | R.G.V. (France) | 5 | 121.0 | 540 |
| 10 | 5-Nov | Four Horsemen (Watopia) | 1 | 89.0 | 2100 |
Scoring
SufferDay is a points-based competition. Each race’s winners are determined by points, then your race result earns you points that go toward your league ranking across the 10 races.
Racing Scoring
The winner of each race will be the one scoring the most points. Each race will have two point giving segments (primes) plus points for crossing the finish line. Prime points will only count for those who finish.
- Fastest Through Segment (FTS): 20, 15, 12, 9, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
- First Across Line (FAL): 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
- Finish line points: 60, 57, 55, 53, 52, 51, down to 2. Everyone else will get 1 point.
League Scoring
The winner of each race will receive 60 points in the league table.
Point values are 60, 57, 55, 53, 52, 51, down to 1 point. Results from all 10 races will count toward the league, so if you miss a single race, you’re probably out of the overall running!
Team Scoring
The 6 best-placed riders per team will score points for the Team League Standings.
Other Rules
- Category Enforcement will be used to enforce a minimum category for all races. Read more about Category Enforcement >
- All categories will start at the same time
- No powerups will be given out during the races
- Registration with ZwiftPower is required to score points in the league. zPower will be removed from results.
- TT bikes are not allowed, unless otherwise stated.
- Heart rate monitors are mandatory for all categories.
- Dual recording is mandatory for top 5 finishers in A category, plus for all riders ranked in the top 50 on the individual rider rankings on Zwiftpower, regardless of category. A public dual recording analysis must be uploaded to ZwiftPower within 3 hours of completing the race.
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