Tiny Race Series – June 10 Routes and Last Week’s Results

The competition at the top of last week’s Tiny Races was tight – more than half of the overall podiums were decided by 10 points or less, which is just one finishing place if you’re at the front of the race.

This week we’re revisiting our “Short Circuit” theme with a group of races on small loops. But before we get to that, let’s look at last week’s results…

This Week’s Races: Short Circuit

This week’s short circuit theme finds us racing around tiny loops. Some are so tiny that we’ll race multiple laps, while others will just be a lead-in plus one lap. Either way, each course has its own challenges, spots for early attacks, and strategic finishes.

• Race 1: Volcano Circuit (1 lap – 6.9km)
  After a lead-in from downtown Watopia we’ll hit one hot lap of the Volcano Circuit, finishing at the banner. This finish is always an interesting one, timing-wise. Use your aeros wisely!
  • Powerup: Aero Boost (2x)
• Race 2: Duchy Estate (1 lap – 4.7km)
  This punchy little loop has a short climb just before the lap banner, which means you’ll hit the climb twice – once in the lead-in and once just before the finishing sprint. It’s gonna sting!
  • Powerup: Feather (1x)
• Race 3: Bell Lap (3 laps – 5.7km)
  You don’t get a powerup on the first lap. Most racers know Crit City well, but have you ever raced just 3 laps? Hopefully somebody will go long on the final twisty climb and really make it interesting.
  • Powerup: Anvil (2x)
• Race 4: Mech Isle Loop (6.06km, ends atop dirt climb)
  We raced one lap of Mech Isle Loop last week, but this week we’re doing more like 1.5 laps, finishing atop the dirt climb. Gravel bike or road bike? Choose your weapon!
  • Powerup: none

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ZwiftPower Results

Zwift displays preliminary race results in game when you cross the line, but points are computed after all four races are finished, with final results on ZwiftPower. (We have to do some data processing on our side to compute results, so if your rankings don’t show up right away, be patient.)

Riders will earn points based on finish position in each of the 4 Tiny Races. The category winner of each week’s series is the rider with the most points across their timezone’s 4 races. Here are the links for each timezone’s results on ZwiftPower:

• Zone 1 (9am GMT/5am EDT/2am PDT)
• Zone 2 (3pm GMT/11am EST/8am PDT)
• Zone 3 (9pm GMT/5pm EDT/2pm PDT/Sunday 7am AEST)

Rules

Tiny Race rules are simple, but still every week 7-10% of registered ZwiftPower racers get disqualified and removed from the final results. Don’t let that be you! Four races, four rules:

• You must have a ZwiftPower account, because final results are processed by ZwiftPower (learn how to sign up)
• No skipping then returning. These races are meant to be raced as a set of 4. If you need to leave early, that’s fine… but once you miss a race in your hour’s set of 4, don’t come back and race another or you’ll be disqualified from that race since you rested while others were racing! (Example: racing only races 1 and 2 is fine. Racing 1, 2, and 4 is not – you will be DQ from race 4. And if you race 2, 3, and 4, you’ll be DQ from all those races, since you skipped race 1!)
• Heart rate monitors are required for podium finishers
• ZPower/Virtual power is not allowed. Smart trainer/smart bike or power meter required.

Join a Chat & Chill Cooldown

Immediately following each hour’s racing, we’ve scheduled 30-minute “Chat & Chill” events where riders from all categories can spin their legs together and chat about how it all went down. Find them at zwift.com/events/tag/tinyraces.

Zwift Insider Kit Unlock

Finish any Tiny Race or a Chat & Chill ride and unlock the Zwift Insider “Ride Smarter // Ride Harder” in-game kit.

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