Chasing Yellow 2023 Stage Race Begins Tomorrow

The Chasing Tour Series is well underway: the first year-long Zwift racing calendar ever organized on the platform (read all about it here). Tomorrow the biggest stage race of the series kicks off! Running alongside the Tour de France, Chasing Yellow is an 18-stage race where riders race daily between July 4-23, with just 2 rest days on the schedule.

Schedule Details

Each race is scheduled at 4 different times throughout the day, so you can find a slot that works for you. You don’t need to race the same timeslot each day.

  • 9:30 UTC / 5:30 EDT / 2:30 PDT
  • 12:00 UTC / 8:00 EDT / 5:00 PDT
  • 18:00 UTC / 14:00 EDT / 11:00 PDT
  • 0:00 UTC / 20:00 EDT / 17:00 PDT

See all upcoming Chasing Tour events at zwift.com/events/tag/chasingtour >

Stage Details

Rules & Categories

Chasing Tour rules are quite simple:

Categorization is different than typical Zwift races, since the Chasing Tour is using the zwiftracing.app ranking system to provide categorization. Riders should sign up for the category that corresponds to their zwiftracing.app rank:

  • A: Platinum, Challenge, Champion, Grand Champion
  • B: Gold
  • C: Silver
  • D: Bronze

All categories will start at the same time and be visible to each other during the race. Categories are used at signup so riders can see their competition.

If you need help determining your category, see the CATEGORIES section of the Rules & Scoring page.

GC Competition

In addition to the individual race competition, Chasing Yellow (and all other stage races in the Chasing Series) has a GC competition:

  • Stage races evaluate a rider’s combined time over the course of multiple stages (race events).
  • In an effort time normalize times across multiple time zones a time gap system will be used.
    • The 1st placed rider in a race event will earn a time gap of 00:00:00s.
    • Each following rider’s time gap will be calculated as a difference from the first rider’s time (ie: +00:00:05s).
    • The time gap logic will apply to each race event time zone.
    • Riders will then be globally ranked based on their overall combined time gaps throughout the tour. The rider with the lowest overall combined time gap finishing in 1st.
  • If a rider misses a stage they are given the last finishing time for the stage.
  • Riders must complete the minimum required amount of stages within a GC competition to qualify for GC competition points. This is generally at least 80% of the stages.
  • Don’t worry if you miss a stage, riders still earn points from the individual race events they complete within a stage race.

Prizes

Tour sponsor The Breakaway will provide grand prizes for each main tour (Chasing Pink, Chasing Yellow, Chasing Femmes, and Chasing Red).

Additionally, each 8-week or all-time PR earned on The Breakaway during each tour will earn you a virtual ticket for a raffle at the end of that tour. The more PR’s you get, the more chances to win!

For each tour, three finishers will be selected at random to receive:

More prize details

Questions or Comments?

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Eric Schlange
Eric Schlangehttp://www.zwiftinsider.com
Eric runs Zwift Insider in his spare time when he isn't on the bike or managing various business interests. He lives in Northern California with his beautiful wife, two kids and dog. Follow on Strava

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