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    Chasing Yellow 2023 Stage Race Begins Tomorrow

    Eric Schlange
    By Eric Schlange
    July 3, 2023
    LAST UPDATED June 26, 2024
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    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

    • Jul-04 Stage 1:Petit Boucle (40.0k / 271m)
    • Jul-05 Stage 2: Achterbahn (47.6k / 1046m)
    • Jul-06 Stage 3: Three Sisters (42.0k / 878m)
    • Jul-07 Stage 4: Turf N Surf (35.0k / 234m)
    • Jul-08 Stage 5: Astoria Line 8 (46.4k / 566m)
    • Jul-09 Stage 6: La Reine (22.9k / 1205m)
    • Jul-11 Stage 7: The Muckle Yin (40.0k / 462m)
    • Jul-12 Stage 8: Sand and Sequoias (42.7k / 353m)
    • Jul-13 Stage 9: Harrogate Circuit Reverse (41.4k / 734m)
    • Jul-14 Stage 10: Tour of Fire and Ice (28.1k / 1187m)
    • Jul-15 Stage 11: Surrey Hills (48.0k / 1046m)
    • Jul-16 Stage 12: The Highline (42.0k / 739m)
    • Jul-18 Stage 13 (ITT): Greater London 8 (24.3k / 278m)
    • Jul-19 Stage 14: Climber’s Gambit (28.0k / 667m)
    • Jul-20 Stage 15: Makuri 40 (40.3k / 317m)
    • Jul-21 Stage 16: Rolling Highlands (40.9k / 337m)
    • Jul-22 Stage 17: 2019 UCI Worlds Harrogate Circuit (41.6k / 735m)
    • Jul-23 Stage 18: Champs-Élysées (49.5k / 292m)

    Rules & Categories

    Chasing Tour rules are quite simple:

    • Riders must be registered on ZwiftPower (learn how to sign up)
    • Heart rate monitors required
    • No ZPower riders

    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:

    • A Zwift Hub smart trainer
    • A Hammerhead Karoo 2
    • A $200 Gift Certificate to The Feed

    More prize details

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    Post below!

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