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    ReferenceRoutes & Maps

    Route Maps & Details for Zwift’s Crit City Course

    Eric Schlange
    By Eric Schlange
    December 19, 2019
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    This page includes route maps and basic details for all Zwift routes on the Crit City course.

    Keep in mind this is an event-only course, so the only way to ride Crit City routes is to join a group event. Once the event begins you may choose to exit the event and free-ride the course as long as you’d like.

    Looking for other courses? Jump to Watopia Routes, London Routes, New York City Routes, Innsbruck Routes, Richmond Routes, Yorkshire Routes, Bologna Routes, or Makuri Islands Routes.

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    Downtown Dolphin

    Animated “Downtown Dolphin” Route Details (Crit City) Map
    Animated map provided by ZwiftHacks
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    Downtown Dolphin is one of two routes on the racing-focused Crit City map released in the December 6, 2019 update. Featuring dead turns, an uphill prime section, a lap counter, and sharp corners with sightlines on city streets, this route’s layout nicely replicates the visuals of a downtown crit.

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    Route Basics

    Length: 1.9 km (1.2 miles)
    Elevation:
    8 m (26‘)
    Lead-In: 0.1 km (0.1 miles)
    Map: Crit City

    Restriction: Event Only

    Achievement Badge: none

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    Downtown Dolphin is one of two routes on the racing-focused Crit City map released in the December 6, 2019 update. Featuring dead turns, an uphill prime section, a lap counter, and sharp corners with sightlines on city streets, this route’s layout nicely replicates the visuals of a downtown crit.

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    See route detail page, including Strava segments, detailed description, Veloviewer profiles, video ride-thru and more >

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    Bell Lap

    Animated “Bell Lap” Route Details (Crit City) Map
    Animated map provided by ZwiftHacks

    Bell Lap is one of two routes on the racing-focused Crit City map released in the December 6, 2019 update. Featuring dead turns, a rolling uphill section, a lap counter, and sharp corners with sightlines on city streets, this route’s layout nicely replicates the visuals of a downtown crit.

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    Route Basics

    Length: 1.9 km (1.2 miles)
    Elevation:
    8 m (26‘)
    Lead-In: 0.1 km (0.1 miles)
    Map: Crit City

    Restriction: Event Only

    Achievement Badge: none

    Bell Lap is one of two routes on the racing-focused Crit City map released in the December 6, 2019 update. Featuring dead turns, a rolling uphill section, a lap counter, and sharp corners with sightlines on city streets, this route’s layout nicely replicates the visuals of a downtown crit.

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    See route detail page, including Strava segments, detailed description, Veloviewer profiles, video ride-thru and more >

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      Chris Cleeland
      Chris Cleeland(@chriscleeland)
      3 years ago

      I haven’t yet raced one of these, so I suspect simply toeing the line will answer my question. But, I’ll ask it anyway… You mention that “Crit racers know if you’re able to get off the front far enough that the peloton no longer sees you, you stand a better chance of staying away. It’s harder to chase what you can’t see.” Does that mean that during a race, zwift does not display the rider list on the right side of the display? I know the time splits displayed there are dubious, but that display and the map immediately above… Read more »

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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      3 years ago
      Reply to  Chris Cleeland

      Yes, Chris, you can see other riders on the minimap. This certainly negates SOME of the advantage of getting away, but it doesn’t take away all of it. Actually seeing the riders up the road is a better carrot than seeing them on a map!

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      Chris Cleeland
      Chris Cleeland(@chriscleeland)
      3 years ago

      Do racers have numbers “pinned up” and (if the differently-scored fields are on-course concurrently) is it possible to distinguish a rider from one field from a rider from another field?

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      3 years ago
      Reply to  Chris Cleeland

      So far all the races I’ve seen have been single-field races… that is, you only see the category you are racing. And this is how it should be on this course, because mixing the fields would get really confusing on such a small lap.

      No numbers pinned on, no. Although I hear that may actually happen in the future, which would be kind of cool!

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      Don Stimson
      Don Stimson
      3 years ago

      It may be called Crit City and have “crit races,” but without any steering, braking, or possibility of crashing, other than a change in gradient, it doesn’t seem to me to have any of the technical elements that make a crit a crit. Doesn’t this basically still come down to primarily just TT ability on a game that has you go around a bunch of corners? It may offer a bit of a visual diversion from other Zwift road races, but that doesn’t make it a crit.

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      timr
      timr
      2 years ago
      Reply to  Don Stimson

      agreed. it feels like a TT; more interesting though. For me it is a TT pace basically most of the time

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      Syd Nakter
      Syd Nakter
      3 years ago

      Very interested in your thoughts on the quickest way through the rollers. I’m pulsing power on the little climbs and holding back on the mini descents. The logic is to try and maintain constant speed through the rolling hill segment. I’m wondering if power up during the descents is quicker to build up a sort of slingshot effect.

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      Yan Sim
      Yan Sim
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Syd Nakter

      Late to the game here but here’s the fastest way on any course (assuming no drafting and powerups):https://www.bestbikesplit.com/zwift/229530

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      Jeffrey Bristow
      Jeffrey Bristow(@jeffrey-bristow)
      3 years ago

      Really wish this was another world we could choose. I have done one Crit City race and really enjoyed it, but rarely are these races scheduled at times that work for me.

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      Mahima Sukhdev
      Mahima Sukhdev
      2 years ago

      Hi Eric – wondering if you can help me with this. I can’t seem to join races in Crit City, even though I’m signed up and on my bike ready to go – it just doesn’t pop up as an option. It shows I’m ‘joined’ because the alternative is ‘leave’ but nothing else. Any advice?

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      2 years ago
      Reply to  Mahima Sukhdev

      Are you in game, riding? Or waiting on the screen before that, where events are listed? Gotta be in game to get the invite. I know, it’s a little odd…

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      Mahima
      Mahima
      2 years ago
      Reply to  Eric Schlange

      Ah that might explain it! Was searching for it in the same place you select ride locations / routes. Let me try that and see if it works ☺️

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      Lynda Gauthier
      Lynda Gauthier
      2 years ago

      Hi, Where are the course routes?

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      2 years ago
      Reply to  Lynda Gauthier

      Apologies. We’re working on upgrading the route pages and these were broken! Fixed now, available above.

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