Cycling Time Trials Winter Series Begins November 12, 1000+ Riders Signed Up

Tomorrow, Cycling Time Trials (CTT) – the national governing body for time trials in England, Scotland, and Wales – launches their Winter Time Trial Series on Zwift. And they’ve clearly done a great job marketing the series, with over 1,000 riders already signed up for race 1!

Hayley Simmonds, a TT medal winner at both the European and Commonwealth Games and a former National Road TT Champion, is heading up the team running the winter series. She says, “I envisage the Winter Series on Zwift as being a great way for experienced testers to maintain and even improve their race readiness over the winter period. For anyone who is new to Time Trialing, then what better way to give it a go?”

Learn all about the series below…

Routes and Schedule

The series is 14 weeks long and begins this week, with races on Wednesdays at 7pm UTC (2pm EST/11am PST) repeating on Saturdays at 9am UTC (4am EST/1am PST).

See upcoming events at zwift.com/events/tag/cyclingtimetrials

How To Participate

Simply sign up and race an event to participate! (You’ll probably want to read and understand the rules, etc, below, though…)

One easy way to see all upcoming events in the Companion app is to join the CYCLINGTIMETRIALS Club. You can also visit zwift.com/events/tag/cyclingtimetrials to see and sign up for the next week’s event.

Points System

Overall series rankings are points-based, with lower points being better. Points are earned in two different ways:

• Finishing Points: 1st place gets 1 point, 2nd place gets 2 points, etc
• Segment Points: fastest 5 through each course’s designated segment will get -5 points for 1st, -4 points for 2nd, -3 points for 3rd, -2 points for 4th, and -1 point for 5th
• Course PB Points: each course (except mountain stages) is repeated twice in the schedule, plus there are two race events each week (one on Wednesday, one on Saturday). Riders who set a new series PB on a course will receive a -1 point deduction.

Championship Criteria

At the conclusion of the 14-week series, riders will be crowned as champions in their respective categories based on their best results in 7 races*. There will be both an open championship and a women-only championship.

* The 7 races must include at least 4 flat races, 2 rolling races, and 1 mountain race, as classified in the table above.

Key Rules

Entry Requirements

You must have a heart rate monitor paired to join these events, along with either a smart trainer or power meter connected as your power source.

If you want your results to count toward the Championships, you must be registered at ZwiftPower.

Learn how to sign up for ZwiftPower >

Categories

Riders are categorized based on FTP in watts per kilo:

• A: 4-6 W/kg
• B: 3.2-3.99 W/kg
• C: 2.5-3.19 W/kg
• D: below 2.5 W/kg

These are mixed races, but CTT says, “We’ll be producing an open leaderboard and female leaderboard for each category.”

Neutralized Equipment

Bike frames and wheels are neutralized for these events, so you can ride any setup from your Zwift garage that you’d like. Maybe it’s time to race that new Brompton P Line?

Questions or Comments?

It’s always fun to see an organization step into Zwift and use the platform effectively, hosting events that reinforce the organization’s mission and connect riders from around the globe. It’s also good to see a thoughtfully designed series structure. Nice work, CTT!

Got questions or comments about the series? Share below!