The Zwift Classics are upon us, and this week’s Top 5 Zwift Videos feature two races from the Apple Lap! Then one Zwifter tries out an upgrade to a new Elite Tuo smart trainer, while another climbs the Alpe du Zwift in an attempt to upgrade his virtual wheels. Finally, if you’re new to Zwift, you can check out an introduction to the program and the “Bigger Loop” route in Watopia.
GO GO GO!!! – Zwift Race Analysis // Zwift Classics The Apple Lap (B)
Oli Chi with ZRace Central brings you an analysis of his Apple Lap race from the Zwift Classics.
A Frantic Final 3km – Zwift Classics – The Apple Lap
More from the Zwift Classics! Adam Dawson from Zwiftaholics goes for the win in the Apple Lap race, having no PowerUp for the final sprint.
New Toy for Zwift | Elite Tuo Smart Trainer
How different does Zwift feel when you upgrade your trainer? Dihua with Wiser Biker unpacks his new Elite Tuo Smart Trainer, sets it up, and takes it for a test ride.
Zwift Meilenstein Wheel Unlock
The StClair Channel documents several climbs up the Alpe du Zwift to see how many it takes to unlock the Lightweight Meilenstein wheelset.
Zwift Bigger Loop – a PROPER ride
Benjamin Harley explains Zwift and then takes a ride around the challenging “Bigger Loop” route in Watopia.
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Episode 3 of the Wrap, the weekly vod/podcast series presented by Zwift Community Live, has just dropped. If you’re after that extra edge in the upcoming ZRL season then this is a must-listen episode, as this week was the Round 1 Route Reveal discussion with special guest Si Bradeley. The team went in-depth on each of the six routes: tactics that could be at play, bike choice, team strategies, and more.
The Fashion spotlight was on the Neokyo in-game kit and the garage-pick of the week was the Specialized Mixtape bike.
Neokyo kitSpecialized Mixtape Bike
The Wrap is all about showcasing the awesome Zwift community, from upcoming events to must-have tech to community guests to the all-important avatar fashion segment. The live nature of the show means that hosts Nathan Guerra and Anna Russell can interact directly with those watching, gaining valuable insights and opinions across a wide range of topics.
Zwift Hardware Requirements Public Test Events, August 2-9
This week Zwift announced a set of test events for the community to put a new FutureWorks feature through its paces. Currently called “Hardware Requirements”, the big idea is that Zwift wants to be able to restrict who can participate in certain events based on the devices (trainer, power meter, heart rate monitor) they are using.
There are currently 5 possible event configurations:
No rules; the event is open to all hardware types
Smart Trainers/Power Meters only allowed
Smart Trainers/Power Meters + Heart Rate Monitor (HRM) only allowed
This is considered a FutureWorks feature, which essentially means it’s in public beta.
What It Does… and Does NOT Do
Zwift has informed us that their Hardware Requirements feature isn’t meant to restrict events to a particular make or model of device (like having a race just for Tacx NEO users). Rather, it’s to differentiate between people with and without a heart rate monitor, as well as those using a classic trainer (sometimes called zPower or virtual power) vs those using a smart trainer/smart bike/power meter.
Zwift says, “In other words, that means smart trainer/power meter-racers will race with fellow smart trainer/power meter-racers and zPower-racers with race with fellow zPower-racers.”
While we don’t see classic-trainer-only events ever taking off (there just aren’t enough racers on classic trainers) we definitely could see race organizers choosing to disallow classic trainers from racing, since the virtual power computed from classic trainers+speed sensors is notoriously inaccurate.
Category Enforcement has moved “zPower Rangers” out of the lower categories for the most part, but that just means they’re racing in the A category, which isn’t exactly fair to legit A riders, either. While the vast majority of Zwift Racers use a smart trainer or power meter, the implementation of Hardware Requirements should be able to stop a few race flyers, improving the experience for everyone else.
Will Hardware Requirements fix all power inaccuracies? Of course not. Riders in the smart trainer/power meter category can still calibrate their wheel-on trainer cold, then get a wattage boost as their tire warms up (or loses air). And many direct-drive trainers and most power meters can be miscalibrated or configured improperly so they over-read power. This is just one of many potential steps Zwift can take toward more fairness in racing.
One Gotcha
Rolling out Hardware Requirements as an event option will be a positive development for Zwift racing. But there’s one thing about this new feature which I think Zwift needs to fix, and that’s this: if you’re in a Hardware Requirement event and you go to the pairing screen, you are only allowed to pair the same hardware you joined the event with.
(Although we haven’t tested it yet, Zwift assures us that if you entered the event with, say, your Wahoo KICK paired via ANT+, you could re-pair the KICKR via Bluetooth and that would be allowed, since it’s the same device. That’s good.)
But what about riders running two power sources (such as the popular combination of a smart trainer + power pedals), and one of those power sources keeps dropping out? You should be able to pair your other power source and finish the race, since it still meets the requirements of the event. But that’s not possible with this iteration of Hardware Requirements.
Similarly, we’ve all hard heart rate monitors crap out mid-ride. If it’s an HRM-required event you will be entirely out of luck unless you can put a new battery in your HRM. (Having a backup HRM won’t do you any good, since you can’t pair that new hardware mid-event.)
While the trainer power drop and dead HRM situations aren’t common, they do happen (I’ve had both happen, multiple times). It would be a pity of riders had a replacement device on hand that still met the event rules, but were unable to pair that device and instead had to take a DNF.
Availability for Community Events
Zwift hasn’t said when Hardware Requirements will roll out for use by community race organizers. The forum post says, “After our initial testing phase from 2-9 Aug, we hope to have Hardware Requirements rolled out as soon as possible, though we can’t say for certain when that will happen.”
More Info
See the Zwift forum topic, which includes lots of additional details and a helpful FAQ. (Nice work as always, Flint!)
This weekend sees some innovative races and rides to take part in along with one main event hosted by Off the MAAP.
Off the MAAP – Stage 2
Off the MAAP is back with four stages of racing that unlocks some kit. This weekend it’s Stage 2, which is hosted on Makuri Islands. There are multiple different routes to try to fit what you want to do in terms of distance.
Although this is advertised as a “Group Ride” the Stage 1 event that I took part in quickly turned into a race and my “easy ride” morphed into a frantic battle to stay with the group, which I wasn’t prepared for! But as always it was fun, nonetheless. Ride at whatever pace you’d like, but know you can push it on the front if that’s your desire.
First announced here, Zwift Insider is hosting four short events, in quick succession. As is noted, the point of these events is to “earn ZwiftPower ranking points, get a solid VO2 workout, and just have fun going all-out in a different sort of Zwift race!”
I’m all in favour of new and innovative events like this as it keeps training interesting and fresh. Furthermore, sometimes it’s not possible to fit in a long race, but you can still get your racing “fix” with these short ones.
Join this event and help Zwift Test some of their “FutureWorks.” This latest set of events “is designed to allow you to test a race environment where everyone you race against is on similar hardware to you.”
To find the right event for you, look for one of these titles that fits you, and sign up:
Zwift FutureWorks Test – Smart Trainer/Power Meter Only
Zwift FutureWorks Test – Smart Trainer/Power Meter + HRM Only
The Zwift Classics have been a well-attended series of races at a time when many people are riding outside. This event is 18.8km in length and hosted on the Royal Pump Room 8 route, in Yorkshire.
Racing up the Petit KOM was a challenge, for sure, but at least there was a flat sprint finish. No such luck in Yorkshire on the shortened Royal Pump Room 8 route with its custom summit finish. This was the first of the three major challenges for me in this series. My arch nemeses Box Hill and Bologna are lurking just over the horizon, but the immediate challenge was making it there with the winning record intact.
Attempt #1 – Smoked
It was a nice lively chat on the YouTube stream for the race and I saw a familiar name – Dylan Jones. We had raced together in ZRL and enjoy a classic friendly British-Australian rivalry with plenty of banter. I thought that would add some nice colour to the broadcast, but got more than I bargained for. Dylan wasn’t just in the chat, he was in the race.
The first five ‘warm up’ kilometres to the Otley Rd climb were uneventful, and though the climb itself would drop about half the field it was only a threshold effort for the high-Bs. That made the rollers to follow almost pleasant, and a group of 23 stuck together to take on the forward KOM.
I felt good and chased an early move from Dylan, thinning the lead group to just seven, although it would become 11 again on the descent as we started thinking about that final climb up the Reverse KOM. I had done only a very loose recon of the finale. Two-minute effort, last minute steeper than the first. I should have taken a bit more time to look at the profile:
As soon as we hit the base, Dylan surged and disappeared with a ghost power up. I didn’t think too much of it. It would be just like Dylan to pull the very move I tried back in week 2, faking a ghost attack to lure me and the others into burning unnecessary matches. But this was no fake. He reappeared in a blaze of orange numbers some 10-15 bike lengths ahead with a two-second gap that was growing quickly. I panicked. I surged. The gap grew to 8 seconds with 1km left to climb.
This was the time, as the road flattened out, to slot back into the group and take a breather while others took a turn to chase. But my lack of detailed study and the feeling in the pit of my stomach that this race was getting away from me kept any sort of rational thoughts far from my mind. I kept pushing and pushing.
My greatest asset as a Zwift racer is an ability to deliver a high wattage burst and flood my legs with lactate. This works great when the effort is timed to finish very close to the finish itself and it’s acceptable for that power to very rapidly drop to zero. If I overcommit and mistime the effort, the result is an epic implosion and the sort of wobbly pedaling you see from a rouleur who has given it their all on a steep climb for their GC hopeful. I had over-committed. With 400m to go it was all over. Dylan held on for a stunning win with a six-second margin. I limped home for 20th.
Attempt #2 – Opportunity Strikes
I was demoralised. The first race was by no means a close finish, and with other commitments during the week I couldn’t afford another all-out effort until Saturday, leaving precious little window to keep the challenge alive.
I got lucky. A rare alignment of an empty house, a gap in my work schedule, and a race with a relatively thin field all came together in a brief window of time on Tuesday afternoon. I rushed to get ready, actually using the first 5km as a warm-up this time, and assessed the field on ZwiftPower live.
There were only 5 registered competitors from our field of 10, and I had the edge on paper. After ignoring the attack of a non-ZP rider up Otley Rd, I used my draft boost powerup on the descent to the Yorkshire KOM and went all in to shake my ZP rivals. It was a harder effort than the previous night, and it did the job, even reeling in the unregistered racer off the front. With a 33-second advantage through the banner, and not much in the way of flat roads for a small group to work together and bring me back, the race was essentially won.
A hollow victory compared to the hard-fought contests of the last three weeks, for sure, but I got some comfort from churning out a higher average wattage overall and a faster, harder forward KOM effort than the first attempt.
I might still try this one again in a bigger field, as it’s such a brilliant race course. But this one’s officially in the books.
London Calling
Next week is a double whammy. Box Hill has ruined more races for me than I care to remember over the last year or so. The peloton always seems to hit the lower slopes at an incredibly high wattage that blows up my engine before things settle into a rhythm. I’m hoping that the custom finish all the way over at The Mall will provide a chance to chase back on in the likely event I’m dropped.
Life is also going to get in the way, though. With work commitments keeping me off the bike until at least Friday night, I may very well only have the weekend to tackle this one. At least I’ll have fresh legs!
Created in Zwift’s early days by a Zwift community member, the Zwift Riders Facebook Group was (is?) the most popular gathering place for Zwifters who aren’t Zwifting. In fact, it functioned as Zwift’s de facto support portal for years!
But it can get a bit tiresome, mostly because of all the ride organizers spamming their events to the group. On the plus side, those posts are offset by the inevitable humblebrags and people asking questions better asked of licensed physicians!
Here are real stats from a quick survey the day this post was composed.
Wahoo’s KICKR Headwind fan is a piece of pain cave luxury that consistently earns high marks from buyers. Granted, you may need to take out a second mortgage to afford the laughable $250US price tag, but its high CFM and smart controllability prove their worth when the going gets hot!
Cofidis has become a bit of a meme in cycling thanks to their being a team of vampires with a startling inability to win Tour de France stages. But that’s not all – in the early days of “pro” racing on Zwift, this World Tour team managed to perform so poorly that there were calls from the community to boot them from the races!
Your Thoughts
What do you think of these Zwift charts? Are Cofidis really vampires? Share below!
Zwift Insider Tiny Race Series: The View from the Pack
People have tried back-to-back racing series on Zwift before. Aussie Crit Crushers was one fun example, running two crit-style races back to back with a loose points competition across the series. Eric was not to be outdone, though, scheduling four races within an hour. Despite having to choose between a midnight or 6am race slot (an easy choice for this night owl), I wasn’t going to miss it.
Training, Performance & Recovery
It was a quality training session that hit just about everything you need to be a good Zwift racer – fast starts, energy conservation wherever possible, repeated efforts (especially important for Zwift Racing League and similar events with intermediate sprints and KOMs), good powerup use, bunch positioning, and of course a strong finishing kick. The ability to stack a series of high-ranking races for those looking to sharpen up their ZwiftPower ranking was an added bonus, and with the event attracting some quality fields it proved lucrative (4 of my 5 ‘scoring’ races towards my ranking now come from this series, despite one of them being a 14th-placed finish!)
I learnt a few things about myself, too, in pushing as hard as these events demanded. After doing my first recovery period on the bike, with some low-resistance spinning in the pen, I opted for some more overall body movement and stretching with an off-the-bike recovery after races two and three. This was partly motivated by a sudden desire to be very close to the floor after my second all-out sprint effort (on the back of my second hard five-minute effort) in the space of about 20 minutes.
I found the off-the-bike sessions vastly more effective. I felt noticeably better in race three than race two, and delivered my best power numbers for the night, a feat which seemed implausible if not physically impossible. Physiology is a strange beast, though, especially combined with the dark science of sports psychology and motivation.
By race four, though, I was feeling worse for wear, only dragging myself back onto the bike for the sake of the overall points competition.
W/kg data across the four races revealed some interesting results
The availability of a ‘green jersey’ style of points competition on ZwiftPower was an appealing part of the event. With a points structure that extended well down the placings, but with a healthy premium for wins and podiums, it provided plenty of motivation, and I clearly wasn’t the only one with eyes on that prize.
I certainly wasn’t trying to do the math live, but in the end myself, DIRT’s Paul Robertson, ZSUN’s Clayton Payne, and ATP’s Steve D’Alessandro staged an epic battle for the overall points crown that all came down to those final few hundred metres in the Volcano:
This was an incredibly tight series that went down to the wire
Robertson would come out victorious, with 10th in the final race enough to get him to 152 points, ahead of me on 151, with Payne and D’Alessandro on 149. I had paid dearly for a strategic error in the finale, holding onto my feather in the hopes of using it late to reel in positions. The margins involved here were incredibly thin. In race 1, Robertson pipped me by 0.034s on the line in Neokyo. D’Alessandro kept me off the podium in Crit City by 0.022s. Either result going the other way would have gained me the overall win.
These weren’t even close to the hardest luck story of the night, though. In the Volcano, D’Alessandro and a Japanese rider (Noheyo Monio) actually dead-heated to the thousandth of a second. ZwiftPower awarded the win to Monio, depriving D’Allesandro of 5 points that would have won him the series.
At its heart, Zwift is a social platform. The ability to interact with others begins at the in-game “Zwifters Nearby” sidebar, which shows a list of nearby riders/runners.
This constantly-updating bar sits on the right side of your screen, and while most of the information it contains is pretty straightforward, there are some icons and other indicators which new Zwifters may not understand.
The truth is, Zwift has managed to pack an incredible amount of information into this sidebar! Here’s a complete list of what the sidebar contains:
Always-On Elements
Zwifter Name (which can be customized to include your team name or other info)
Country flag
Power in w/kg (or pace for runners) – turns orange when you exceed 8 w/kg
Distance covered
Time gap in seconds to selected rider
Type of power device (zPower or smart trainer/power meter)
Badges for verified account, pro rider, and pro triathlete (pro riders are orange, triathletes are green)
Pace partner beacon
Status Icons:
Zwift employee status
Following
Structured Workout in progress
Companion app connected
Steering enabled
Temporary Elements
New segment PR
Ride On button: this pops up when a nearby rider gets a PR, starts an FTP test, completes a workout, takes a jersey, or gives you a Ride On (assuming you didn’t already give them a Ride On)
FTP test in progress
Leader’s jersey: shows when a rider has grabbed a sprint, KOM, or lap jersey (read more)
Rider event placing (only shows if this feature is enabled for the event)
Event title (only shows if rider placing is enabled for the event)
Rider count (total shows on top if rider placing is enabled for the event, bottom number shows rider count less those listed in the sidebar)
Beacon indicator (yellow or red)
Whew. That’s a lot!
To help you see where each element fits into the side bar, I’ve cobbled together this visual from various screenshots so we can get all the elements in one place:
(Please note this is a composite image. So while Casey Schumm is probably currently sprinting on Zwift, I highly doubt T. Evans is a sandbagger. And Amanda Coker doesn’t lead the Roll with Castelli ride! The image is for illustrative purposes only.)
Last week’s introduction of our Tiny Race Series was a smashing success, with many categories hosting fields of 100+ riders and 1061 racers completing at least one of the events. We heard lots of positive feedback as well, so this week we’re making a few tweaks and serving up a fresh set of routes.
A: Olivier Gagnon B: Magnus Wiklund C: Tristan Slominski D: David White
* Anderson Pupulin and Olivier Gagnon tied for points, so we give the win to Olivier, since he had the highest finish (three 1st places!)
This Week’s Routes
This week’s first two races are the first of our “custom” routes. (These are standard in-game routes, cut short so they finish at an interesting spot.)
Custom length (5.5km), ending atop climb out of Mayan Cutoff (see pics)
Powerup: none
Hint: this route is tricky in terms of bike choice, because it begins on pavement, is mostly dirt, but finishes on bricks! And there’s a bit of wood thrown in for good measure. Each of these surfaces rolls differently on different bikes, so you need to decide where you want your advantage. Read more about Crr on Zwift for details.
We learned a few things in our first week of Tiny Races:
ZwiftPower needed to be “hacked” a bit to properly process all four races for the hour
Finishing your race and then joining the pens for the next race is a very good idea, especially in large fields! The sooner you join, the better your starting point
Because riders hopped into the pens as quickly as possible, there was a lot of fun chatter in the pens between races. Comments of “I just threw up” and “Three curses for Eric, hip hip!” were seen…
That said, all categories could see the chat of all other categories. We’re changing that this week so we only see riders and chat in our category
The “one powerup type per race” setup seemed to work really well, with everyone being given the same advantage
Our Zwift Insider kit unlock was misconfigured (so today, Aug 2, ZHQ went in and manually gave the kit to all finishers). This week’s races will automatically give the kit once you finish an event!
Some fields were so big that riders in the lower 50% all received just 1 point. We’ve expanded our points scheme so every rider is incentivized to keep pushing to the line for extra points! New points scheme is this: 250,240,230,225,220,215,210,205,200,198,196,194,192,190,188,186,184,182,180,178,176,175,174,173,172,171,170,169,168,167,166,165,164,163,162,161,160,159,158,157,156,155,154,153,152,151,150,149,148,147,146,145,144,143,142,141,140,139,138,137,136,135,134,133,132,131,130,129,128,127,126,125,124,123,122,121,120,119,118,117,116,115,114,113,112,111,110,109,108,107,106,105,104,103,102,101,100,99,98,97,96,95,94,93,92,91,90,89,88,87,86,85,84,83,82,81,80,79,78,77,76,75,74,73,72,71,70,69,68,67,66,65,64,63,62,61,60,59,58,57,56,55,54,53,52,51,50,49,48,47,46,45,44,43,42,41,40,39,38,37,36,35,34,33,32,31,30,29,28,27,26,25,24,23,22,21,20,19,18,17,16,15,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
ZwiftPower Results + League
Zwift will display preliminary results when you cross the line, but final race results will be on ZwiftPower.
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:
Zwift Racing League (ZRL) has taken racing to the next level on Zwift. It’s well-organized bike racing on an unprecedented scale, a multi-week team points competition held across timezones catering to thousands of teams. And that’s why serious Zwift racers show up week after week: because everyone knows ZRL is where Zwift racing is at its highest level.
With six successful rounds completed over the course of the past two seasons, ZRL organizers WTRL continue to evolve their systems and tighten rulesets to provide a fair, engaging, and competitive platform for Zwift racing.
The next ZRL round begins September 13th, and it’s officially named 2022/23 Season – Round 1. We’ll use this page to display all the key info in one place, and since some race details are still being decided, updates will be made to this post as more info becomes available.
If you’re new to ZRL, you’ll definitely want to get familiar with the ruleset and scoring structures, as these will inform strategic decisions made as a team.
Timeslots and Divisions
This round’s divisions are the same as last round. But it’s worth noting that Oceania and APAC are fixed to cities/timezones that will change their clocks during the Round 1. If you aren’t in Australia or New Zealand, these two leagues will appear to have a time shift 1 hour backward when these 2 cities “spring into” their winter.
Teams and Registration
New teams can register now at wtrl.racing/zrl-registration. Team registration closes midnight UTC on Friday, Sept 9. All teams must have at least 4 riders confirmed by Sunday, Sept 11 at noon UTC. You can have up to 12 riders nominated for your team. Again, see the ruleset for details.
Want to race, but don’t have a team? You can find a list of teams recruiting riders by visiting wtrl.racing/zwift-racing-league/#teams (“All Teams” in the ZRL menu). WTRL says an inquiry form will be available soon on that page, so you can click and ask to join a team that is recruiting.
Until then, you can track down the team’s contact info and message them, or simply post your info on the Facebook group to have teams contact you. Use tags so your post can easily be found by others using “popular topics”:
If you are looking for a team, tag your post with the topic #zrlteamhunt
If you are recruiting, tag your post with #zrlrecruiting
Tips for First-Timers
If this is your first time racing on Zwift, here are a few tips and links to get you started fast:
The category you’ll race is determined by your FTP in watts per kilogram. Talk to your team manager if you have any questions on where you should race, or read this post from Zwift.
Riders must use a power sensor to transmit power to the game – this would be a smart trainer, smartbike, or power meter. (You’re allowed to race B, C, and D categories with a “classic” trainer and virtual power, but your points are cut in half.)
Heart rate monitors are required. (You’re allowed to race B, C, and D categories without a HRM, but your points are cut in half.)
It’s really best that you have at least a few races under your belt before you try to join a team, so you know what sort of power numbers you can hold in a race.
Race Routes and Dates
Each ZRL round is made up of weekly races which are a mix of points races and team time trial (TTT) formats. Points race winners are the teams who amass the most total points by the end of the race, while TTT winners are the teams who complete the racecourse fastest (team time is taken from the fourth rider to cross the line).
“Intermediates” are sections on the course where riders compete mid-race for points. Intermediates may count for Fastest-Through-Segment (FTS) and/or First-Across-Line (FAL) points – see the scoring page for details.
In a bold move, we’re starting this round off with the Queen Stage. Riders will take on a sprint and two smaller climbs before heading up the Epic KOM Reverse for a brutal fight to the finish!
Race #2: Park Perimeter Loop Sept 20, 2022 (Points Race)
This route covers all of New York’s ground-level paved roads, which are a GPS replica of Central Park. These roads are rarely flat, but there are no long climbs, either. Typically the rolling terrain and short climbs create an attritional race which ends in a reduced bunch sprint on the short uphill finish.
For the first time in ZRL history we have just one TTT in this round. And it’s on a TTT route we’ve never raced in ZRL! Makuri Islands’ Wandering Flats is a mostly-flat route, making it easy for TTT riders. But the bit of climbing near the end will certainly hurt legs which are already burning.
One for the sprinters, the uphill sprint on each of 7 laps will require both strategic team smarts and strong legs. This is the second-longest race of Round 1, so fatigue will begin to set in as riders are forced to sprint uphill on each lap. (Note: we think we’ll see a lower lap count for C/D categories, but those plans are still being finalized.)
Race #5: Legends and Lava Oct 11, 2022 (Points Race)
Never raced in ZRL, Legends and Lava makes for an exciting points race since the fireworks and selections can happen early on the Titans Grove KOM Reverse. The intermediate sprint that follows will be contested by a reduced front group, then the remaining riders will fight it out up the Volcano KOM to the finish line!
Making its first appearance in ZRL, Eastern Eight is a former Rebel Route and the longest course of Round 1. While it includes lots of flat roads, two trips through Titans Grove and the climbs up into the redwoods will sting the legs.
In a twist we haven’t seen yet with ZRL, the C and D categories are racing an entirely different course – Downtown Titans – another former Rebel Route. This fun race route features two short climbs before the sprint segment and final run-in via The Esses to the finish line.
After the three rounds of the 2022/23 season, WTRL is planning a championship based on this season’s rounds. This will happen in March.
Adieu, Premier Division
Since ZRL began, a pro-level “Premier Division” has run alongside, racing similar courses before the community races. These events were broadcasted and gave ZRL racers a way to recon routes before their big race.
This is changing, with pro-level race events being completely decoupled from ZRL events beginning with this round. This series is called the Zwift Grand Prix, and will happen each Friday. Read this post for details >
