The end of the summer off-season is the scourge of Zwift team captains and managers everywhere. Riders come back from several months of riding IRL and want to enter a big Zwift series, but they have no race category. The last thing anyone needs is to get to the day of the first big ZRL or DRS race and realize they can’t race!
The Preprandial Crits are here to solve just that problem. This is a series specifically designed to get your ZwiftPower/Zwift Racing category updated in the quickest way possible (less than 15 minutes!), and it’s running for the 2 weeks prior to the new DRS and ZRL seasons with time zones for EMEA, APAC and AMER.
The Races
Races will run Monday-Friday from August 21-September 1 in 3 time slots:
- 19:00 BST / 18:00 UTC / 11:00 PST
- 19:00 EST / 23:00 UTC / 16:00 PST
- 19:15 Singapore / 11:15 UTC / 4:15 PST
Each day will run over a different course, with a target race time for mid-pack riders of 15 minutes.
Categories will be split according to standard Zwift categories, but everyone will start together, making for a great challenge in such a short race to see how long you can grab on the coattails of the category above! This also means if you are coming back with no category, you’ll be abe to find a pace that works for you.
Your top 3 results over the 2-week series will count towards the Preprandial league. Events will be as inclusive as possible and allow Zpower riders and those without a HRM to participate in individual races but not count on the official ZP results.
In summary, this short series is low on admin effort but high on fun, so turn up, race fair, and enjoy yourself!
Points Mean Prizes
Courtesy of Electric Spirit Co., prizes are available to series winners. As an alcohol brand, prizes will only be given to over 18s with UK shipping only. You may be asked to verify your age before we send your prize.
Winners will be those listed as series leaders on ZwiftPower at the end of the series. Please get in touch via Facebook to get your prize.
Series points will be allocated to the top 6 finishing positions every race. Your best 3 finishes will count for series points, you can only score in one race per day. If you enter more than one event per day your highest-scoring event that day will count.
Top points scorer per category for men and women will get 50% off a bottle of gin at electricspirit.co.
Getting Involved
Find the events in your Companion app, on Zwift.com, or via Zwift Hacks. Some events will auto-create 6 days in advance, so never fear, the APAC ones will pop up soon. (Note, only the events from Aug 21-Sept 1 count towards the series):
Check the individual race details or full series details on ZwiftPower for more info on scoring etc.
Questions or Comments?
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