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    “Castle to Castle” Route Details (Makuri Islands)

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    Animated “Castle to Castle” Route Details (Makuri Islands) Map
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    Released in Zwift’s January 2022 update, Castle to Castle draws its name from the two castles you’ll pass along the way – first the castle area in Yumezi, then the imperial palace in the Neokyo’s Castle Park.

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    Released in Zwift’s January 2022 update, Castle to Castle draws its name from the two castles you’ll pass along the way – first the castle area in Yumezi, then the imperial palace in the Neokyo’s Castle Park.

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    Route Basics

    Length: 22.4 km (13.9 miles)
    Elevation:
    139 m (456‘)
    Lead-In: 0.8 km (0.5 miles)
    Map: Makuri Islands

    Start & Finish

    Begins and ends at a virtual arch near the Neo Arcade

    Achievement Badge: 460 XP

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    Sprint & KQOM Segments

    Alley Sprint Reverse (0.38 km, -1.2%)
    Castle Park Sprint (0.22 km, -0.7%)
    Tower Sprint (0.32 km, 0.4%)

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    Castle to Castle

    Bike Selection

    With only one 2.8%, 2.3km climb on this route, aero rules the day. Grab the fastest bike available at your level.

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    Route Description

    We begin in Neokyo, just before the Clifftop Shrine circle. Passing the shrine we go through the tunnel to Yumezi, blinking as we enter the daylight!

    A flat run in through the rice paddies brings us to the route’s big climb, up to the castle area then through the market before descending the Castle KOM segment.

    Descending from Yumezi’s Castle
    Entering the tunnel
    Neokyo’s Castle Park

    Take a breather – the climbing is finished. Now it’s just a flat country road back to the tunnel into Neokyo, where we’ll hit the Alley Sprint Reverse, Castle Sprint Reverse, and Tower Sprint before heading back to the virtual start/finish banner where we began.

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    Robbo
    Robbo
    1 year ago

    … and just as you complete all the route badges….

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    Andrea
    Andrea
    1 year ago

    Best bike to use for this route?

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    Temps 09
    Temps 09
    1 year ago
    Reply to  Andrea

    An aero due to all the flat but climbs well for the castle climb.

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    KB824EB
    KB824EB
    1 year ago
    Reply to  Temps 09

    Actually you need no climbing, if you’re alone TT bike is the best, in a group, fastest possible frame

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    Tim Schneider
    Tim Schneider(@tasmobile)
    1 year ago
    Reply to  Andrea

    The climb to the village/temple is only a little over 1.5 miles long with a max 11% grade for only a very short distance near the bus stop. I didn’t even notice I was riding with the Zipp 858 on the S-Works Venge frame for the climb — and gravity is not my friend.

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    Brad B
    Brad B
    3 months ago
    Reply to  Tim Schneider

    The 858s made no difference for this short of an effort.

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    yousuf kazmi
    yousuf kazmi
    1 year ago

    This could become a classic racing route, if the heavier power riders can hang on enough on the Yumezi Castle climb, then it’s a chase down or holding on in the remaining 3/4 lap, generally flatish return.

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    Enrico "Groot" Nx
    Enrico "Groot" Nx
    1 year ago

    Is this route available for events yet?

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    KB824EB
    KB824EB
    1 year ago
    Reply to  Enrico "Groot" Nx

    Standard ride for tour de Zwift stage 7, don’t know if there is any other events with it

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    AaaaJjjj
    AaaaJjjj
    1 year ago
    Reply to  KB824EB

    It’s available to select on events through the companion app but oddly not through the edit event web interface https://www.zwift.com/events/view/2724382

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    Troy
    Troy
    1 year ago

    It took 16.6 miles to complete the route this morning, glitch?

    good route though.

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    James Metcalfe
    James Metcalfe
    1 year ago

    will the veloviewer leaderboard be expanded to include this route?

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    Colin Jones
    Colin Jones
    1 year ago
    Reply to  James Metcalfe

    I was wondering the same thing along with Twilight Harbour, hopefully soon.

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    Francis Norman
    Francis Norman
    1 year ago

    This feels like it would be a good race route if run in reverse too with the climb coming close to the end

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