“Mayan 8” Route Details (Watopia)
This shortish route is two different loops, connected by a bit of flat road. The upper loop is a Jungle half-loop, and the lower, larger loop takes in the southern coast road and Mayan Mountainside + Itza KOMs.
Route Basics
Length: 23.1 km (14.4 miles)
Elevation: 241m (791′)
+3.1km (1.9 miles) lead-in with 8m (26′) elevation
Map: Watopia
ZIMetrics
Rating: 13.3/100 🛈
Time Estimates 🛈
lead-in + first lap
4 W/kg: 39 minutes
3 W/kg: 43 minutes
2 W/kg: 53 minutes
Start & Finish
Starts and ends at Acropolis Sprint.
Format: Loop
Ride Achievement Badge: 460 XP
Run Achievement Badge: none
Strava Segments
Route Description
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When free riding, you’ll begin just before the Acropolis Sprint banner. Events, on the other hand, have a ~3km lead-in from the southern coast start pens.
Ride along the southern coast, hitting the Stoneway Sprint, then continue on up to the Jungle Circuit. You’ll travel clockwise, but take the Mayan Bridge cutoff road to shorten the circuit. The climb up from the bridge is the first key selection point in a race event, so mind your pack position and keep your eyes open!
Turn off the Mayan Bridge cutoff, descend back toward a left onto the southern coast road, then hang another left to begin the key climb section of this route. First the Mayan Mountainside KOM, followed quickly by the Itza KOM. That’s ~6km of solid climbing, so this is where the elastic will truly stretch and snap in races!
Over the top of the Itza KOM, turn right to descend the straight, steep bottom of The Grade then turn right to head toward the Acropolis Sprint. The final 3km of this route is flat and fast.
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Easy enough on the legs but still get some climbing workout for the climbing averse.
So what bike choice would you recommend??
I’d go with an all-arounder like the Pinarello Dogma F 2024 + DT Swiss Disc or the Tron Bike. Those will give you a bit of help on the back to back KOMs, but not hurt you much in the flat finish.
Thanks Eric
Wait, you can choose bikes on Zwift?
yes there’s a garage feature and all bikes are bought with “Drops” currency, except for the tron I think that’s unlocked via a challenge.
on ToW Stage 4 Standard – can you choose a bike or will it be MTB only again? Would you still go Dogma or a gravel instead?
🙂
You can choose your bike for stage 4.
thanks – and would you still go Dogma or Gravel? 🙂
If you go gravel, you’ll get dropped. Road bike all the way. Dogma 2024 is a great choice.
I mist pinarello route 4 . How can I do it ?
You can’t. Not makeup events for ZRacing.
Ok thanks
Until next week’s weekend makeups, if you count them as makeups
Huh? What’s next week?