“Yorkshire Double Loop” Route Details (Yorkshire)
Announced July 2024 as a route for the inaugural Zwift World Series, Yorkshire Double Loop is basically Tour of Tewit Well plus the first 19km of Royal Pump Room 8. Or another way to look at it: it covers both loops of Yorkshire in both directions, then ends on the KOM.
Announced July 2024 as a route for the inaugural Zwift World Series, Yorkshire Double Loop is basically Tour of Tewit Well plus the first 19km of Royal Pump Room 8. Or another way to look at it: it covers both loops of Yorkshire in both directions, then ends on the KOM.
Route Basics
Length: 29.6 km (18.4 miles)
Elevation: 547m (1,795′)
Map: Yorkshire
ZIMetrics
Rating: 18.5/100 🛈
Time Estimates 🛈
4 W/kg: 51 minutes
3 W/kg: 57 minutes
2 W/kg: 73 minutes
Start & Finish
Begins from start pens, ends at Yorkshire KOM Reverse.
Format: Point-to-Point
Ride Achievement Badge: 580 XP
Run Achievement Badge: none
Strava Segments
Route Description
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Begin from the Yorkshire start pens and travel CCW, heading downhill and taking a hard left at the first intersection to head up the Yorkshire KOM Reverse. (Tip: take note of this climb, because your race finishes here.) Keep pushing hard through the banner at the top, then enjoy a bit of recovery as you descend.
It won’t last long, though, because this course is a continual cycle of punchy climbs followed by short descents. You’ll make your way around the main Yorkshire loop, eventually riding through the start/finish banner and heading right to make a CCW loop of the small upper portion of the Yorkshire course.
This loop takes you through the Yorkshire Sprint Reverse then straight through the intersection to come up through the shops to the main start/finish banner. Now you’re on the main Yorkshire loop again, but in the opposite direction you started with. That means taking on the Yorkshire KOM from the other side before descending and climbing up to the Yorkshire Sprint. You’re almost done!
Finish that small upper loop in a CW direction, then barrel through the intersection and head up the Yorkshire KOM Reverse one last time. The finish line is at the top!
Meh. I’ll do it once to get the XP, but Yorkshire is one of the more boring maps, IMO, so a route with still yet more KMs of boredom – not really needed.
Wow! If you think Yorkshire’s boring have you tried Richmond or Paris?! There’s way more variability in the Yorkshire course!
Couldn’t agree more! It’s been a while since I don’t see Paris available
Agreed. I really like Yorkshire. Royal Pump Room 8 feels like a ride on real roads, with frequent and significant variations in gradient.
Living in Harrogate myself, i can tell you this course is a beast! Challenging with some real leg snappers after you get some miles under your belt.
When will this route be an event next? Would like to get the badge
It’s a free ride today! For whatever reason
Just finished my ride but other than Yorkshire being one of the World’s today I don’t see how the do that route
Scroll down to “Just Ride.” It’s listed as a Free Ride. It’s not under Yorkshire routes. I got the badge!
Wrong reference for the activity. It does not have the last “s” in Loops 🙂
Zwift said they were going to correct it to include the”s”, but so far they have not. So I just updated the link above…
Route is not available if I try to create event for the club. Using ZwiftCompanion Android.
No idea how to ride this route, one route badge I’ve been trying to get for ages. Has been in one event/ride this last month that I couldn’t make.. don’t see the point in event only routes like this having a badge that hardly anyone can get..
I second this, please make these event only routes rideable… badges impossible to achieve..why? You can’t ride this as a workout or create an event with it…
Why isn’t this route on the Zwift insider veloviewer leaderboard?
This and a bunch more became free ride-able recently, mentioned in the main veloviewer page in the comments too https://zwiftinsider.com/route-hunter/