The Omnium is one of the great tests of cycling fitness. With six events over two days, the event is normally completed in a velodrome, but The Herd has created their own version in Zwift!
Taking place on the 26th and 27th of March, all Zwifters are invited to join in what is sure to be utter carnage and a heap of fun.
Race Details
Day 1 (March 26th)
- Event 1: Sprint Race – A short race with a single lap of the Watopia Hilly Route Reverse course. Score points for your finishing position, with the finishing line shortly after the peak of the KOM.
- Event 2: The Hill Climb – Completed on the Casse-Pattes route in France, only your time up Petit KOM will count against those set by your competitors!
- Event 3: iTT – We take on a 16.1km (10 mile) Individual Time Trial on the Neokyo All-Nighter route. This will use the Time Trial module, so offers a staggered start without draft.
Day 2 (March 27th)
- Event 4: Points Race – 10 laps of Downtown Dolphin with points scored each lap only for the time (vs competitors) on the uphill prime segment.
- Event 5: iTT – A very simple 3km Time Trial on the Tempus Fugit route. Set the best time, win all the points!
- Event 6: Scratch Race – A simple lap around the Figure 8 Route in Watopia. First over the line takes the points!
Time Zones/Scheduling
The Omnium will be run across four different leagues in ZwiftPower, each covering a different timezone, with each day’s events taking place at 1100, 1500, and 1900 local time. Click a league for a list of events:
- UK and Mainland Europe (London Time)
- Eastern Americas (New York Time)
- Western Americas (Long Beach Time)
- Australia/Pacific (Sydney Time)
Important note: you must enter the same timezone for each event that you take part in, otherwise your points will not count.
ZwiftPower Leagues
Track rider rankings at the following links:
Note: you must be signed up for ZwiftPower in order to show up in race results. Need help signing up for ZwiftPower?
Good luck and have fun!
Wow, what a cool idea and versatile event. This reminds me that it would be phenomenal if ZHQ would create a real Velodrome for us … with Points Races, Elimination Races, Team Pursuit … and the biggest thing : a MADISON competition like in Sixdays-Events … dreaming must be allowed … 😎
Will this have categories, and any kind of category enforcement?
It’s all on Autocat.
Dear Legs…I’m sorry for this! 😀
Great idea, looks like fun. It just had to be the same weekend as FRR two week stage race grand finale. Would do this event if not for time overlap. That is why zwift needs to work on the calendar for the major races and ZRL blocks so this does not happen well in advance.
TBF, FRR isn’t actually on the schedule. They’re all private events.
This sounds like a horrible idea.
I’m in.
Two questions that I’m sure someone here will be able to answer:
Thanks
Andy
Andy – if you click on the links for each time zone in the article, you’ll see all the events on the Zwift website, you can enter directly from there.
Andy,
You can access all the events here: https://www.zwift.com/uk/events/tag/omnium
For the points it is the time you set in each sprint (the one up the hill), each lap and you score points based on your time versus everyone in your category, each lap. You can coast and hammer, or try to hang in the group for draft benefit.
It said by time in the description but it went by placing
Too long a time gap between event