December 28th Routes: Be Kind, Rewind
This week we race a pair of loop routes… then run it back and race those same loops in the opposite direction.
| Race 1: Duchy Estate (1 lap, 4.7km) This punchy little loop has a short climb just before the lap banner, which means you’ll hit the climb twice – once in the lead-in and once just before the finishing sprint. It’s gonna sting! Powerup: Feather (1x) |
| Race 2: Downtown Dolphin (3 laps, 6km) Racers know this route well. The question is: who will go long on the bricks, and can they stay away? Powerup: Aero Boost (2x) |
| Race 3: Queen’s Highway (1 lap, 5.8km) A pitchy little loop, with a drawn-out final sprint that’s slightly uphill. This one is all about timing: modulating your power to efficiently maintain momentum on the short climbs, activating your powerup for maximum effectiveness… and where should you start your final sprint? Powerup: Feather (2x) |
| Race 4: Bell Lap (3 laps, 6km) Most racers know Crit City well, but have you ever raced just 3 laps? Hopefully somebody will go long on the final twisty climb and really make it interesting. Powerup: Aero Boost (2x) |
What are the Tiny Races?
Our innovative Tiny Race format features four short back-to-back races within one hour. Each race is usually 4-7km long, so expect a big VO2 workout!
You earn points based on your finishing position in each race. The overall win goes to whoever earns the most points across all four races.
Congrats to PERC Coffee prize winner Cory Mlinac (SISU), who won the free bag of beans for November 16’s races. Email [email protected] to claim them!
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Tiny Results
PERC Coffee Prize Winner: Cory Mlinac (SISU)
Overall Winners
Zone 1
A: Samuel Brännlund (eSRT)
B: Gianni Cooman (ABUS-LECOL)
C: Nicolas Seargeant (HEX)
D: Nico Quettier (Foudre)
E: Paul Preijer (PainCavesHeroes)
Zone 2
A: Lennert Teugels (ABUS - SYNERGY eSports)
B: Maksim Likhoshva (MTBtraining)
C: Dennis Johansson (SZ)
D: Daniel Lundberg (SZ)
E: Remco Huntjens
Zone 3
A: Warren Muir (Wahoo Le Col)
B: Alex Moore (TBR)
C: Martin Hald (DZR)
D: Justin Brohard (RALPHA)
E: Patrina Brennan (eSRT)
Women's Winners
Zone 1
A: D Schwaegerl
B: Maria Tømmerby Thomsen (ABUS - SYNERGY eSports)
C: Leah Cuthbertson (Restart pb Alex Coh)
D: Michaela Åvall
E: Felicia Sandberg
Zone 2
A: Gökçe Paul (COALITION ALPHA)
B: -
C: Holly Larsen (SYNERGY)
D: Laurence Mottas (HEXAGONE.CC)
E: Jennifer Schuble (I AM)
E: Diz
Zone 3
A: -
B: -
C: Kate Spicy (GXY)
D: Brandi Steeve (Synergy)
E: Patrina Brennan (eSRT)
PERC Coffee Prize Winner: Josh Ball
Overall Winners
Zone 1
A: Samuel Brännlund (eSRT)
B: Magnus Wiklund (eSRT)
C: d b
D: Ke Kele (RZFC)
E: Glad CYCLING Ukr.net (SISU)
Zone 2
A: Ales Grosar (KC)
B: Martin Wenhov (SZ)
C: Torsten Mortag (DIRT)
D: Dan Chubb (EVOLVE)
E: Adam Churchill (FWP)
Zone 3
A: Felipe Nystrom (OMG)
B: Tim Sullivan (ZSUNR)
C: Casey Ross (JCC)
D: Matthew Howard
E: Jason Jenkins
Women's Winners
Zone 1
A: Stephanie Meder (KIRCHMAIR)
B: -
C: NNing Sun
D: Eva Nyholm (RSR)
E: Aoife Reddan
Zone 2
A: -
B: Telhma (Valhalla)
C: Laurence Mottas (HEXAGONE.CC)
D: Amber Nordstrom (SYNERGY)
E: Casey Bailey (Bikenetic)
Zone 3
A: -
B: -
C: -
D: Hannah Sinclair
E: Marieke de Jonge
PERC Coffee Prize Winner: Joel Nace
Overall Winners
Zone 1
A: Njål PedersenTeam (RWB)
B: Romain Campistrous (HEX)
C: Mads Bossen
D: Chris Barber (CRYO-GEN)
E: Aoife Reddan
Zone 2
A: Lennert Teugels (ABUS - SYNERGY eSports)
B: Chris Hoelzl (Dragons)
C: Samuel Öberg
D: Jeff Crispino
E: Janez Tomc (VIRTUSLO)
Zone 3
A: Nicolas Fournier (eSRT)
B: Alex Hemke (OTR )
C: Jonathan Hansen (CVC)
D: Jeff Dickey
E: Steven Schuyten
Women's Winners
Zone 1
A: Nini
B: Jenna Borrill (BL13)
C: Janneke Michielsen (COALITION)
D: Mia Mawdsley (eSRT)
E: Aoife Reddan
Zone 2
A: -
B: Lucy Doyle (SYNERGY)
C: Aisha Chow (COALITION)
D: Holly Larsen (SYNERGY)
E: Celine Sauvage (EVO)
Zone 3
A: -
B: -
C: -
D: -
E: Patrina Brennan (eSRT)
PERC Coffee Prize Winner: Marcus Scott (DIRT)
Overall Winners
Zone 1
A: Jesse Lageveen (Dragons)
B: Stuart McElroy (JURASPORTS)
C: David Robyr (Foudre)
D: Andriy Gladkyy (GXY)
E: Jonas Bang Christensen
Zone 2
A: Rasmus Bertelsen (eSRT)
B: Chris Hoelzl (Dragons)
C: Herve Le Du
D: Laurence Mottas (HEX)
E: Brian Nickelson
Zone 3
A: Arnaud J. (eSRT)
B: Gareth James (Wahoo)
C: Chris Staats (FSR)
D: Wilma D
E: Paul W Denison (HERD)
Women's Winners
Zone 1
A: D Schwaegerl
B: -
C: Lucía Blanco (Team Electricspirit.co)
D: Laura Kent (Team Electricspirit.co)
E: Finja Kräkel
Zone 2
A: -
B: Alice Lethbridge (COALITION ALPHA)
C: Lucy Doyle (SYNERGY)
D: Laurence Mottas (HEX)
E: Julia Hargreaves (OTR)
Zone 3
A: -
B: -
C: -
D: -
E: Jennifer Ahern
PERC Coffee Prize Winner: Tyler Pearce [Team Vegan]
Overall Winners
Zone 1
A: Thomas Perren (NeXT pb Enshored)
B: Nico Busez (FOUDRE)
C: Julian Ekberg (Copenhagen Virtual Cycling)
D: Bob Howe (England CC)
E: James Douglas
Zone 2
A: Rasmus Bertelsen (eSRT)
B: Chris Hoelzl (Dragons)
C: Kyle Fry
D: Laurence Mottas (HEXAGONE.CC)
E: Lukasz Kucel (ZTPL.CC)
Zone 3
A: Neal Fryett (SARIS)
B: Darren Mak (OTR)
C: Tim Sullivan (ZSUNR)
D: J-P Goyette (Equipe JZQc)
E: Eric You (OTR)
Women's Winners
Zone 1
A: -
B: Sandrine Etienne (Foudre)
C: Leah Cuthbertson (Restart pb Alex Coh)
D: Ashleigh JollyMcManus (ZRScot)
E: Sari Berggren
Zone 2
A: -
B: Melissa Aitken (Virginia’s Blue Ridge T24)
C: Cheryl Morch (Coalition)
D: Laurence Mottas (HEXAGONE.CC)
E: June Upshaw (VVixen)
Zone 3
A: -
B: -
C: -
D: Riley McMahon (COALITION)
E: Emily Royer
Temporary Rule Notice: Category Sandbagging
Until Zwift begins enforcing which pen you can enter at race time, we may disqualify flagrant offenders who sandbag by racing in a group lower than their current Zwift Racing Score would allow.
This is to help keep racing fair and fun, especially in the E and D categories, where infrequent/new racers tend to show up and blow apart the race.
Here’s how we handle the DQ’s:
- We typically only look at riders who finish in the top 5 overall in each category after 4 races.
- If you finish race 4 with a Zwift Racing Score 25+ points over the limit for the category you raced and also started race 4 over limit, you are DQ from race #4 so you can’t win the overall.
- If you finish race 4 with a Zwift Racing Score 50+ points over the limit for the category you raced and also started race 4 over limit, you are DQ from that race and any other race on the day you started over the category limit. (At that point, we assume you knew what you were doing, and it’s simply not fair to the other racers.)
FRESH TINY VIDS
ZwiftPower Results
Zwift displays the finish order in game when you cross the line, but points are computed after all four races are finished, with final results on ZwiftPower. (We have to do some data processing on our side to compute results, so if your rankings don’t show up right away, be patient.)
Riders earn points based on finish position in each of the 4 Tiny Races. The category winner of each week is the rider with the most points across their zone’s 4 races. Here are the links for each zone’s latest results on ZwiftPower:
Rules
Tiny Race rules are simple, but still every week ~10% of our racers get disqualified. Don’t let that be you! Four races, four rules:
- You must have a ZwiftPower account, because final results are processed by ZwiftPower (learn how to sign up)
- No skipping then returning. These races are meant to be raced as a set of 4. If you need to leave early, that’s fine… but once you miss a race in your hour’s set of 4, don’t come back and race another or you’ll be disqualified from that race since you rested while others were racing! (Example: racing only races 1 and 2 is fine. Racing 1, 2, and 4 is not – you will be DQ from race 4.)
- Heart rate monitors are required.
- Smart trainer/smart bike or power meter required. ZPower/Virtual power is not allowed.
Join a Chat & Chill Cooldown
Immediately following each hour’s racing we’ve scheduled 30-minute “Chat & Chill” events where riders from all categories can spin their legs together and chat about how it all went down. Find them at zwift.com/events/tag/tinyraces.
Zwift Insider Kit Unlock
Finish any Tiny Race or a Chat & Chill ride and unlock the Zwift Insider “Ride Smarter // Ride Harder” in-game kit.
You can also buy our real-life kit from Verge Sport > (read review)
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