Last week’s Tiny Races were all held on Watopia’s Two Bridges Loop, but each race got longer as we progressed through the set of 4. Riders seemed to enjoy this approach to the races, so we’ll probably do it again with another route in the future!
Congrats to William Ng, a D rider in Zone 3 who took 1st in all four races. Watch him with the first three below (check out that Sauce for Zwift overlay!)
Last Week’s Results
Overall Winners
A: Johannes Randrop Keiding (FUSION COLOQUICK)
B: Tom Monta (CRYO-GEN)
C: Søren Bang-madsen (DZR)
D: Paul Corkill (Apache Brave Racing)
A: Travis Samuel (WLC)
B: Bob McGlue (INC Alien Express)
C: Nick Laughton
D: Erik Holmlund (DIRT)
A: Mike Morse (Velocio)
B: Eben Swart (DIRT)
C: T Wamsley (Emc2/DIRT)
D: William Ng (Rhino)
Women’s Winners
A: H.eather (KRT Rockets)
B: Kurai Uma
C: Lynn Shiels (Team CLS)
D: Shonagh Pinecone (ZScot)*
A: Laurence Mottas (Electricspirit.co)
B: Debra Sluz Parker (KRT)
C: Theia Friestedt
D: Esther C (Varlo)
A: none
B: Zee Kryder
C: Mimi Nowodworski (THO)
D: H Shoemaker
*Shonagh Pinecone tied with Manja Peters for points, bu Shonagh takes 1st with the higher race finish.
This Week’s Routes: Short Circuit
This week’s short circuit theme finds us racing around tiny loops. Some are so tiny that we’ll race multiple laps, while others will just be a lead-in plus one lap. Either way, each course has its own challenges, spots for early attacks, and strategic finishes.
- Race 1: Downtown Dolphin (3 laps, 5.7km)
Racers know this route well. The question is: who will go long, and can they stay away?- Powerup: Feather 2x
- Race 2: Volcano Circuit (1 lap, 6.9km)
After a lead-in from downtown Watopia we’ll hit one hot lap of the Volcano, finishing at the banner. This finish is always an interesting one, timing-wise. Use your aeros wisely!- Powerup: Aero Boost 2x
- Race 3: LaGuardia Loop (1 lap, 4.4km)
A quick lead-in, then a hot lap in Central Park that ends in a tricky sprint. The shortest race of the day will be fast… but you can catch your breath afterward in preparation for the race 4.- Powerup: Anvil 2x
- Race 4: Mech Isle Loop (6.06km, ends atop dirt climb)
This is approximately 1.5 laps, finishing atop the dirt climb. Gravel bike or road bike? Choose your weapon!- Powerup: none
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ZwiftPower Results
Zwift displays preliminary race results 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 will earn points based on finish position in each of the 4 Tiny Races. The category winner of each week’s series is the rider with the most points across their timezone’s 4 races. Here are the links for each timezone’s results on ZwiftPower:
- Zone 1 (9am GMT/4am EST/1am PST)
- Zone 2 (3pm GMT/10am EST/7am PST)
- Zone 3 (9pm GMT/4pm EST/1pm PST/Sunday 8am AEDT)
Rules
Tiny Race rules are simple. 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. And if you race 2, 3, and 4, you’ll be DQ from all those races, since you skipped race 1!)
- Heart rate monitors are required for podium finishers
- ZPower/Virtual power is not allowed. Smart trainer/smart bike or power meter required.
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 out their legs together and have some fun chatting about how it all went down. Find them at zwift.com/events/tag/tinyraces.
Questions or Comments
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