Tiny Race Series – April 8 Routes and Last Week’s Results

Last week’s “Flats for Fools” theme was a hit among the sprinters, although pack dynamics 4 helped some breakaway riders make it interesting. (Multiple races saw breakaways staying away to the line!) This week we’re hanging out in Britain for something a bit more devious.

Before we get to that, here are last week’s winners:

This Week’s Routes: Staying in Britain

Zwift has three different worlds based in Britain: London, Yorkshire, and Scotland. So we decided this week we’d have all 4 Tiny Races take part on the “tiny but mighty” island of Britain!

• Race 1: City and the Sgurr (2.736km, lead-in only, ends atop dirt climb)
  You’ll want to be warmed up for this! A short lead-in from Glasgow, then it’s straight up the dirt climb with a finish line at the top. Gravel bike highly recommended.
  • Powerup: Feather 1x
• Race 2: Loch Loop (6.2km, ends at entrance to Corkscrew Castle)
  Racers know this loop well already, but not this finish line. It’s another 1-2 punch with back-to-back short climbs!
  • Powerup: Draft 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: Anvil 1x
• Race 4: London Classique Reverse (7.42km, lead-in only, end at Mall banner)
  Covering only the lead-in from the pens to The Mall Sprint banner, this route is quite flat apart from quick Northumberland Ave climb taking you up to Trafalgar Square.
  • Powerup: Aero Boost 1x

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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/5am EDT/2am PDT)
• Zone 2 (3pm GMT/11am EST/8am PDT)
• Zone 3 (9pm GMT/5pm EDT/2pm PDT/Sunday 7am AEST)

Rules

Tiny Race rules are simple, but still every week 8-10% of registered ZwiftPower racers get disqualified and removed from the final results. 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. 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.

Pack Dynamics v4 Testing Continues

We’ve been using Zwift’s experimental Pack Dynamics v4 since the first weekend in March, and will continue to do so.

Got feedback on PD4 after your Tiny Races? Share it on this forum topic.

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 of the Tiny Races or a Chat & Chill ride and unlock the Zwift Insider “Ride Smarter//Ride Harder” in-game kit.

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