Last week’s “Roller, Climb, Roller, Climb” theme made it tougher for one type of rider to dominate, forcing everyone to stretch outside their comfort zones. We’ll be revisiting this theme for future races.
But first we have this week, where it’s all about climbs. That’s right… it’s time for some solid VO2 training as we push to the max on longer (but still tiny) climbs. Allez allez!
Here are last week’s winners:
Last Week’s Results
Overall Winners
A: Joakim Lisson (POAuto-CeramicSpeed)
B: Gökhan Özbay (BZR)
C: Jesper Brandi (DBR)
D: Christian Matthaeus
A: Daniel Jamrozik (Restart)
B: Martin Ehmoser (Talent:frei)
C: Daniel Lundberg (SZ)
D: Cody Chandler (DraftingDinos)
A: Kyle Marwood (AERO)
B: Francois Beaulieu
C: Martino (Sydney Art School)
D: Soren Nielsen (GXY)
*In Zone 1, Jammers beat 2nd place Andrea Pendini by just 1 point! Also, in Zone 3 Francois tied with Akihiro Shinki in points, but Francois gets 1st due to higher podium finishes.
Women’s Winners
A: –
B: Lam KONG (SISU)
C: Sandra Kugelberga (WCC)
D: Mina S(ZSUNR)
A: Rebecca Larson (DDC)
B: Anna Rogers (REVO)
C: Cj Boyenger (DDC)
D: Tracey Begg (WCC)
A: –
B: Amanda Wendorff (IRACELIKEAGIRL)
C: Carly Graham (CrushPod)
D: –
This Week’s Routes: Up Up Up!
All four routes this week finish on sizeable climbs. Bring your VO2max power to the party, equip a lightweight frame and wheels, and “give it the beans.” Fun fact: three of this week’s routes have never been raced as Tiny Races.
- Race 1: Ven-Top (3.1km, 115m, ends just past Petit KOM road intersection)
We begin with the longest climb of the day, turning right from the pens and heading straight up France’s Ventoux KOM.- Powerup: Feather (1x)
- Race 2: London Loop Reverse (3.43km, 90m, ending partway up Fox Hill climb)
Enjoy the flat lead in over Tower Bridge and down through the Underground station before the real work begins! You’ve got ~1.5km of Fox Hill to climb for the finish.- Powerup: none
- Race 3: Lutscher (4.7km, 85m, ends partway up Innsbruck KOM)
Get a flat lead-in from the start pens, then turn left and hit the Innsbruck KOM and go all-in for 2km. Race ends just after the first hairpin turn.- Powerup: Feather (1x)
- Race 4: Tour of Tewit Well (4.26km, 102m, ends atop second climb)
We finish our races with a 1-2 gut punch! Descend from the start pens straight onto the first climb – Yorkshire’s KOM Reverse. But you’re not done yet. Descend, then hit the second climb. Our route ends at the top, as the road turns sharply left.- Powerup: Feather (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 7-10% 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.
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.
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