Tiny Race Series – July 15 Routes and Last Week’s Results

Last week’s races were a nice mix of climbs and flats, and one C racer finished with “a first Tiny Races podium, a failed break attempt, a mis-timed sprint, and a Top-5.” Watch his video below:

This week we’re testing out Pack Dynamics v4.1 for the first time ever (more on that below). But first, let’s look at last week’s winners!

Pack Dynamics 4.1

For the first time ever, this week’s Tiny Races will use Zwift’s experimental Pack Dynamics version 4.1. PD4.1 is another step toward reaching the goals of PD4, so riders should notice:

• Reduced speeds of larger packs due to reduced “automatic churning” near the front
• Increased possibilities of more dynamics and unpredictable race situations – e.g: increased chances for breakaways
• More stable packs with less unintentional forward/backward movement

Read more about PD4.1 on this forum thread, and chime in there after your races to share your experience and help Zwift improve their pack dynamics!

This Week’s Routes: Getting Steeper…

This week’s routes begin flat, but the finishes get steeper with every race, adding insult to injury as your legs get increasingly tired. Who will have what it takes to finish first on the final race up the Leg Snapper?

• Race 1: Neokyo Crit Course (1 lap, 4.7km)
  We start off with a fairly flat route to get the legs churning and hearts pumping. Will you go early on the Castle Park rise, or save it for the finish?
  • Powerup: Aero (2x)
• Race 2: Volcano Circuit CCW (4.84km, ends at Volcano Circuit lap banner)
  Covering the lead-in section only, most of this course is flattish. But the finish is famous for being one of the most technical in Zwift! First you have the longish ramp that saps your legs and encourages early attacks…then there’s still a few hundred meters of twisting, slightly uphill road. Good legs will keep you in contention, but timing will get you the win!
  • Powerup: Feather (1x)
• Race 3: Railways and Rooftops (5.44km, ends at Rooftop KOM banner)
  The reverse version of the Rooftop KOM in Neokyo isn’t an official segment, and it’s a rather unfamiliar climb to most Zwifters since few routes go this way. It’s also a very draftable climb, so we’re giving you a draft van. Because we care!
  • Powerup: Draft (1x)
• Race 4: Innsbruckring (5.434km, ending atop Leg Snapper)
  Always a crowd favorite, Innsbruckring’s Leg Snapper is made even more dynamic when the race finishes at its top. Will you save your legs for that final effort, or try to sneak away early with the help of a ghost?
  • Powerup: Ghost (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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