First, a DQ note for last week…
Last Saturday (December 7) we had some clearly out of category riders taking wins. This was probably mostly due to Zwift reshuffling racing scores midweek, but regardless, some disqualifications were needed in the name of fairness. This is how we handled the DQ’s:
- We only looked at riders in the top 5 overall in each category
- If they’re currently more than 25 points over the limit for the category they raced, they were DQ’d from race #4 so they couldn’t win overall
- If they were more than 50 points over the category limit, we DQ’d them from all 4 races, because we assume they knew what they were doing, and it’s simply not fair to the other racers
December 15th Routes: Loops and Mash
This week’s races are all being held on newish Zwift routes, including two with significant climbing involved. The first three are “loop” routes and the last is up up up!
| Race 1: Glasgow Reverse (2 laps – 7.2km) Racers know the Glasgow Crit Course well, but in this direction it’s a whole different animal. Get ready for a long haul to the line! Powerup: Feather (4x) |
| Race 2: Loop de Loop (6km, ends in The Esses) Our only Tiny Race course to end in the middle of The Esses. This one ends around a blind curve, so be sure to pay attention. Timing is tricky! Powerup: Aero Boost (2x) |
| Race 3: Castle Crit (1 lap, 5km) A tough uphill lead-in, followed by a quick lap that ends with a key climb with a flat finish. Powerup: Draft Boost (2x) |
| Race 4: Mountain Mash (2.8km, ends partway up Epic KOM Reverse) We end on our biggest climb of the day, straight up the Epic KOM Reverse! But don’t worry, we’re only riding a couple kilometers… unless you want to keep going after the race ends to earn the route badge. Powerup: none |
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 Joel Nace, who won the Dec 7 PERC Coffee giveaway. Email [email protected] to claim your prize!
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Tiny Results
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
PERC Coffee Prize Winner: Paige Wunrow [REVO]
Overall Winners
Zone 1
A: Lennert Teugels (ABUS - LECOL)
B: Stephan Wallentin (SZ)
C: Manuel Esparza (Lemmiwinks)
D: Georges Crespi (Foudre)
E: Vincent Nopski
Zone 2
A: Michael Boardman (Dragons)
B: K.B. Larsen (CVC)
C: Mark Roex
D: Daniele Marzari (INOX)
E: Sean Beach
Zone 3
A: Arnaud J. (eSRT)
B: Stephen Wunrow (Rhino)
C: Brad Maxwell
D: Anders Lindsetmo
E: David Sullivan ( ZRScot )
Women's Winners
Zone 1
A: Sandrine Etienne (Foudre)
B: Milene Proust (HEXAGONE.CC)
C: Tammy Lewis-Jones (Team Electricspirit.co)
D: Carolyn Pfalzgraf (Race3R)
E: Sabine Wiesel (CrushPod)
Zone 2
A: -
B: -
C: Josée Rossignol (AEO)
D: Cheryl Morch (Coalition)
E: Celine Sauvage (EVO)
Zone 3
A: -
B: -
C: Kate Spicy (GXY)
D: Paige Wunrow (REVO)
E: -
PERC Coffee Prize Winner: Rob Collins (Zone 3)
Overall Winners
Zone 1
A: Rasmus Bertelsen (eSRT)
B: Chris Hoelzl (Dragons)
C: Julian Ekberg (Copenhagen Virtual Cycling)
D: Karsten
E: Graham Mackie (MDM)
Zone 2
A: Adrien Vuillier (Restart pb Alex Coh)
B: Chris Hoelzl (Dragons)
C: Jeff Johnson
D: Arnaud (Foudre)
E: Andrew Bray
Zone 3
A: Neal Fryett (SARIS)
B: Darren Mak (OTR)
C: John Milne [Rhino]
D: Jonah Killam
E: C Brook
Women's Winners
Zone 1
A: -
B: Jennifer Gothilander [SZ]
C: Polly Mason (SARIS)
D: Carolyn Pfalzgraf (Race3R)
E: Finja Kräkel
Zone 2
A: -
B: -
C: Josée Rossignol (AEO)
D: Eleonora (KISS)
E: Donna Watts (S4W)
Zone 3
A: -
B: -
C: -
D: Michele Motiuk (COALITION)
E: C Brook
PERC Coffee Prize Winner: David Henderson (WEz)
Overall Winners
Zone 1
A: Daniel Mundell (BL13)
B: Matthew Tranquilli (DIRT)
C: Sander Hulsbos
D: Joël Leveque (Foudre)
E: Jacob Jansson
Zone 2
A: Brett Boniface (OMG)
B: Jason Mount (VCRT)
C: Henrik Stenvik (ZU4R)
D: Pieter-Jan Degroote
E: LukasZ (KLUB)
Zone 3
A: Jon Werme (eSRT)
B: Dave Nichols (Lifting Gear Products | CIM)
C: Ole Petter Lødøen (Vikings)
D: Shane Ryan
E: Andrew Bray
Women's Winners
Zone 1
A: -
B: Sarah Harris (SYNERGY)
C: Mikiton Nakaji (EVO)
D: Debs Stockley (Race3R)
E: Finja Kräkel
Zone 2
A: -
B: Melissa Aitken (BlueRidge 2028)
C: Lucy Doyle (SYNERGY)
D: Carly Johann (IRACELIKEAGIRL)
E: Linda Winkens (GTR)
Zone 3
A: -
B: -
C: -
D: Tammy Cook (DC Racing)
E: Michelle Goldstein (Team BSC)
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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