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    Zwift Insider Worlds Experience Races Announced

    Eric Schlange
    By Eric Schlange
    February 6, 2023
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    With the UCI eSports World Championships just around the corner and Zwift’s fresh new Scotland open to events, we decided to shake up our race schedule! For the next two weekends (February 11-12 and 18-19) our popular Saturday Tiny Races are being replaced by back-to-back-to-back races replicating what the pros will experience for the UCI eSports Worlds events.

    Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/worldsexperience

    Race Details

    Worlds Experience Races are being delivered in sets of three, and the idea is that you should race all three events in sequence, much like our Tiny Races. This will take about 75 minutes to complete.

    Each race uses the same single powerup type that Worlds racers will receive.

    Race 1, “The Punch”, is a single lap of Rolling Highlands (14.1km long, 106m elevation). Riders will receive one burrito powerup at the Breakaway Brae banner.

    30 minutes later Race 2, “The Climb”, begins: a single lap of City and the Sgurr (8.6km long, 166m elevation). This twisty, climby route will take you up to the Sgurr summit a total of three times, and two of those climbs will be on the gravel side. Riders will receive one anvil powerup early in the ride at Central Station. Use it wisely!

    Lastly, Race 3, “The Podium” begins 25 minutes after Race 2. This race will be over 4 laps of Glasgow Crit Circuit (each lap is 3km long, 33m elevation). Racers will receive a burrito powerup at the Champions Sprint banner each lap, which means everyone will get 4 burritos.

    At the end of the race set you will have completed three races on three separate Scotland routes, much like the world’s top eracers on February 18.

    Ready to sign up? Visit zwift.com/events/tag/worldsexperience

    Weekend Timeslots

    In an effort to make the Worlds Experience Races available to everyone, we’ve set up six timeslots each weekend:

    Saturday and Sunday times:

    • 10am UTC (5am ET)
    • 4pm UTC (11am ET/8am PT)
    • 10pm UTC (5pm ET/2pm PT/Monday 9am AEDT)

    The Worlds Experience Races will be held this weekend (February 11-12) and next (February 18-19).

    Ready to sign up? Visit zwift.com/events/tag/worldsexperience

    Final Results on ZwiftPower

    The final winners for each time slot’s set of three races will be determined by points. You earn points based on your finishing position in each of the three races, then the rider with the most points wins. Points structure can be found on the ZwiftPower results pages below:

    • Saturday
      • 10am UTC
      • 4pm UTC
      • 10pm UTC
    • Sunday
      • 10am UTC
      • 4pm UTC
      • 10pm UTC

    Rules

    We’re using the same rules as Tiny Races. Category Enforcement will determine each racer’s minimum category.

    • No skipping then returning. If you skip race 1 or 2, but finish a later race, your later result(s) will be annulled.
    • You must have an active ZwiftPower account
    • Heart rate monitors are required for podium positions
    • Smart trainer or power meter must be paired as your power source in order to join the races.

    Questions or Comments?

    Post below!

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      Eric Schlange
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      Jesse
      Jesse
      1 month ago

      Please stop using the burrito power-up. It is almost always misused and creates considerable anger within the peloton.

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Jesse

      I’m not a fan of it myself, but the point of this series is to replicate the UCI Worlds races… including route choice/length and powerups.

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      Carsten Re. from Germany
      Carsten Re. from Germany
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Jesse

      Jesse, THAT was exactly my first thought, too (because of misusing and anger). So many riders with multiple burritos ??? … we will feel both races like an ITT 🙈🙈🙈

      but nevertheless, MANY thanks to Eric that the whole community can have a taste of the official eWorlds experience 🙋🏻‍♂️ … can’t wait to race it like the pros 🤗 … only a bit slower 🙈🤣

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      Matthew
      Matthew
      1 month ago

      First of all – great idea! Only question/suggestion would be about race three only being 1 lap (3km). Would think 2 or 3 laps would be a little better?

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      Carsten Re. from Germany
      Carsten Re. from Germany
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Matthew

      I understood that race no.3 in the Worlds is an elimination race, decreasing from 10 to 3 riders at every banner, so it should be 4 laps in Glasgow for the medal winner 🤷🏻‍♂️😎

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Matthew

      Matthew (and Carsten) – you’re right! We’ve updated Race 3 to be 4 laps instead of 1, since the Worlds event is 4 laps.

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      Elton
      Elton
      1 month ago

      Nice one Eric! I’m glad you have it running for 2 weekends as I’m away the first one 🙂

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      steve clowes
      steve clowes
      1 month ago

      Is overall GC going to be based on finish position from a race trio, or from total time to complete a trio?

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      Carsten Re. from Germany
      Carsten Re. from Germany
      1 month ago
      Reply to  steve clowes

      you receive 3x points for the finishing position like in Eric’s popular Tiny (Scratch) Races

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      Michael Boardman
      Michael Boardman
      1 month ago

      Hi Eric,
      Does “The Climb” finish at the top of the last of the 3 ascents?

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Michael Boardman

      Yes. You’ll climb the Sgurr 3x, and it ends at the top of the third climb.

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      Martin Laursen
      Martin Laursen
      1 month ago

      I am pretty sure the last race is more than one lap. 10 riders start, one is eliminated at every archway and then a final sprint between the last 3. That is a total of 8 sprints or 4 lapse.

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Martin Laursen

      Correct. We made a change today, so the last race is now 4 laps like Worlds.

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      C R
      C R
      1 month ago

      Hello! Is this instead of, or as well as, the usual 4 tiny races? (which are available to sign up for this weekend on Zwift companion app)

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 month ago
      Reply to  C R

      Instead of. Tiny Races will be removed from the calendar for the next 2 weekends.

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 month ago

      Heads up – today I updated the descriptions above, because we’ve modified the races to hand out powerups in the same way as Worlds. Basically, it means fewer powerups! Details are in the race descriptions above.

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      Diogo
      Diogo
      1 month ago

      Off Topic question.. Whats that kit on header image? Thanks

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      Andre
      Andre
      1 month ago

      Sometimes change is good, other times not so great…..why change the starting and not match the regular Tiny Series times? I personally have set aside 10-11am ET hour for the Tiny races and then do an appointment at 11:10am.

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Andre

      Apologies. That was a Zwift scheduling decision based on trying to make these available to as many as possible.

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      Adam
      Adam
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Eric Schlange

      Gutted, dont think I can do these now due to the time change. Shame, was really enjoying the Tiny format.

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      Claus Jensen
      Claus Jensen
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Andre

      I hadn’t even noticed the time change. That means I’m out too 🙁

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      Bert Verdonck
      Bert Verdonck
      1 month ago

      Will these be sub-20min rides in the B cat? I’m Cat enforced into B, but a ZwiftPower C and don’t want to change cat’s on there for my WTRL team…

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      Steve
      Steve
      1 month ago

      Chat and Chill warm down ride after?

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Steve

      Not for these races. Keeping it simple.

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      Megan
      Megan
      1 month ago

      Will these races be short enough that folks in the C and D categories will have a chance to get a breather before the next race starts? For slower racers, it seems like there’ll be a lot less time for recovery before the next race (unless overall time spreads are small), making this a different sort of beast.

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      Treven M.
      Treven M.
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Megan

      Definitely not. The vast majority of the racers in the D cat of Day 1, Zone 3 weren’t able to finish the second race.

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      steve clowes
      steve clowes
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Treven M.

      The long side of the hill on City And Sgurr is dirt, you climb it twice and descent it once, roughly 4.8Km of a ~9Km race.

      Using a gravel frame with any custom gravel wheelset will save you ~90secs+ over a road bike for the same effort at ~2W/Kg… Which could make the difference in D between completing in time to make the race 3 pen or not.

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      Quincy
      Quincy
      1 month ago

      Since the 2 longest and likely most decisive climbs (first and last) will be up the gravel side, what are the chances that a gravel bike makes sense for “The Climb”? Thoughts anyone?

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      Mike
      Mike
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Quincy

      Doesn’t look like there’s enough gravel to make the gravel bike faster overall. A gravel bike on a gravel surface saves ~66 watts. But a gravel bike on pavement costs ~36 watts. And most of the routes, even “City and the Sgurr”, are paved.

      Not sure why Zwift keeps putting in small segments of dirt and gravel. Why not make routes that are *mostly* (or completely) gravel? Then the choice of bike would be clear.

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      Quincy
      Quincy
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Mike

      Thanks for the info! Looking at a single lap + lead in, if the the long side of the climb really is gravel, it looks like about half of the total distance (4.3k of 8.6k) and ~70% of the total climbing (116m of 166m).

      But I have to be honest, it’s hard to tell what is and isn’t gravel just by looking.

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Quincy

      The Sgurr Summit North climb (the gravel side) is 1.6km long, and mostly gravel (start and end is paved, and a bit in the middle). So that’s 4.8km of the 8.6km route.

      Also, note that the Crr differences are such that the gravel bike costs you 36W on pavement, while the road bike costs you 66W on gravel!

      All in all, I’d go gravel on City and the Sgurr. Especially considering the final climb is gravel!

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      Quincy
      Quincy
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Eric Schlange

      Thanks! Looking forward to the races!

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      Steve
      Steve
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Eric Schlange

      I went with the gravel bike and lost a lot of ground on the down hill paved segment. Was dropped a few times.
      However, I was able to recover 20 or so places on the final climb to finish 7th, so I think its the right choice

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      Lorenzo Novella
      Lorenzo Novella
      1 month ago

      Race Cat D 10am UTC 11/02/23
      https://youtube.com/live/DrpT9C_O0wI?feature=share

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      Tray
      Tray
      1 month ago

      Bummer. Need more tiny races.

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      P.L.
      P.L.
      1 month ago

      Bit miffed.
      The results board at the finish…it would show me in either the A or C standings but not the B standings that I actually raced in.
      Weird.

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 month ago
      Reply to  P.L.

      I’ve had that happen quite a bit lately.

      you can always look at your results in the Companion app. And ZwiftPower of course.

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      Joe
      Joe
      1 month ago

      Hi, what happen if you finish in 4th place in one of the 3 races but the 2nd and 3rd riders don’t ride the 3 races? You will get the 2nd place points on that race? or you will get the points of the 4th place although the 2nd and 3rd riders wont get any points?
      thanks!

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      steve clowes
      steve clowes
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Joe

      Points are usually done after any disqualifications.

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Joe

      What Steve said.

      Unless you’re taking about ZwiftPower ranking points, which is another thing entirely: https://zwiftinsider.com/tiny-race-minutiae/

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      Nick Hewson
      Nick Hewson
      1 month ago

      Great fun event! I really enjoyed it and Scotland is a great world for events like this. Shame I missed the update to the notification about the changes to the powerups though! Wasted my anvil on race 2 expecting to get one at the banner! 🙁

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      Peter hansen
      Peter hansen
      1 month ago

      hello friends Briefly about me, according to zwift I am a B driver, according to zwiftinsider with, 4.1 AVG at 95% a rider and only drive a race for various reasons. It is becoming more and more apparent that the new CE from zwift is total rubbish. e.g. wins the 3rd race in category B a driver who has already driven the 20min with 5.3wkg…. one asks oneself: what is wrong with the driver that he has to look for confirmation in a cat that is much too bad for him. and 2: how can zwift and zwiftinsider let this… Read more »

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      Peter hansen
      Peter hansen
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Peter hansen

      sorry I love you and your work and effort you put in. but these category classifications and the abuse of “condoned” is really intolerable.

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      Kelli
      Kelli
      1 month ago

      I clicked on the link to sign up for the races on Sunday, February 26th but the link brings me to something that says “no results.” Will it be updated or how can I sign up?

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      Kelli
      Kelli
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Kelli

      My apologies, I mean Sunday, February 19th.

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Kelli

      They’ll be added to the calendar soon. I would guess by tomorrow…

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      Matty
      Matty
      1 month ago

      Hello, my HR played up on first race at 3pm UK time so hope this isnt an issue. I have a very good history of results.

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      Matty
      Matty(@matthewhermann80)
      1 month ago

      Winner of 3pm uk C category is surely a B?

      Great event though, absolutely loved it

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      Steve
      Steve
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Matty

      He’s got huge ‘Punch’ rating and 500+ races under his belt so I’m sure he knows where to put the power down. I started Zwift racing in December and have completed about 40 races on my GT Avalanche MTB with Zwift Hub. 🙂 I don’t have the gearing (or legs) to sprint at the power some of the top Cat C racers, but I’ve been slowly learning how to be more efficient. There are some good Youtube videos of people racing and you can learn a lot there. I won race 3 today with a sneak attack on the small… Read more »

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      Dani
      Dani
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Matty

      The GC winner is surely a B, it says so on his profile. I don’t understand how he managed to join. Isn’t category enforcement in place for these races?
      The next two in the GC are almost B. I guess one has to try to win some C races no matter what, before moving to the back of field in B.

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      Charrleh
      Charrleh
      1 month ago

      There hasn’t been any Race Ranking applied to any of the Cat’s for this weekends races.

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      Jason
      Jason
      1 month ago

      When are the results going to be tallied?

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Jason

      They’re all done now.

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