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[bobinski]

2018 UCI Road World Championships Course in Zwift
June 5th 2018
Clip in and get ready for a new UCI course coming to Zwift! We are partnering with the organizing committee of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships. This year’s race will take place in Innsbruck, Austria from September 22nd to 30th but you’ll be able to ride them even sooner on Zwift.

We are excited to bring a part of the course to Zwift. All Zwifters can to ride the course prior to the World Championship. Billed as the hilliest UCI Road World Championships in a generation, the new Zwift world will focus on the 15mile (24km) “Olympic Lap” tackled 7 times during the Men’s road race and 3 times during the Women’s road race. This section includes a 5mile (8km) climb and passes through the scenic town of Innsbruck that’s known as the “Capital of the Alps”.

The course will be available on Zwift before the World Championships begin, so pro racers will be able to get a feel for the actual course by riding on Zwift. This will be the first time racers will be able to see the course and ride it prior to the actual event. They will be able to plan their attacks and get a feel for the real course begin to work out the best way to conquer it. For the rest of us Zwifters, we get a chance to ride a World Championship course from the comfort of our homes alongside the pros!

Are you ready to compare times with the best?

Bernhard Eisel of Team Dimension Data told us, “The lead contenders will certainly be performing course reconnaissance in the coming months, as is the norm. However, what is new is the ability to repeatedly train on a key segment of the course and understand when the best moments to attack will come. For riders such as myself, who will serve as a supporting rider, we need to understand when the critical moments of the race will come and ensure our leaders are in the best position possible. And it will be super motivating to prepare alongside Zwifters from all over the world”.

The new 2018 UCI Road World Championships Innsbruck-Tirol won’t go away after September. We will keep it in rotation with the other worlds to always give the community variety in are ever growing Zwift universe.

Stay tuned for more updates, and get ready to ride Innsbruck this August!

 

[Randyberlin]

Now back home and having analysed the TT ride, the data confirms that it was not a 100% effort. Compared to my last TT in DK, I was just slightly down on everything it seems. Lower cadence, lower HR, lower watts and unfortunately lower speed . 20 minutes max avg. was down by 14 watts.
It was an ok effort though, it felt good out there, and the 40:11 time would have been enough to qualify last year

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However this years cut was significantly faster at 38:49. Not sure I could have made that even with a 100% ride.
If I look at the speed only, then I'm sure I could do it, but as I learned riding the roads of ToC, speed on the smooth roads of DK and speed on the relativly rougher roads in Cambridgeshire is not quite the same.

Anyway, had a nice time in Peterborough and eventually got around a few pubs. Really nice to meet the Chaingang mob in person You all did a great sportive that Sunday .

Did the video ever go through?

 

[Randyberlin]

Skegness? Don't forget to try some traditional English seaside rock, and get yourself a "kiss me quick" hat

Got the “rock” having a tough time finding the hat. And getting weird looks when I go I the shop and Say “ kiss
Me quick?”

 

[Norry1]

I know Martin said he doesn't stop for 100milers, but how do keep the fluids topped up for such long rides, you are looking around 4-4.5 hrs at pretty much threshold pace. Unless you can get into a big pack 30-40riders and float along then you'll have to work at holding pace.

I have done RideLondon 4 times and haven't stopped on any of them. I hydrate really well beforehand - you may have noticed I had a big bottle with me as we queued at the start - and I have 2 large bidons on the bike. On Sunday I still had 1/3 of a bidon left at the end.

Of course, we could do a Froome and get helpers to pass us bottles on the route

 

[CXRAndy]

I have done RideLondon 4 times and haven't stopped on any of them. I hydrate really well beforehand - you may have noticed I had a big bottle with me as we queued at the start - and I have 2 large bidons on the bike. On Sunday I still had 1/3 of a bidon left at the end.

Of course, we could do a Froome and get helpers to pass us bottles on the route

Maybe that is the plan to have 1ltr or more bottles, and keep hydration topped up. I might be pissing myself though. Froome idea much better, ideally a motorcycle carrying all drinks and food

 

[Aleman]

I have done RideLondon 4 times and haven't stopped on any of them. I hydrate really well beforehand - you may have noticed I had a big bottle with me as we queued at the start - and I have 2 large bidons on the bike. On Sunday I still had 1/3 of a bidon left at the end.

Of course, we could do a Froome and get helpers to pass us bottles on the route

St John Street Cycles do a bottle cage for 'Extreme Adventure' touring that will hold a 2L water bottle ... You could always get two of those

 

[LBHIFI]

Did the video ever go through?

Yes, thank you Great to meet you Randy and good luck on your epic journey.

 

[Whorty]

Carl, I am 73kg at moment. Actually having eaten like a porker since Sunday actually 75.5kg this morning.
Everyone will tell you it’s less about weight on a flattish route and more about watts, absolute power. And the draft. Always good to carry less weight but fwiw I would concentrate on power and ensuring you eat to train for that power increase. Otherwise risk is you fatigue your body.

Yes, that's true, but carrying 15kg+ too much weight won't help. On flats watts will make me faster, but the extra weight being carried will eventually slow me down too, and tire me out. Def need to increase the watts, but also need to drop the blubber if only to reduce fatigue.

I thought you was 70kg ..... maybe I only need to lose 10kg then No, def need to lose 15kg and get down to 70kg, which is still heavy for my height but I'll never get below that number without losing a leg

 

[berty bassett]

Oooo I wonder what it is !!
Cheers Paul

 

[bridgy]

Maybe that is the plan to have 1ltr or more bottles, and keep hydration topped up. I might be pissing myself though. Froome idea much better, ideally a motorcycle carrying all drinks and food

Just looking and see Elite do a rather nice 950ml bottle - I'll be investing in a couple of these for next time!

 

[Whorty]

Maybe that is the plan to have 1ltr or more bottles, and keep hydration topped up. I might be pissing myself though. Froome idea much better, ideally a motorcycle carrying all drinks and food

A role for @theboxers?

 

[bobinski]

Just looking and see Elite do a rather nice 950ml bottle - I'll be investing in a couple of these for next time!

I had one sunday. My weedy cyclists arms found it a bit tricky to get the bottle in and out of the bottle cage when full

 

[<Tommy>]

Well, we were dying but we didn't quite die (well I did, but after a few minutes of agony and stretching I rose from the dead!) - as I said before my last 5 miles were at 22mph despite the cramp and you were even faster. Having said that, it's 100 miles next year! Not sure whether that will work to our advantage or not.

Anyway, I will feel a lot more like I know what I'm doing and what I need to do next time! Whether that will be enough, who knows, but it's good to have a target to aim for.

I was very aware that I needed to do some longer rides to train better for it - the vast majority of my rides are about 1 to 1.5 hour medium to intensive efforts, but the problem is fitting long rides around everything else in life (kids football mostly!). I think this might be one of the reasons my legs cramp up after longer efforts - I have the energy to keep going but my leg muscles just aren't used to it.

I have the same problem with time constraints. I can do shortish rides but fitting in long rides is tricky. For me it’ll mean getting up very early on sundays I think. But improvement takes commitment I suppose is the thing. Stating the obvious but the longer distance will only work in our favour if we’re better prepared than the guys we’re up against. So it probably won’t!

The problem with the final 5 miles for me is that I was empty. And it was taking everything just to maintain a lower speed than I’d gone the rest of the ride. Cramp was creeping in and it felt like I was crawling to the line. People were passing me and I was aware of it. I’d like to put myself in a position where I haven’t run out of water too. I think if I had just bought two slightly larger bottles that would of been fine. I forgot I had a gel in my back pocket and I’d grabbed a load of apricots at the hotel. I think that’s down to fatigue and not thinking clearly. But that may of helped a little... I knew when I’d finished the ride I was spent and couldn’t of worked any harder so I’m ok with that. But I’d be more satisfied if I could of gone faster than my average speed, at least for the last mile, rather than limping home.

 

[kipster]

I have the same problem with time constraints. I can do shortish rides but fitting in long rides is tricky. For me it’ll mean getting up very early on sundays I think. But improvement takes commitment I suppose is the thing. Stating the obvious but the longer distance will only work in our favour if we’re better prepared than the guys we’re up against. So it probably won’t!

The problem with the final 5 miles for me is that I was empty. And it was taking everything just to maintain a lower speed than I’d gone the rest of the ride. Cramp was creeping in and it felt like I was crawling to the line. People were passing me and I was aware of it. I’d like to put myself in a position where I haven’t run out of water too. I think if I had just bought two slightly larger bottles that would of been fine. I forgot I had a gel in my back pocket and I’d grabbed a load of apricots at the hotel. I think that’s down to fatigue and not thinking clearly. But that may of helped a little... I knew when I’d finished the ride I was spent and couldn’t of worked any harder so I’m ok with that. But I’d be more satisfied if I could of gone faster than my average speed, at least for the last mile, rather than limping home.

Re food, you need a target for remembering, like every 10 miles or every 30 minutes, have something to eat. It takes a while for it to become second nature.

It's also easy to over analyse everything. You should do the analisys in the training, get drink and food sorted there. Then the sportive (and remember it is only a sportive) is just another ride, yes you might push on a bit more, but you'll know the numbers and how long you can sustain the numbers, and what you need to do to hold back enough to whip people in the last 5 miles, 1 mile and definitely the last 250m. There will always be stronger cyclists that's just life.

As long as you cross the line knowing that on the day you couldn't have done anymore then your work is done, it's time for a wry smile and collecting your medal with pride.

 

[Breedon]

@Whorty if your doing Toc next year I highly recommend TrainerRoad about £70 for the year I tried the workouts in zwift but never really liked them