Zwift Chat

[Brusgaard]

@BurningLegs . I’m in 17th now but two riders have “coned “ next to their names , does this mean they’ get relegated .

It's CONE!D, and that is the team name (CONE!D vSports Riders).

 

[Del C]

Oh no! Did you finish the race??

I enjoyed that! Finished 30th on the road, ride the final section from escalator with one guy and resisted the urge to pull a turn and sucked the wheel all the way to the line. He sprinted but I went with him and out-sprinted him!

Got a PR on box hill and an increased FTP too (236W>253W) so a nice race overall.

Can’t believe my piddly climbers legs out sprinted someone

You've stepped up well to B cat. Great result tonight!

Same again for me. Short term power my downfall yet again, but happier with my start and felt strong on the flats and steady on Box Hill.

Better start and with the lead group all the way to the top of Northumberland Avenue and then just lost the group at the top, the very point I should have just tried to hold my power. Even the preview of the route said that and like a dummy I didn't do it!

Got into another group. PB up Box Hill and then just fell off the group coming up the escalator. Paid for that and spent quite a lot of the second lap riding solo. Buried myself and ended up 64 out of 78 on the road, and 48 out of 55 on ZP.

 

[Del C]

He's a man of many talents...wasn't he dead too ... or was that Pedersen?

I believe it's the same Petersen!

He rose again at Easter!!

 

[Whorty]

You've stepped up well to B cat. Great result tonight!

Same again for me. Short term power my downfall yet again, but happier with my start and felt strong on the flats and steady on Box Hill.

Better start and with the lead group all the way to the top of Northumberland Avenue and then just lost the group at the top, the very point I should have just tried to hold my power. Even the preview of the route said that and like a dummy I didn't do it!

Got into another group. PB up Box Hill and then just fell off the group coming up the escalator. Paid for that and spent quite a lot of the second lap riding solo. Buried myself and ended up 64 out of 78 on the road, and 48 out of 55 on ZP.

I think I may well be with you next week

 

[Freelanderuk]

Strava has me at 9:01 for both rides up box hill ,first a PB and same time second up the hill 😀

 

[steverob]

I saw you up ahead but didn't try to reach you as I'm not feeling great - I'd have only slowed you down! Well ridden, I was surprised to see you again after the first ascent up Box - I just couldn't keep in contact on the climb.

You were typically between 15 and 30 seconds behind me on the London portion of the second lap (depending on whether we were going up or downhill) and as most of the time there was only 1 or 2 riders between us, I could easily watch the time gaps in the list on the right of the screen. I told myself that if you got closer than 10 seconds, I'd message you and ask if you needed a tow, but secretly would be doing that so I could get a tow from you as well!

 

[Freelanderuk]

Good results for Cat C riders at the moment

 

[mjd1988]

Legs a bit mangled now And I probably need to apologise to Michael for the heavy breathing

Discord worked well! Glad I had earphones on though 🤭

 

[BurningLegs]

I think I may well be with you next week

I hope so. You are capable!

There is much less sandbagging - looks like one possible sandbagger to me in B Cat, and three borderline so it just isn't an issue in B.

Looks like the next stage is going to be two laps of the Richmond UCI course - so mostly flat with three bumps in the second half. Will be a challenging route for both of us, but I think you belong in B.

 

[CXRAndy]

I don't get how he climbs at 3.7-4.0 w/kg then only has an average w/kg of 3.0 He must be brilliant at wheel surfing and keeping his power low on the flatter sections.

He's very odd, no followers or following on Strava. You cant assess whether he just taking it easy and ups his power when needed.

We need to record his ride via Zwift on video to see the numbers

 

[Alongo]

Kin ant+ packed up on me

Will miss your video this week Martin . Are you gonna fill in with a race tomorrow ?

 

[BurningLegs]

He's very odd, no followers or following on Strava. You cant assess whether he just taking it easy and ups his power when needed.

We need to record his ride via Zwift on video to see the numbers

He did race in B for a while but is now in C.

In my opinion, he has mastered the @Whorty strategy of only pushing watts when it counts. People might have different opinions, but I think it is master race craft and racing within the current rules, even if he doesn't empty the tank. He could probably hold his own in B cat (and has done) but chooses to hone his race craft in C, and I say chapeau to him. I guess it is the big fish small pond vs small fish big pond thing.

@CXRAndy - if you or anyone else does record him I would be interested to see it!

 

[Whorty]

He did race in B for a while but is now in C.

In my opinion, he has mastered the @Whorty strategy of only pushing watts when it counts. People might have different opinions, but I think it is master race craft and racing within the current rules, even if he doesn't empty the tank. He could probably hold his own in B cat (and has done) but chooses to hone his race craft in C, and I say chapeau to him. I guess it is the big fish small pond vs small fish big pond thing.

@CXRAndy - if you or anyone else does record him I would be interested to see it!

Agreed, he's a master at it - much better than me . We knew he would be the one to watch tonight but he blew us (well me anyway!) away on that first climb. When the blob is moving he never goes to the front, saves his energy, and as you say uses it when it counts the most. Very clever Zwift racer

 

[CXRAndy]

He did race in B for a while but is now in C.

In my opinion, he has mastered the @Whorty strategy of only pushing watts when it counts. People might have different opinions, but I think it is master race craft and racing within the current rules, even if he doesn't empty the tank. He could probably hold his own in B cat (and has done) but chooses to hone his race craft in C, and I say chapeau to him. I guess it is the big fish small pond vs small fish big pond thing.

@CXRAndy - if you or anyone else does record him I would be interested to see it!

looking at his HR, he is cruising like 17-20bpm below max

Ill record him next time, if I can lock onto him at the start

 

[Joffey]

Oh, and for those interested (or concerned about his health) our anorexic friend in Cat D did correct his weight before the race. However he still got DQd anyway as he didn’t have an HR monitor.

Haha I did wonder!!