Zwift Chat

[mjd1988]

@Whorty you have a great shot at this race series now that Petersen is out, you have the one of the highest "rank" of anyone that's done more than 3 races (I think rank is literally just your average points per race) so you would be 2nd already if you had done all the races going by that.

I mean I wouldn't try too hard though...

 

[JLaw]

I couldn’t hear anything on Discord but saw he was about 50 secs back, then 30 then all of a sudden he was 2 seconds behind you. At this point I thought ‘bollocks’ and took off, with Simone grabbing 2nd I didn’t want to lose anymore points.

The next time I looked you had overtaken him again so all was right in the end

I didn't hear anything on discord either until after the race. I asked about Anderson at some point as he was heading up the road while JB and I rested after the first sprint. Nobody responded and I figured everyone was too gas'd to respond.

 

[<Tommy>]

I think I am just being a bit hard on myself as the wife says ,I have to remember we’re I have come from and how long I have been doing this and that I am no spring chicken anymore at 58 in a few months

Cheers for the wize words guys

You know better than most though Chris. If you’re not hard on yourself sometimes it’s hard to make genuine changes in your life. Anyone can want something, but actually doing what it takes to achieve it isn’t easy. The amount of weight you’ve lost you must of showed some real discipline and honesty along the way. Good days bad days bud. Just try and keep it as fun as possible 👍

 

[JLaw]

ZwiftPower has you taking 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th places at the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th sprints respectively!

I did a PR up the climb on the first lap but still managed to lose the group and ended up in no-man's land for the next two laps, fast enough to hold off 6th place (out of ZwiftPower finishers), but not fast enough to catch anyone ahead of me. Joffey and JLaw eased up and let me catch them towards the end of the 3rd lap, which was ideal cause by then I was almost completely out of power.

As JLaw said above, we had a constant 30 second gap for most of that lap on the next rider back, but he started to charge as we approached the climb. However I completely missed that and only finally noticed once he'd got it down to 2 seconds! Shouted to the others to "GO!" over Discord as I didn't want him catching them as well and they were able to fly off down the road thankfully. He eventually overtook me in the last 50m of the climb, but made the mistake of freewheeling down - I carried on pedalling and slingshotted past him at the little bump halfway down and was able to put enough of a gap into him so he couldn't draft. JLaw then waited at the sprint point and basically towed me to the finish!

Never heard you on discord, if I had I wouldn't have waited :-) Just before the sprint finish it showed you ~5 seconds ahead IIRC, so roughly 50M. I figured that was enough space to pick you up without him being able to jump into our draft. He ultimately finished 5s back, so we essentially just held the gap.

 

[steverob]

I couldn’t hear anything on Discord but saw he was about 50 secs back, then 30 then all of a sudden he was 2 seconds behind you. At this point I thought ‘bollocks’ and took off, with Simone grabbing 2nd I didn’t want to lose anymore points.

The next time I looked you had overtaken him again so all was right in the end

Never heard you on discord, if I had I wouldn't have waited :-) Just before the sprint finish it showed you ~5 seconds ahead IIRC, so roughly 50M. I figured that was enough space to pick you up without him being able to jump into our draft. He ultimately finished 5s back, so we essentially just held the gap.

It might be that I didn't quite hit the Push To Talk button correctly - after all I was struggling to concentrate on the climb at the time. But I thought that you had heard me because literally the second after I shouted for you to drop me and save yourselves, both of you accelerated away! One way or the other, the message got across and we got the result we needed.

 

[steverob]

Team D got 3rd, 4th & 5th tonight - think @JLaw might replace me as 3rd with his great performance early doors in the Primes. Solid riding by @steverob keeping the rest of the pack at bay.

Had a new Cat D rider tonight - a guitar playing Italian called Simone. He kept up with JB all the way and was just pipped at the post. He's an 'almost C' so hopefully we don't see him next week

Discord was good then my headphones died.

Well done Team D

Also we won't need to worry about Simone for any future races. He was only just within the D boundaries before today's race and with that performance he's now tipped over into C.

 

[Freelanderuk]

You know better than most though Chris. If you’re not hard on yourself sometimes it’s hard to make genuine changes in your life. Anyone can want something, but actually doing what it takes to achieve it isn’t easy. The amount of weight you’ve lost you must of showed some real discipline and honesty along the way. Good days bad days bud. Just try and keep it as fun as possible 👍

Cheers Tommy

 

[Joffey]

Got a nice gap in the team comp after last night @steverob & @JLaw

 

[mjd1988]

Last 3 events look tough! Yorkshire UCI (not a flat road in site) magnificent 8 (radio tower!*#!) And then the jungle circuit (treacle).

 

[Whorty]

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Last 3 events look tough! Yorkshire UCI (not a flat road in site) magnificent 8 (radio tower!*#!) And then the jungle circuit (treacle).

Could make the league very interesting! A long 30 minute climb could also push some over the B cat limit too - could be a tactical climb for many as we'll all want to climb hard, but all within the 3.2 w/kg limit

 

[Whorty]

Strava have removed the segment leaderboard feature from the free offering, so races will be more difficult to monitor going forward. Subscribers still have access, if any of you guys currently pay.

 

[Whorty]

@Whorty you have a great shot at this race series now that Petersen is out, you have the one of the highest "rank" of anyone that's done more than 3 races (I think rank is literally just your average points per race) so you would be 2nd already if you had done all the races going by that.

I mean I wouldn't try too hard though...

Nah, I'm happy watching you win

Losing connection in stage 1 and being kicked out the race with no points did it for me. I'll still push and see if I can get on the podium but still 2 other riders near me who can stop me. I often beat Fargeli but he's 21 points ahead so not sure I can pull back that many points over 3 races, and B. Larsen is close on my heals and is a stronger climber than me so will probably jump over me at some stage.

Top 4 for me should be on the cards though

 

[peterob]

Some great performances last night by the look of it in all the cats (well B-D anyway)

Personally I felt ok on the flats but didn't have the required zip in the legs to keep pushing the power up the legsnapper and got dropped the first two times up. I'll need to find my climbing legs looking at the parcours of the final 3 stages though

The CC 'league in a league' table has been updated. Taking the top 6 results has tightened things up at the top, with just 7 points separating the top three and a single point between the top two . It looks like being nip and tuck right through to stage 10.

 

[steverob]

Last 3 events look tough! Yorkshire UCI (not a flat road in site) magnificent 8 (radio tower!*#!) And then the jungle circuit (treacle).

Nah, you're thinking of "Mountain 8" which goes up the Radio Tower.

"Magnificent 8" is fairly flat - it has the reverse hilly climb, but the rest of it is in the desert or around the volcano.

 

[mjd1988]

Nah, I'm happy watching you win

Losing connection in stage 1 and being kicked out the race with no points did it for me. I'll still push and see if I can get on the podium but still 2 other riders near me who can stop me. I often beat Fargeli but he's 21 points ahead so not sure I can pull back that many points over 3 races, and B. Larsen is close on my heals and is a stronger climber than me so will probably jump over me at some stage.

Top 4 for me should be on the cards though

Is it not best 8 results or something though?

Nah, you're thinking of "Mountain 8" which goes up the Radio Tower.

"Magnificent 8" is fairly flat - it has the reverse hilly climb, but the rest of it is in the desert or around the volcano.

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