Peter Salt
Bittersweet
- Location
- Yorkshire, UK
You're such a fan boyOut with family today, but just read about the drama of the day in the Vuelta
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Sorry if this has already been posted but this is definitely worth watching regarding PD4.1
View: https://youtu.be/T49sKC0aOc8?si=WuToqnJWC0wyTGLQ
View: https://youtu.be/T49sKC0aOc8?si=WuToqnJWC0wyTGLQ
Saw that video the other day Paul. On the face of it sounds perfectly fine to drop your power to stay in the bunch, in practice, there is that urgency/feeling to be near the front in case of pack splitting. I did notice a little less churning on my recent race, so that seems to have improved. For breakaway packs, I've not done enough to either be in one or seen one on YouTube to say Zwift have got this right
Yeah I'd agree with you that in practice it's harder to keep the watts down- and I suspect that if everyone's doing it, the whole pack ends up working harder as a result as well which makes it worse!
I have definitely seen small breakaways able to stay away from a large pack in a way that wouldn't have worked before. I have also found that it's easier to bridge up to a group that's ahead of you than it was before
mjd1988
Guru
Yeah it definitely feels more true to life. Sitting in for a sprint is much harder 😔 but that's a good thing in general.
I've even noticed in small groups it is much more interesting as if someone attacks you have to close and can't just wait for the faster moving group to catch. I've also seen lone riders bridging to large packs that are dawdling which would have happened once in a blue moon
I've even noticed in small groups it is much more interesting as if someone attacks you have to close and can't just wait for the faster moving group to catch. I've also seen lone riders bridging to large packs that are dawdling which would have happened once in a blue moon
mjd1988
Guru
I think he knew he was going to lose at least 5 plus minutes so knew the GC was over, and had his team pulling him so he probably had reasonably fresh legs, knowing he would be able to go in the breakaway in future. The time today up the final climb wasn't actually that fast he was just the best of the breakaway.
I guess he just hit his limit the previous day. Fighting against 3 GC riders in one team is no joke, and he has always been aggressive to the point of recklessness (which makes him great to watch).
JuhaL
Guru
Personally I haven't watch Vuelta much, only little bit here and there. Previous races in a season are feed my needs well enough, now I'm little bit overfull of cycling from Eurosport, long season I guess. For now I will rather go outside to ride than watch cycling from tv. If stage is interesting I might watch after my ride what is going on in a stage.
What Zwift need to implement next is ability to message only those people within say 10 bike lengths fore and aft. That way you can message the people in your group/break - encourage them to work / gurn at the wheelsucker in the breakaway etc. Races could be set up like that and leave group rides where everyone sees everything.
mjd1988
Guru
That would be great. Even within a set distance around you? It's really confusing racing in Bs/Cs and hearing people chat shoot/talk about course features that aren't there from the As, and vice versa
Got a short event in before going to Scotland.
It was tough being short and a dirt track climb out of the villages. Got 13th, ZP. 22nd on Zwift
Consolation -First of the Clydesdales 😂
Edit
Notable points were getting dropped up the dirt climb, cresting with two chasers, who I kept dropping on the flats around the village. One of them kept coming back at me. I decided to make my sprint just as the route began to descend with 0.6 miles to the finish. Launch my sprint to gap him, he did well to match my W/kg but eventually greater weight and power gapped him by 7 secs over the line.
It was tough being short and a dirt track climb out of the villages. Got 13th, ZP. 22nd on Zwift
Consolation -First of the Clydesdales 😂
Edit
Notable points were getting dropped up the dirt climb, cresting with two chasers, who I kept dropping on the flats around the village. One of them kept coming back at me. I decided to make my sprint just as the route began to descend with 0.6 miles to the finish. Launch my sprint to gap him, he did well to match my W/kg but eventually greater weight and power gapped him by 7 secs over the line.
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alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
I'm back in B. I knew I would be after a balls-out race up Fox Hill.
DRS this morning in Atlantic Amethyst/Platinum
View: https://youtu.be/CiuO0U8paiE
DRS this morning in Atlantic Amethyst/Platinum
View: https://youtu.be/CiuO0U8paiE
mjd1988
Guru
Farewell zwift racing score we barely knew ye.
Good result for splitters in race 1 - Peter bossing it home to 2nd on the road and Paul up front as well with strong performances throughout. Unfortunately it was Rich's turn to have a technical issue; happens to us all at some point!
alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
Steady start for Draft Bitter in the D leagues. Five riders took the start but it was Chris with the technical for us sadly.
We ended up finishing 6th overall, one point above 7th and 2 points above 8th so it just shows that every point counts!!
Some gutsy performances all round on a horrific route, maybe one lap too many for chubsters like me. Was great to be back racing in ZRL though.
We ended up finishing 6th overall, one point above 7th and 2 points above 8th so it just shows that every point counts!!
Some gutsy performances all round on a horrific route, maybe one lap too many for chubsters like me. Was great to be back racing in ZRL though.
