Zwift, Tour of Watopia 2018

[bobinski]

A plea for clemency. I missed the start of the 'Offical' stage 3, but did start the route at 18:03. I had a nightmare afternoon, phone call to say son in A&E, rushed up there, waited around with him, got home, waited for wife to come home before jumping on the turbo. Computer wouldn't work so rebooted and missed the start. 3 minutes aaarrgghhh. Hopefully Bob will vouch for me being on the road....

I finished behind Yoda Green SZR Edvald.se on the road, quite an easy one to remember! Their time is 1:17:20 on ZwiftPower, I'm happy to be penalised for the late start, say 5 minutes added? Or not to have my time count at all, :-(

Also I think my turbo was being nice to me as I don't think the time of 52:47 up the Alpe is really me...... Unless the Mallorca Mountains are starting to pay off.....

Off to chill with a very nice Swedish Whiskey.

Paul, I was going to vouch for you but you smashed my time so... yeah, he was there

Hope the nipper is ok.

 

[kipster]

Paul, I was going to vouch for you but you smashed my time so... yeah, he was there

Hope the nipper is ok.

He is thanks

 

[Breedon]

Felt strong tonight, seemed easy on the way to the main climb so was able to ease my self for the main event, plan was not to go above 4 w/wk which seamed to work, increased my avg watts to 260 for the main climb which was my main goal and so my pb is now 56.14 for Alp du zwift.
Really enjoyed that like bob said it's a great climb
Well done to all

 

[Whorty]

I felt ok, riding within myself from the start to the bottom but as I hit the 55 min mark it was as if someone was draining all my energy I saw Dean coming and slowed to try and cadge a lift but after a brief exchange of “arrrgghh” and “lol” he was off! Bit frustrated because I was aiming for a 1h15 overall but that can wait.
It’s a great climb!

Never saw you on there Bob, but as @Breedon passed me about 500 metres into the climb I think you must have been well ahead of me.

I started the Alpe in position 304, and finished about 400 so well chuffed. Little fatty like me beating 450 others up a mountain

 

[Norry1]

1:31:41 for the whole Stage according to Zwiftpower - but different times on the various lap segments so not sure which time people are using. 1:06:16 for the Alpe if it is this segment https://www.strava.com/activities/1500981332/segments/37435421218

I carried on in an attempt to get my best ever 2 hour power. It was hard but I managed it, with an increase from 214W to 222W. Running on fumes at the end

 

[Norry1]

... oh and 299 at present.

 

[CXRAndy]

started the Alpe in position 304, and finished about 400

I started the climb around 150-160. Got to the finish 244th. if the gradient was below 8% I felt strong above that it was a huge effort to keep the power on. trouble was there wasn't much below 8%

 

[Whorty]

1:31:41 for the whole Stage according to Zwiftpower - but different times on the various lap segments so not sure which time people are using. 1:06:16 for the Alpe if it is this segment https://www.strava.com/activities/1500981332/segments/37435421218

I carried on in an attempt to get my best ever 2 hour power. It was hard but I managed it, with an increase from 214W to 222W. Running on fumes at the end

I take the Zwiftpower time as the 'official' time - cracking time there.

 

[Breedon]

I was probably 320 as i was behind carl at the start but finished 147th, bridgy was 14th

 

[Whorty]

Just saw your time @bobinski 1:25:23

 

[Whorty]

I was probably 320 as i was behind carl at the start but finished 147th, bridgy was 14th

I was gong to jump on your wheel for a bit to say 'Hi', then I thought better of it as I still had nearly 12km to go so doing that and going at your pace would have been suicide

Oh, and I knocked about 3 minutes of my Alpe PB I'm faster up this version of Alpe du Huez than I was on Bkool!

 

[kipster]

@Whorty my time isn't on zwiftpower as I started late (3 minutes), I did the fire and ice course and finished with another rider who had a time of 1:17:20. I understand if you don't want to include the time in the results, or if you want what to add penalty minutes to my time for being tardy. It's your league so your rules and I'll accept with grace whatever you choose.

 

[Breedon]

I was gong to jump on your wheel for a bit to say 'Hi', then I thought better of it as I still had nearly 12km to go so doing that and going at your pace would have been suicide

Oh, and I knocked about 3 minutes of my Alpe PB I'm faster up this version of Alpe du Huez than I was on Bkool!

There's more people to chase which does help every time some one passed me i realised my power had dropped which gave me a kick up the arse to get moving.
Well done on your pb

 

[bridgy]

Well that went well! Forgot to turn off and on again at the start so quickly realised and whizzed off the front of the group at the start, switched on and off and managed to rejoin the group.

There's no doubt the Bkool runs out of resistance on the steeper sections - it's still hard work of course, and I was trying really hard (I even started to cramp up on the way down), but there's not the same resistance for your legs as there would be with a higher end direct drive trainer - so I look forward to being brought back don to earth with a big bump when I do the course on Carlo's Neo!

I agree with @Breedon - having people to chase, or people chasing you really spurred me on. I had a couple of people I was tussling with all the way up. I really like that course and the graphics they've done for it, and the countdown of the switchbacks is also a great encouragement

 

[Whorty]

@Whorty my time isn't on zwiftpower as I started late (3 minutes), I did the fire and ice course and finished with another rider who had a time of 1:17:20. I understand if you don't want to include the time in the results, or if you want what to add penalty minutes to my time for being tardy. It's your league so your rules and I'll accept with grace whatever you choose.

1:17:20 is fine by me