Tour De Zwift ....

scotlandtim

As we've done in the past, anyone else interested in a bit of competition in the TDZ? Finished stage 3 last night.

Results from ZwiftPower

Stage 1 (B) - 41:08
Stage 2 (A) - 52:52
Stage 3 (A) - 57.08

Total - 2:31:08

Anyone else doing it?

bigmitch41

Impressive times Tim, we are close!

Stage 1 (A) - 1.05.15
Stage 2 (A) - 52.42
Stage 3 (A) - 56.15
Stage 4 (A) - 55.21
Stage 5 (A) - 1.11.59
Stage 6 (A) - 1.13.22 (Adz 51.03)
Stage 7 (A) - 1.25.39 (Z Worlds Course 41.13)
Stage 8 (A) - 1.03.27
Stage 9 (A) - 53.14


Total 9.37.14

scotlandtim

Stage 1 (B) - 41:08
Stage 2 (A) - 52:52
Stage 3 (A) - 57.08
Stage 4 (A) - 57:34

Total - 3:28:42

scotlandtim

Stage 1 (B) - 41:08
Stage 2 (A) - 52:52
Stage 3 (A) - 57.08
Stage 4 (A) - 57:34
Stage 5 (B) - 46.13
Stage 6 (A) - 1:12:07 - multiple dropouts. Grrr. 2 mins stationary after corner 20. Was raging!! Aiming for a sub 45 up the alpe. Ended up with 47.
Stage 7 (A) - 1:23:56


Total - 6:50:58

Might repeat sate 1 and 5 doing the A for a full tour ..........

bigmitch41

scotlandtim wrote:

Stage 1 (B) - 41:08
Stage 2 (A) - 52:52
Stage 3 (A) - 57.08
Stage 4 (A) - 57:34
Stage 5 (B) - 46.13
Stage 6 (A) - 1:12:07 - multiple dropouts. Grrr. 2 mins stationary after corner 20. Was raging!! Aiming for a sub 45 up the alpe. Ended up with 47.
Stage 7 (A) - 1:23:56


Total - 6:50:58

Might repeat sate 1 and 5 doing the A for a full tour ..........

Great times Tim despite dropouts etc, you still beat me!

scotlandtim

BigMitch41 wrote:

Impressive times Tim, we are close!

Stage 1 - to do
Stage 2 (A) - 52.42
Stage 3 (A) - 56.15
Stage 4 (A) - 55.21
Stage 5 (A) - 1.11.59
Stage 6 (A) - 1.13.22 (Adz 51.03)
Stage 7 (A) - 1.25.39 (Z Worlds Course 41.13)


Total 6.35.18

Cheers. Just checked my Z worlds course - was 41.04 - we are very close!!!

scotlandtim

BigMitch41 wrote:

scotlandtim wrote:

Stage 1 (B) - 41:08
Stage 2 (A) - 52:52
Stage 3 (A) - 57.08
Stage 4 (A) - 57:34
Stage 5 (B) - 46.13
Stage 6 (A) - 1:12:07 - multiple dropouts. Grrr. 2 mins stationary after corner 20. Was raging!! Aiming for a sub 45 up the alpe. Ended up with 47.
Stage 7 (A) - 1:23:56 - Z worlds course - 41.04


Total - 6:50:58

Might repeat sate 1 and 5 doing the A for a full tour ..........

Great times Tim despite dropouts etc, you still beat me!

cruff

I'll have a go at this

Stage 1 (A) 1:02:40
Stage 2 (A) 52:37
Stage 3 (A) 52:04
Stage 4 (A) 57:21
Stage 5 (A) 1:10:23
Stage 6 (A) 1:13:03
Stage 7 (A) 1:30:15
Stage 8 (A) 1:03:35
Stage 9 (A) 59:39

Total - 9:41:37

Edit: Much tougher on makeup days when there are only 200 riders instead of 2500 :shock:

Edit 2: Even tougher on the last makeup day when there are only 25 riders

VamP

I'll play...

1 A - 58:51
2 A - 48:22
3 need to make up
4 need to make up
5 A 1:10:56
6 A 1:09:29
7 A 1:21:33

nogs

Hoping there is a lanterne rouge award:

Stage 1 (B) - 51m
Stage 2 (A) - 1h 12m
Stage 3 (A) - 1h 22m
Stage 4 (A) - 1h 20m
Stage 5 (A) - 1h 52m
Stage 6 (A) - 2h 12m
Stage 7 (A) - 2h 34m

Caveat - A year ago I was 14 stone heavier than I am now, no way I could have done these then, let alone a few months backs. Now levelling off my weight loss and working to building up so fitness.

kingstongraham

Nogs wrote:

Hoping there is a lanterne rouge award:

Stage 1 (B) - 51m
Stage 2 (A) - 1h 12m
Stage 3 (A) - 1h 22m
Stage 4 (A) - 1h 20m
Stage 5 (A) - 1h 52m
Stage 6 (A) - 2h 12m
Stage 7 (A) - 2h 34m

Caveat - A year ago I was 14 stone heavier than I am now, no way I could have done these then, let alone a few months backs. Now levelling off my weight loss and working to building up so fitness.

Awesome work. Nicely done.

I am temporarily zwiftless, so didn't get a chance to do this one.

scotlandtim

BigMitch41 wrote:

Impressive times Tim, we are close!

Stage 1 - to do
Stage 2 (A) - 52.42
Stage 3 (A) - 56.15
Stage 4 (A) - 55.21
Stage 5 (A) - 1.11.59
Stage 6 (A) - 1.13.22 (Adz 51.03)
Stage 7 (A) - 1.25.39 (Z Worlds Course 41.13)
Stage 8 (A) - 1.03.27


Total 7.38.45

Stage 1 (B) - 41:08
Stage 2 (A) - 52:52
Stage 3 (A) - 57.08
Stage 4 (A) - 57:34
Stage 5 (B) - 46.13
Stage 6 (A) - 1:12:07 - multiple dropouts. Grrr. 2 mins stationary after corner 20. Was raging!! Aiming for a sub 45 up the alpe. Ended up with 47.
Stage 7 (A) - 1:23:56
Stage 8 (A) - 1:06:36

Total - 7:57:34

VamP

1 A - 58:51
2 A - 48:22
3 need to make up
4 need to make up
5 A 1:10:56
6 A 1:09:29
7 A 1:21:33
8 A 1:02:01

bigmitch41

BigMitch41 wrote:

Impressive times Tim, we are close!

Stage 1 - to do
Stage 2 (A) - 52.42
Stage 3 (A) - 56.15
Stage 4 (A) - 55.21
Stage 5 (A) - 1.11.59
Stage 6 (A) - 1.13.22 (Adz 51.03)
Stage 7 (A) - 1.25.39 (Z Worlds Course 41.13)
Stage 8 (A) - 1.03.27
Stage 9 (A) - 53.14


Total 8.31.59

10.02.45
Just the make up Stage 1 left to do!

VamP

1 A - 58:51
2 A - 48:22
3 need to make up
4 need to make up
5 A 1:10:56
6 A 1:09:29
7 A 1:21:33
8 A 1:02:01
9 A 51:55

cruff

Nogs wrote:

Hoping there is a lanterne rouge award:

Stage 1 (B) - 51m
Stage 2 (A) - 1h 12m
Stage 3 (A) - 1h 22m
Stage 4 (A) - 1h 20m
Stage 5 (A) - 1h 52m
Stage 6 (A) - 2h 12m
Stage 7 (A) - 2h 34m

Caveat - A year ago I was 14 stone heavier than I am now, no way I could have done these then, let alone a few months backs. Now levelling off my weight loss and working to building up so fitness.

That's amazing - 14 stone is an absolutely immense loss. Well done!

franko777

1 (A) - 1:04:59
2 (A) - 53:47
3 (A) - 57:59
4 (A) - 58:43
5 (A) - 1:10:19
6 (A) - 1:18:07
7 (B) - 40:47
8 (A) - 1:04:03
9 (A) - 54:09

I really enjoyed the whole thing and definitely noticed some progression from the start to the end. Part in getting a sense of the tactics, but probably more from my fitness coming on as a result. Bit annoyed now by the one B ride but in my defence I was bloody ill at the time.

ExigeR

1 (A) - 59:29
2 (A) - 49:35
3 (A) - 54:07
4 (A) - 52:56
5 (A) - 1:07:37
6 (A) - 1:07:56
7 (A) - 1:18:50
8 (A) - 59:25
9 (A) - 52:39

9:02:34 I think.

Kickr for power

cruff

Franko777 wrote:

1 (A) - 1:04:59
2 (A) - 53:47
3 (A) - 57:59
4 (A) - 58:43
5 (A) - 1:10:19
6 (A) - 1:18:07
7 (B) - 40:47
8 (A) - 1:04:03
9 (A) - 54:09

I really enjoyed the whole thing and definitely noticed some progression from the start to the end. Part in getting a sense of the tactics, but probably more from my fitness coming on as a result. Bit annoyed now by the one B ride but in my defence I was bloody ill at the time.

You can make up the B ride this weekend if you want to

nogs

Thanks for the weight loss praise. Now having fun re-learning how much I can / should be eating after a year on a calorie restricted diet.

Final times:

Stage 1 (B) - 51m
Stage 2 (A) - 1h 12m
Stage 3 (A) - 1h 22m
Stage 4 (A) - 1h 20m
Stage 5 (A) - 1h 52m
Stage 6 (A) - 2h 12m
Stage 7 (A) - 2h 34m
Stage 8 (A) - 1h 35m
Stage 9 (A) - 1h 13m

Total time: 14h 11min

scotlandtim

Stage 1 (B) - 41:08
Stage 2 (A) - 52:52
Stage 3 (A) - 57.08
Stage 4 (A) - 57:34
Stage 5 (B) - 46.13
Stage 6 (A) - 1:12:07 - multiple dropouts. Grrr. 2 mins stationary after corner 20. Was raging!! Aiming for a sub 45 up the alpe. Ended up with 47.
Stage 7 (A) - 1:23:56
Stage 8 (A) - 1:06:36
Stage 9 (A) - 56:40

Total - 8:54:14

bigmitch41

BigMitch41 wrote:

Impressive times Tim, we are close!

Stage 1 (A) - 1.05.15
Stage 2 (A) - 52.42
Stage 3 (A) - 56.15
Stage 4 (A) - 55.21
Stage 5 (A) - 1.11.59
Stage 6 (A) - 1.13.22 (Adz 51.03)
Stage 7 (A) - 1.25.39 (Z Worlds Course 41.13)
Stage 8 (A) - 1.03.27
Stage 9 (A) - 53.14


Total 9.37.14

Completed with the chance to ride Stage 1 this morning during one of the make up sessions, really enjoyed the challenge!

meursault

I appreciate this may have been covered in other threads but, Do you calibrate your turbos somehow? So it's some kind of 'level' playing field?

Just asking out of curiosity, I'm way too slow to race anyone.

cruff

meursault wrote:

I appreciate this may have been covered in other threads but, Do you calibrate your turbos somehow? So it's some kind of 'level' playing field?

Just asking out of curiosity, I'm way too slow to race anyone.

Smart trainers and power meters really are the only way to 'race' anyone on zwift. Obviously, these can be gamed as well, but it's more 'realistic' using one of those. I use the power meter on my bike cos I ride with it outdoors, so makes no sense to use a different power source, which may not be accurate, indoors

cruff

Stage 7 can f*** right off. That climb might only be half the distance of the Alpe but it somehow feels worse - and doing it twice can get in the sea

ExigeR

meursault wrote:

I appreciate this may have been covered in other threads but, Do you calibrate your turbos somehow? So it's some kind of 'level' playing field?

Just asking out of curiosity, I'm way too slow to race anyone.

I calibrate my kickr every week or two, if I know i'm going to be doing a race I would normally also calibrate it the day before (after a ride when its warmed up). I never win races but its good to know my figures are constant with what I can do.

Having said that has anyone had any trouble using the Zwift app to calibrate turbos? I always use the Wahoo app but thought it would be easier using the Zwift app the other day, I recon it was over reading by 15w. Used the Wahoo app for the next ride and it felt back to normal.

bigmitch41

Also on a Kickr generation 2, I calibrate it every couple of weeks once warmed using the Zwift spin down test. Power readings are accurate and my weight is regularly updated usin my Withings body+ scales. I'm an A cat but definitely not a race winner, just enjoying the challenge and keeping the fitness up over winter.

meursault

Appreciate the replies, salute!

kingstongraham

meursault wrote:

I appreciate this may have been covered in other threads but, Do you calibrate your turbos somehow? So it's some kind of 'level' playing field?

Just asking out of curiosity, I'm way too slow to race anyone.

I use a power meter, so no calibration needed.

For those who have a turbo with estimated power, as long as it is consistent, that makes it as level as it needs to be.

VamP

Managed to get the extras at the weekend, they were a fair bit slower than the big crowd ones in the correct timeslots, but on the upside I managed to get 3rd in one of them :-)

1 A - 58:51
2 A - 48:22
3 A - 56:16
4 A - 58:19
5 A - 1:10:56
6 A - 1:09:29
7 A - 1:21:33
8 A - 1:02:01
9 A - 51:55

Total 9:17:48