Excellent work all. Graham, bummer on the drop out.
4th for this TTT out of the 8 teams. 4th, 5th and 6th neck and neck through splits 1 to 3 but with a blistering (painful) final quarter we pulled out 30 seconds (with 3rd fastest sector time) to a well placed 4th.
Putting us overall in....... 6th (as we missed the first 2). In the much more important unofficial average points per race rankings, that puts us in 4th (I think, calculated in my head). Which we'll take as an excellent top half of the table.
I've really enjoyed racing as a team. It takes Zwift to a whole new level.
Will be great to see how the CCA involvement grows into next season which starts, we think, at some point in Jan. Watch this space!
For those looking to take part in WTRL Zwift Race League Season 2, Racing starts 12th Jan.
We have 2 teams, 1 x Cat A (CCA Racers) and 1 x Cat B (CCA Racers B ). Both teams are in the EMEA community leagues.
We can have a maximum of 6 riders per team, with a minimum of 4 riders required in order to claim. There is an unlimited Roster size, so riders can be swapped in/out so everyone who wants to race will get an opportunity.
Full details for season 2 below... Please pay special attention to section 5, Rider Requirements.
1. TEAM STRUCTURE
Unlimited roster size with max 6 athletes per race (4 athletes per race min).
Riders will continue to be associated to their team via the WTRL tag mechanism. WTRL may or may not attempt to assign riders with spoiled tags but will not attempt to resolve riders who have no tag. Visit www.wtrl.racing and click on the orange Information Icons for details on the WTRL tag mechanism.
Women's Leagues shall use the ZwiftPower Women's Categories and Men's/Mixed Gender teams shall use the ZwiftPower Categories.
Riders can continue to race for a maximum of 2 teams in each League.
All riders must have a valid ZwiftPower category for their division. Anyone with no Category will not receive a result.
Any new rider who falls outside of the team category will have results removed.
Teams must be made up of racers at or below the division category threshold (B category riders can race for an A level team, but not a C level team.)
A rider lucky enough to upgrade in ZwiftPower rider category during the season will be allowed to continue racing with their team IF they have completed at least 4 weeks in the ZRL at the threshold category for that Division. Riders who race in multiple Leagues/Divisions each week - take note that this is per WEEK not per RACE. Your highest category for that week will be taken into consideration.
2. SEASON FORMAT
Weeks 1-6 (Regular Season) will feature 4x Points Races and 2x Team Time Trials.
Weeks 7 & 8 will be a knock-out format to determine final Division Positions and crown Division Champions.
The Top 3 teams from the Community Divisions (CD) will be invited to join the Zwift Racing League Premier Division (PD).
3. LEAGUES & DIVISIONS
PREMIER DIVISION (PD) - includes top Community Teams and Wild Card Invitational Teams who have all completed and satisfied full ZADA verification and meet the Zwift eSports requirements. Rules within the Premier Division only apply to the Premier Division.
COMMUNITY LEAGUES
Asia Pacific (APAC)
Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA)
AMERICAS
SUB-REGIONS
EMEA and AMERICAS will be split into at least 2 SUB-REGIONS (East & West) due to the number of teams.
DIVISIONS
Divisions A to D will be implemented as necessary ensuring there is a maximum of 15 and minimum of 5 teams per division.
Where there are 4 or less teams in a Division, 'Culling' will not be enabled. Teams will start in their respective pens Division D in the D pen etc BUT they will be able to see and race with at least the division above during events. This predominantly applies to America's West Women.
FULL points will be available for each division regardless of culling.
This means all Leagues (Women's and Men's/Mixed) will feature Divisions A,B,C & D with full points per division.
RACE TIMES
Each Division will have its own allocated Event and start time. Teams MUST race in these events in the correct pen and observe any Start Delays during Team Time Trials.
These events will require a special Racer Sign-On Link for riders to be able to join the event.
PROMOTION / RELEGATION
All teams are eligible for promotion.
Teams will only be relegated to another Division of the same category. ie B teams will not be relegated to a C Division.
A total of 3 Community Teams will be promoted to the Premier Division based on their position AFTER Races 7 and 8 ('The Knock-Out stages).
The 3 lowest placed Premier Division teams will be relegated to the Community Divisions.
2 teams will be promoted from each Division in the community and a maximum of 2 will be relegated where rule 3.6.2 above applies.
4. POINTS & SCORING
The ZWIFT RACING LEAGUE is centered around teams of riders. There is no individual GC or league of individual racers.
In Season 2 MORE Rider Points will be on offer in the Community Divisions! Full details will be published at www.wtrl.racing very shortly but these are outlined below. Teams will now have much more strategy to work with and will need to choose carefully which points they are going to chase. These are in DRAFT FORM currently and remain subject to change.
POINTS RACES:
Finish line Points: 1st 40pts, 2nd 35pts, 3rd 30pts 4th to 10th 25pts and so on with 1 point available to positions greater than 85th. ie a rider finishing 60th will earn 10 points.
Intermediate Points will be awarded (10-1) to the top 10 crossing the Intermediate Finish line first. If a rider is removed, points will NOT cascade down becoming effectively 'lost' from the race.
Fastest Intermediates Times to the top 10 fastest riders during the entire race (ie not per lap) will be awarded 25-1. If a rider is removed, points will NOT cascade down becoming effectively 'lost' from the race.
Team Finishing Bonus (TFB). If a rider finishes within a certain amount of time AFTER their first team mate, a number of bonus points will be awarded. These are division/race/course specific.
All Rider Points will be Converted to Team Points as per season 1 with the top scoring team receiving 20 points
TEAM TIME TRIALS will see 20 points awarded to the FASTEST team in the division, 19 for 2nd and so on with time taken on the 4th rider.
5. RIDER REQUIREMENTS
HEART RATE MONITORS
ALL riders in A divisions MUST wear a Heart Rate Monitor and transmit this to the game (ZWIFT) itself. Any Division A rider with missing HRM data will be removed from the results and score 0 points period. No allowances will be made to any A Division rider with missing heart rate data or supplement recordings (cycle computers etc) and results will not be reinstated.
Riders in Divisions B, C and D are advised to wear a Heart Rate Monitor and transmit heart rate data to the game (ZWIFT). Any B or C rider not transmitting heart rate data to the game will receive 50% of their points.
Heart Rate Monitor data is not required for Team Time Trial formats but is recommended.
No adjustments to any results will be made for heart rate monitor failure, rider error or missing Heart Rate data.
TURBO TRAINERS
All riders in Division A teams MUST transmit power information to the game (ZWIFT). No Division A rider is permitted to use ZPower (a dumb trainer alone). This can be a smart turbo trainer, smart bike OR dumb trainer and separate power meter. A dumb trainer alone is not sufficient. Any Division A rider will have their points removed.
Riders in Divisions B, C and D can use ZPower but note all rider points will be halved.
All riders are encouraged to DUAL RECORD power data and upload to ZwiftPower. Dual Recording is the capture of power data from 2 separate power meters. This is a recommendation NOT a requirement.
ZWIFT & ZWIFTPOWER
ALL riders must have accurate HEIGHT and WEIGHT entered into their ZWIFT PROFILE.
ALL riders MUST be fully ZwiftPower registered. This includes enabling the sharing of your data with ZwiftPower from your ZWIFT PROFILE CONNECTIONS.
RIDER VERIFICATION
Each week, up to 2 teams from each Division will be selected at random and to provide a HEIGHT and WEIGHT video per rider up to 12 hours pre and 12 hours post race.
Full details will be included in the Email Request BUT these must be completed within 12 hours pre and 12 hours post race (a total window of 24 hours).
You are NOT required to make these video's public available. Only WTRL, Zwift or ZADA need to have access.
Some teams may be asked more than once! It is a random process and this should not be interpreted as any suspicion from Race Control.
The top 3 Community Division teams will be required to complete and satisfy all ZADA requirements prior to being officially promoted to the Zwift Racing League Premier Division.
6. TEAM RESULT PROTESTS
All communication to WTRL Race Control should be made by either the team manager or team captain. These are prioritized. While WTRL endeavor to reply to everyone, the sheer volume of communications can cause delay. It is much easier for us to deal with a single email from a team captain or manager around issues than multiple emails from team riders. Help us to help you!
All Results protests must be made by the Team Manager or Captain within 12 hours of race completion. WTRL will not amend a teams results where a protest is received outside of this window.
Protests around teams other than your own, will be investigated by WTRL, ZWIFT and/or ZADA but the outcome of those investigations will not be reported back to the protesting team.
Please ensure you include:
Your Teams Name.
The Zwift ID or full name as used in ZwiftPower of any riders.
The Zwift Event ID of the race.
Evidence and details of your protest or complaint.
PLEASE include web links rather than Screenshots unless you are providing game-based evidence.
WTRL and Zwift's decisions around Team or Rider Protests are final.
Comments
Excellent work all. Graham, bummer on the drop out.
4th for this TTT out of the 8 teams. 4th, 5th and 6th neck and neck through splits 1 to 3 but with a blistering (painful) final quarter we pulled out 30 seconds (with 3rd fastest sector time) to a well placed 4th.
Putting us overall in....... 6th (as we missed the first 2). In the much more important unofficial average points per race rankings, that puts us in 4th (I think, calculated in my head). Which we'll take as an excellent top half of the table.
I've really enjoyed racing as a team. It takes Zwift to a whole new level.
Will be great to see how the CCA involvement grows into next season which starts, we think, at some point in Jan. Watch this space!
And we now have 'CCA Racers B' registered, ready for season 2!!
We have 2 teams, 1 x Cat A (CCA Racers) and 1 x Cat B (CCA Racers B ). Both teams are in the EMEA community leagues.
We can have a maximum of 6 riders per team, with a minimum of 4 riders required in order to claim. There is an unlimited Roster size, so riders can be swapped in/out so everyone who wants to race will get an opportunity.
Full details for season 2 below... Please pay special attention to section 5, Rider Requirements.
Unlimited roster size with max 6 athletes per race (4 athletes per race min).
Riders will continue to be associated to their team via the WTRL tag mechanism. WTRL may or may not attempt to assign riders with spoiled tags but will not attempt to resolve riders who have no tag. Visit www.wtrl.racing and click on the orange Information Icons for details on the WTRL tag mechanism.
Women's Leagues shall use the ZwiftPower Women's Categories and Men's/Mixed Gender teams shall use the ZwiftPower Categories.
Riders can continue to race for a maximum of 2 teams in each League.
All riders must have a valid ZwiftPower category for their division. Anyone with no Category will not receive a result.
Any new rider who falls outside of the team category will have results removed.
Teams must be made up of racers at or below the division category threshold (B category riders can race for an A level team, but not a C level team.)
A rider lucky enough to upgrade in ZwiftPower rider category during the season will be allowed to continue racing with their team IF they have completed at least 4 weeks in the ZRL at the threshold category for that Division. Riders who race in multiple Leagues/Divisions each week - take note that this is per WEEK not per RACE. Your highest category for that week will be taken into consideration.
2. SEASON FORMAT
Weeks 1-6 (Regular Season) will feature 4x Points Races and 2x Team Time Trials.
Weeks 7 & 8 will be a knock-out format to determine final Division Positions and crown Division Champions.
The Top 3 teams from the Community Divisions (CD) will be invited to join the Zwift Racing League Premier Division (PD).
3. LEAGUES & DIVISIONS
PREMIER DIVISION (PD) - includes top Community Teams and Wild Card Invitational Teams who have all completed and satisfied full ZADA verification and meet the Zwift eSports requirements. Rules within the Premier Division only apply to the Premier Division.
COMMUNITY LEAGUES
Asia Pacific (APAC)
Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA)
AMERICAS
SUB-REGIONS
EMEA and AMERICAS will be split into at least 2 SUB-REGIONS (East & West) due to the number of teams.
DIVISIONS
Divisions A to D will be implemented as necessary ensuring there is a maximum of 15 and minimum of 5 teams per division.
Where there are 4 or less teams in a Division, 'Culling' will not be enabled. Teams will start in their respective pens Division D in the D pen etc BUT they will be able to see and race with at least the division above during events. This predominantly applies to America's West Women.
FULL points will be available for each division regardless of culling.
This means all Leagues (Women's and Men's/Mixed) will feature Divisions A,B,C & D with full points per division.
RACE TIMES
Each Division will have its own allocated Event and start time. Teams MUST race in these events in the correct pen and observe any Start Delays during Team Time Trials.
These events will require a special Racer Sign-On Link for riders to be able to join the event.
PROMOTION / RELEGATION
All teams are eligible for promotion.
Teams will only be relegated to another Division of the same category. ie B teams will not be relegated to a C Division.
A total of 3 Community Teams will be promoted to the Premier Division based on their position AFTER Races 7 and 8 ('The Knock-Out stages).
The 3 lowest placed Premier Division teams will be relegated to the Community Divisions.
2 teams will be promoted from each Division in the community and a maximum of 2 will be relegated where rule 3.6.2 above applies.
4. POINTS & SCORING
The ZWIFT RACING LEAGUE is centered around teams of riders. There is no individual GC or league of individual racers.
In Season 2 MORE Rider Points will be on offer in the Community Divisions! Full details will be published at www.wtrl.racing very shortly but these are outlined below. Teams will now have much more strategy to work with and will need to choose carefully which points they are going to chase. These are in DRAFT FORM currently and remain subject to change.
POINTS RACES:
Finish line Points: 1st 40pts, 2nd 35pts, 3rd 30pts 4th to 10th 25pts and so on with 1 point available to positions greater than 85th. ie a rider finishing 60th will earn 10 points.
Intermediate Points will be awarded (10-1) to the top 10 crossing the Intermediate Finish line first. If a rider is removed, points will NOT cascade down becoming effectively 'lost' from the race.
Fastest Intermediates Times to the top 10 fastest riders during the entire race (ie not per lap) will be awarded 25-1. If a rider is removed, points will NOT cascade down becoming effectively 'lost' from the race.
Team Finishing Bonus (TFB). If a rider finishes within a certain amount of time AFTER their first team mate, a number of bonus points will be awarded. These are division/race/course specific.
All Rider Points will be Converted to Team Points as per season 1 with the top scoring team receiving 20 points
TEAM TIME TRIALS will see 20 points awarded to the FASTEST team in the division, 19 for 2nd and so on with time taken on the 4th rider.
HEART RATE MONITORS
ALL riders in A divisions MUST wear a Heart Rate Monitor and transmit this to the game (ZWIFT) itself. Any Division A rider with missing HRM data will be removed from the results and score 0 points period. No allowances will be made to any A Division rider with missing heart rate data or supplement recordings (cycle computers etc) and results will not be reinstated.
Riders in Divisions B, C and D are advised to wear a Heart Rate Monitor and transmit heart rate data to the game (ZWIFT). Any B or C rider not transmitting heart rate data to the game will receive 50% of their points.
Heart Rate Monitor data is not required for Team Time Trial formats but is recommended.
No adjustments to any results will be made for heart rate monitor failure, rider error or missing Heart Rate data.
TURBO TRAINERS
All riders in Division A teams MUST transmit power information to the game (ZWIFT). No Division A rider is permitted to use ZPower (a dumb trainer alone). This can be a smart turbo trainer, smart bike OR dumb trainer and separate power meter. A dumb trainer alone is not sufficient. Any Division A rider will have their points removed.
Riders in Divisions B, C and D can use ZPower but note all rider points will be halved.
All riders are encouraged to DUAL RECORD power data and upload to ZwiftPower. Dual Recording is the capture of power data from 2 separate power meters. This is a recommendation NOT a requirement.
ZWIFT & ZWIFTPOWER
ALL riders must have accurate HEIGHT and WEIGHT entered into their ZWIFT PROFILE.
ALL riders MUST be fully ZwiftPower registered. This includes enabling the sharing of your data with ZwiftPower from your ZWIFT PROFILE CONNECTIONS.
RIDER VERIFICATION
Each week, up to 2 teams from each Division will be selected at random and to provide a HEIGHT and WEIGHT video per rider up to 12 hours pre and 12 hours post race.
Full details will be included in the Email Request BUT these must be completed within 12 hours pre and 12 hours post race (a total window of 24 hours).
You are NOT required to make these video's public available. Only WTRL, Zwift or ZADA need to have access.
Some teams may be asked more than once! It is a random process and this should not be interpreted as any suspicion from Race Control.
The top 3 Community Division teams will be required to complete and satisfy all ZADA requirements prior to being officially promoted to the Zwift Racing League Premier Division.
6. TEAM RESULT PROTESTS
All communication to WTRL Race Control should be made by either the team manager or team captain. These are prioritized. While WTRL endeavor to reply to everyone, the sheer volume of communications can cause delay. It is much easier for us to deal with a single email from a team captain or manager around issues than multiple emails from team riders. Help us to help you!
All Results protests must be made by the Team Manager or Captain within 12 hours of race completion. WTRL will not amend a teams results where a protest is received outside of this window.
Protests around teams other than your own, will be investigated by WTRL, ZWIFT and/or ZADA but the outcome of those investigations will not be reported back to the protesting team.
Please ensure you include:
Your Teams Name.
The Zwift ID or full name as used in ZwiftPower of any riders.
The Zwift Event ID of the race.
Evidence and details of your protest or complaint.
PLEASE include web links rather than Screenshots unless you are providing game-based evidence.
WTRL and Zwift's decisions around Team or Rider Protests are final.