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OK Matt. In which case we need another volunteer to move from B to A. Chris, Dan or Stef, fancy it? Chris and Dan have done a couple of As recently, so perhaps Stef? Tim, There's 13 points up for grab for 50th so plenty of valuable points to sco…
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Matt S. I had a thought, can you ride in Team A as captain of Team B?
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Couple of additional thoughts: Gaps are very difficult to close on the choppy bits so try to come over the top in a group. If not the mob speed on the descent will gather and hit the base of the next climb fast and with fresh legs smash the clim…
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Course intel! https://zwiftinsider.com/zrl-s2-w4
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Evening all, So all in we have 13 riders including birthday boy Rob. Happy Birthday! So if Rob was allowed some time off the bike with his family, then that leaves 12, including newcomers Vince and Paul B. So that leaves 3 spaces in Te…
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Excellent Vince! OK. We have 11ish so far. If you count a 1/2 for Graham and a 1/2 for double header Dan. So could be two spots still free. Perhaps someone out there fancies a team event? It's great fun being part of a team and livening up …
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Lillie, all the best for the new team and thanks for the master class. Remember all to put your name down for the "flat" Yorkshire course on Tuesday. We need 12 riders for maximum points, so new riders welcome. (P.S. B's can always race twi…
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Yorkshire might be shorter and flatter, but still pretty brutal...
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Great results. Well done all. A lot of suffering! Race points shows how important it is to have 6 riders. Would love to see how the BPs work. ChrisL you managed to pick up loads on cruise mode! Nice work. Great video again of the race …
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Interestingly in the women's race, the eventual winner was the only one in the front 3 to ease right off at 850m to go and rest.
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Just watched the premier league version. Good to catch up on the climb as not done it for a while. The top 1km is interesting as flattens to 1% and drags 3-4% for final 500m. So important to keep contact and then rest for 500m before the final throwd…
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I definitely think there some good merit in the FTS on this course. Up front will be on the limit over the climb so sprints should be slower. I guess the ideal sprint combo would be for 4 riders each winding it up in turn. First starts before the spr…
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Taff, sorry you can't ride, hopefully you're back on the bike soon. That does leave 12 of us. Team A Chris L Dave Matt P Rob Chris P Dan Team B Tim Stef Graham Martin Matt S Lillie (if you can make it) …
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NY, will be interesting!
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Good thoughts Chris. I was thinking similar. ChrisL tries to do minimum whilst trying to keep in front group. Some splits should come back as I can't see anyone working that hard on the front. I'll try to get what points I can and dig deep. Then we u…
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So, how to get those points! The Leg Snapper climb x3 is brutal. Some thoughts from my experiences racing it: Hit it hard before the bottom gives extra speed early to overtake riders on the early part Start 10 or so back and start the power at…
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Some thoughts for Tuesday! 3x sprint points. 3x faster timed sprint points. 1x fastest KOM and the standard finish points. The fastest sprint alone are huge particularly when these are aggregated. I.e. if you held the fastest time for each …
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Good article Chris. Let's try the 30 second and 5 second slingshot in a couple of weeks!
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I'm practicing 5 laps of innsbruck at 7:05 tomorrow morning if anyone fancies it!
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That was my thought as well, although I found it difficult to draw any definitive conclusion as the speeds and power were all over the place on the 2nd half with the bumps. I guess in terms of time we did better as evidenced by the splits. A flatter …
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Great results Bs. I'm struggling to find the total series scores. Without adding it up myself. I think from last time the clock starts when the first rider crosses the start line, so timing starting together is more important than bang on time. …
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Really great ride tonight from the A's. 0.2 mph faster than the last of last season. That last section was challenging but we kept it together. Looking at the power data there were some epic turns. Graham, that last turn you were holding the mos…
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I've given up watching TTTs on Zwift for that reason. Saying that real life ones aren't that much better!
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A reminder on discord channels. Channel for A Racers https://discord.gg/sntxuBxW2R Channel for B Racers https://discord.gg/Eg5eQsPFVC
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A Racers... Link should be with you. 8.5m delay from 19:55. To stay warm and connected I think we will have try the pair screen trick! A dangerous game, but think a must for such a big delay.
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Hi, Tuesday's teams as below. 12 of us riding. A (A): Chris L A (A): Dave W A (A): Matt P A (A): Rob B A (B): Chris P A (B): Graham A B (B): Dan H B (B): Lillie S B (B): Martin L B (B): Matt S B (B): Stef D B (B): Tim A
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Rob, the enjoyable bit is riding as a team and trying to go as fast as we can between us. It's great fun.
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P.S. in theory Bs can ride twice if numbers allow!
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Those who want to TTT on Tuesday, please let us know by Sunday 7pm so that we can sort out teams. Thanks.
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Thanks Matt. So taking a little more of a look at Team A 1st place. VCV (team of spare watts kid) 251 points 2nd place. CCA 208 points 3rd place. Zscot 180 points 85 of our points came from bonus sprints, which just shows how impor…