Zwift Thursday Night Training Race (UK/Europe) Report 2015-11-19

A huge field of at least 75 racers showed up to this ZTR. Unfortunately some of the packs were not as compact as they could have been during the neutral roll-out, but we'll give it another try next week and hopefully it'll get better. Many thanks to J. Mora and S. C. (Team dZi) for helping out with the staggered start. Also note that due to the number of crashes reported during the race this week, I've placed everyone who looked like they were completing the race in the results, even if the distance covered was less than the full distance.

Cassie Baldi (Team dZi) showed her strength by riding with the C group and finishing in what would have been second place. As the only finisher in the women's race she was awarded that win instead.

The two Group A names that immediately jumped out to anyone following this race series were J. T. (Team dZi) and T. Bern Hansen. The pace started out very high. For a moment it appeared that J. T. might be in trouble as he was gapped off the back of the pack towards the end of the first lap, but he managed to bridge back to the group on the climb. Eventually a strong group of five riders established itself at the front: Bern Hansen, J. T., F. Garcia, P. Pryor and K. Little. Bern Hansen tried several times to get off the front, but did not manage to get away from J. T. The high pace in the flats seemed to affect J. T. more than Hansen, and in the finale he was gapped slightly in the approach to the finish, allowing Bern Hansen to take the win over Garcia, who was relegated to third behind J. T. for using a power up in the last lap.

S. White outclassed the rest of the B field, catching onto an A chase group. E. Nekkers won the B group field sprint with S. Vingerhoets (TK.be) taking third.

A. Nascimento soloed to the C group win with N. Wisisperger and B. Afonso following in second and third.

The D group seemed to be decimated by crashes, but presuming that all riders that came back from crashes had actually completed the full distance, C. Flores took the win over C. Pritchard, with D. McShoe rounding out the podium.

Cassi Baldi (Team dZi) takes the women's win

T. Bern Hansen wins the Group A race

S. White wins Group B

Full Results

Women

1

C. Baldi

50:01 (39.5 km/h)

Group A

1	T. Bern Hansen	1:00:25 (41.6 km/h)
2	J. T. (Team dZi)	0:00:02
3	F. Garcia (X)**	0:00:02
4	P. Pryor	0:00:36
5	K. Little	0:02:07
6	R. Baumle	0:03:13
7	Alexis Louge	0:03:28
8	O. M. (UKR)	0:03:28
9	S. Gray	0:04:31
10	D. Ronan	0:04:31
11	J. Rooney	0:04:31
12	C. Durham	0:04:36
13	N. Law (X1)	0:05:38
14	D. Los	0:07:25
15	A. Self	0:09:00
16	F. Coppex	0:14:00
17	J. Bobbink	0:14:57
18	C. Wiedmann	0:15:21

** relegated to third for gaining advantage on the last lap using a power-up.

Group B

1	S. White*	1:00:25 (41.6 km/h)
2	E. Nekkers	0:04:33
3	S. Vingerhoets (TK.be)	0:04:33
4	A. Lowe	0:04:33
5	B. Greatrick (VISION)	0:05:40
6	A. Kokhuis	0:07:11
7	E. O' Brien	0:07:20
8	C. Dalen	0:07:20
9	J. Sharp	0:09:20
10	T. Hammarberg	0:10:38
11	D. Staley	0:11:34

Group C

1	A. Nascimento	0:49:49 (39.0 km/h)
2	N.Wisisperger	0:00:32
3	B. Afonso	0:00:39
4	S. Bromstead	0:00:43
5	D. Daniels	0:00:45
6	M. Bradshaw	0:00:45
7	K. Almaas	0:01:07
8	C. Holmes	0:01:46
9	M. King	0:01:46
10	P. Harrison	0:01:46
11	P. Campbell	0:01:52
12	B. Chewning	0:02:11
13	D. Brodmann	0:02:11
14	t. mitchell	0:02:24
15	S. K.	0:02:47
16	N. K.	0:02:49
17	M. Hysiak	0:03:07
18	A. Danielsen	0:04:08
19	R. Rolighed	0:04:09
20	R. Kennison	0:05:03
21	G. Fuller	0:05:04
22	E. Franken	0:05:25
23	D. Lowden	0:05:46
24	S. Becknor	0:05:48
25	J. Slagmeulder	0:06:16
26	M. Godwin	0:06:26
27	T. Haugan	0:06:31
28	M.	0:06:49
29	J. emery	0:07:06
30	J. O'Connor	0:08:17
31	R. Hoaas Nilsen	0:09:58
32	G. Leus (TK.BE)	0:10:25
33	J. Sort (VISION)	0:11:03
34	A. Wyers (Z - CYMRU)	0:11:04
35	K. Despiegelaere	0:11:31
36	E. Schlange (SHOE)	0:11:46
37	S. Van Houdt	0:13:34
38	C. Gibson	0:17:55

Group D

1	C. Flores	0:51:37 (38.2 km/h)
2	C. Pritchard	0:00:02
3	D. McShoe	0:07:59
4	S. bikerhux	0:09:51

Zwift Tuesday Night Worlds (US/East) Training Race Report 2015-11-17

More than 50 riders showed up to contest the US/East edition of the Zwift Tuesday Night Worlds training race. This week we were back in Richmond doing a 3 lap race (the first quarter lap neutral). Thanks again to M. Hoogerland for leading the Group C&D neutral in this staggered start.

C. Swanson was the only woman finisher, holding her own in the C group and finishing the race segment with more than a 33 km/h average.

A group of 3 made it to the last climb of Governor Street together. B. Boniface attacked early but committed the faux pas of using a powerup on the climb. G. Staley and A. Baron managed to close the gap by the turn onto the finishing straight. Boniface immediately upped the pace, opening a gap to Baron and Staley. Staley launched a long sprint at about 300m to go and was able come around Boniface with Baron trailing a second behind. Due to his powerup usage, Boniface was relegated to third in the final results.

C. Ridgick soloed in to victory in the B group. He was followed a minute later by J. Wilson, with M. Lavoie a further 23 seconds back.

T. Schneider took the Group C win. D. McKeon followed some 41 seconds back, with J. Snyder third a little more than a minute further back.

R. McCulloch toughed out the late-night ride and was the only D group finisher, thus getting to stand on the top step of the podium.

C. Swanson wins the women's race

The Group A leaders starting the Libby Hill KOM climb

The Group A leaders on the cobbles of Libby Hill

G. Staley (X1) wins Group A

C. Ridgick on his way to winning Group B

T. Schneider rolls across the line first in Group C

R. Mc Culloch takes the Group D honors

Full Results:
Women

1

C. Swanson

1:20:34 (33.3 km/h)

Group A

1	G. Staley (X1)	1:02:27 (43.0 km/h)
2	A. Baron	0:00:02
3	B. Boniface **	0:00:02
4	E. Angeli	0:00:33
5	C. Little	0:01:19
6	L. Bregou	0:01:22
7	M. Nahorniak	0:02:16
8	A. Gagnon (OZR)	0:02:40
9	C. MacLeod (B&B)	0:03:07
10	J. Buccellato	0:04:36
11	M. Desrosiers (X1)	0:04:58
12	J. Porter	0:05:13
13	K. Teves	0:06:35
14	C. Wiedmann (X1)	0:07:01

** relegated to 3rd for powerup usage in last lap

Group B

1	C. Ridgick	1:07:20 (39.8 km/h)
2	J. Wilson	0:00:59
3	M. Lavoie	0:01:23
4	K. Pogacar	0:02:58
5	J. Greene	0:03:43
6	Z. Hall	0:05:50
7	J. Knight	0:05:56
8	J. Siegel	0:06:40
9	J. Dixon	0:06:50
10	B. Haggett	0:07:04

Group C

1	T. Schneider*	1:08:43 (39.0 km/h)
2	D. McKeon	0:00:41
3	J. Snyder	0:01:49
4	H. Hawk	0:02:19
5	S. Douglas	0:02:59
6	E. Burgess	0:04:30
7	E. Mitchell	0:04:54
8	>. Roofrak-CT	0:05:20
9	A. Cappuccino	0:05:35
10	J. Schmitz	0:05:46
11	H.Roberts	0:07:12
12	J. Henriquez	0:07:32
13	R. Van Praet	0:08:02
14	E. Schlange	0:08:30
15	C. Santalucia	0:09:23
16	J. Polachak	0:12:40
17	R. Hritz	0:13:32
18	A. Anvik	0:13:32
19	M. Hoogerland	0:16:04
20	S. Ellis	0:18:16

* unverified zPower

Zwift Thursday Night Training Race (UK/Europe) Report 2015-11-12

More than 50 racers showed up to the UK/Europe region Thursday Night Training Race on Zwift. The race course this time was the reverse Watopia loop. Groups A and B did 5 laps and Groups C and D did 4 laps. Thank you very much Jacob Dodsworth for volunteering to lead out the neutral section for the C and D groups.

For a moment it appeared like J. T. (Team dZi) might be tested as Norwegian phenom T. Bern Hansen joined the race. Unfortunately Bern Hansen developed cramps and decided not to contest the finish so we will have to wait until another race to see who would win a head to head contest. J. T. (Team dZi) got the jump on the rest of the A group with a strong attack on the KOM climb and managed to pull out a 20 second lead by the finish line. F. Coppex (X1) rolled across in second followed shortly thereafter by K. Little.

D. Ronan managed to hang onto the A group for three laps on his way to winning the Group B race. S. Gray and ICON Champion (QCW) followed more than 90 seconds back for second and third, respectively. The main Group B peloton was a further minute back, with E Nekkers winning a close field sprint over C Dog and R. Jones (USMES).

A group of 6 riders tore up the course in the C race, managing to average over 40 km/h over the four lap race distance. In the end S. White* managed to gap the group and rolled over the finish line four seconds ahead of J. Thompson who won the group sprint. G. Z. (Team dZi) was third.

P. Cambell was the only entrant in the D group today and so got to take the trophy after finishing the four laps at a respectable 34.7 km/h average.

Watch a replay of Nathan Guerra's coverage here: http://www.twitch.tv/nathanguerra/v/25439575

J. T. (Team dZi) wins the Group A race

D. Ronan wins Group B

E. Nekkers wins the field sprint in Group B

S. White wins the Group C race

J. Thompson wins the group sprint for second in Group C

R. Rolighed outsprints C. Holmes and T. Hammarberg at the end of the Group C race

P. Cambell takes the Group D trophy

Full Results
Group A

1	J. T. (Team dZi)	0:57:06 (43.6 km/h)
2	F. Coppex (X1)	0:00:22
3	K. Little	0:00:24
4	S. Tytgadt (TK.be)	0:00:39
5	K. Smith	0:00:39
6	N. Law (X1)	0:02:38
7	D. Los	0:02:45
8	P. Crossley	0:02:47
9	M. Fredholm	0:04:05
10	R. Grosch	0:04:29
11	C. Wiedmann	0:09:58

Group B

1	D. Ronan	0:59:37 (41.8 km/h)
2	S. Gray	0:01:37
3	ICON Champion (QCW)	0:01:47
4	E. Nekkers	0:02:43
5	C. Dog	0:02:43
6	R. Jones (USMES)	0:02:43
7	T. De Meyer (TK.BE)	0:02:43
8	K. Leighton (NEO)	0:02:43

Group C

1	S. White*	0:46:59 (41.0 km/h)
2	J. Thompson*	0:00:04
3	G. Z. (Team dZi)	0:00:04
4	Gav. S	0:00:04
5	J. Muys (TeamNL)	0:00:12
6	A. Nascimento	0:00:33
7	A. Pisculla	0:02:35
8	A. Ek (sZr)	0:03:56
9	M. Hysiak	0:04:36
10	C. Holmes	0:04:36
11	R. Rolighed	0:04:36
12	M. King	0:05:09
13	M. Bradshaw	0:05:52
14	J. spence (VISION)	0:05:52
15	D. Chandisingh	0:06:26
16	J. Greig	0:07:42
17	T. Haugan	0:08:01
18	E. Franken	0:08:01
19	M. Rothe	0:08:03
20	M. Bunting	0:09:09
21	D. Lowden	0:09:13
22	M. Lund (sZr)	0:11:39
23	J. slagmeulder (tk.be)	0:13:08
24	J. Dodsworth	0:15:56
25	J. O' Connor	0:18:26

Group D

1

P. Campbell

0:55:14 (34.7 km/h)

*unverified zPower on podium