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[BurningLegs]

I raced last night, and enjoyed it. Four laps of Innsbruck, great circuit but I’ve always struggled with the legsnapper - I don’t have enough of a punch to get up it with the best.

All Categories started together and I was in C. Tried to hold onto the front group but lost them on the legsnapper first time over it. Then stayed in a small 2nd group and went hard up the legsnapper each lap, dropping one or two each time. Managed to shake the other C rider off on the final lap to win C cat but only four entrants, and would have been last of the Bs if I entered that category.

Averaged over 6.5w/kg each time up the legsnapper, so quite pleased with that considering my almost total lack of riding this summer and carrying an extra 5KG!

 

[bobinski]

I raced last night, and enjoyed it. Four laps of Innsbruck, great circuit but I’ve always struggled with the legsnapper - I don’t have enough of a punch to get up it with the best.

All Categories started together and I was in C. Tried to hold onto the front group but lost them on the legsnapper first time over it. Then stayed in a small 2nd group and went hard up the legsnapper each lap, dropping one or two each time. Managed to shake the other C rider off on the final lap to win C cat but only four entrants, and would have been last of the Bs if I entered that category.

Averaged over 6.5w/kg each time up the legsnapper, so quite pleased with that considering my almost total lack of riding this summer and carrying an extra 5KG!

You now weight 60 kilo’s?!?

well done for getting back on the race saddle👍

 

[Aleman]

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[bridgy]

Zwift Classics - London Int'l 5 Laps, and as bloody expected after my performance last week autocat has put me in bloody C4!!!!

What's more infuriating is that all 5 of those that finished ahead of me are still in C5!! How the foxtrot does that work?!

Edit: Mr Angry email sent to Race Control

@Aleman with these Zwift Classics races, is it a mass start, or do the different categories (C3, C4 etc) all start separately?

 

[Aleman]

@Aleman with these Zwift Classics races, is it a mass start, or do the different categories (C3, C4 etc) all start separately?

All start separately. Most times I can hang on to the lead group for about half a mile, and then they are gone, and it's a case of hanging with the slower group ... which I eventually get spat out of , or iTT'ing it. Last weeks course was a blinder for me. The big watt boys didn't want to go for broke with the Blogna climb ahead, so we hung as a good sized group to the start of the climb, and it fractured at that point. The heavy guys got away from me on the descent, and I burnt to many matches trying to bridge to them, which meant I was caught and passed in the last 500m up the climb again, by those that has escaped from the group behind me.

 

[<Tommy>]

Is C2 better than C3? Asking for a friend

 

[bridgy]

Is C2 better than C3? Asking for a friend

 

[Aleman]

Is C2 better than C3? Asking for a friend

Much better, the lower the number the easier the race

 

[mjd1988]

Western Europe C0 starts at 19:46, IIRC C4 starts at 19:49

Might try this if I get back in time for it.

Did a sportive at the weekend so might be better if I don't, was not used to being in the saddle so long!

 

[mjd1988]

@Aleman well done, that was a tactical masterpiece.

Annoyingly half the results are missing but me and Issac's shared a couple of sprints each then Tony attacked from a group of 17 on the last lap from miles out. A real classics attack, very steady sustained power.

Annoyingly the only person who went with you was the best sprinter in the race and I could see he wasn't pulling. I decided to attack on the last climb to try and bridge, luckily someone else had the same idea and we caught you two, and the 4 of us stayed away. Then Issac's popped a ghost so I went for it and pipped him just as he became visible (on the line).

I think I beat him anyway, as the results were all weird at the end. I'm off to sit on some ice.

 

[Joffey]

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Ah, missed your message. Maybe next time!!

 

[Aleman]

@mjd1988 I think I just fooked up According to ZP (which looks to be fubar'd ... again :roll ) I Averaged 250 wattsat 3.2W/kg ... I hope that doesn't push me into the B's .

I knew (from the previous laps) that there was no way I could compete in the sprints, so just decided to push and see what happened. I think I was most surprised to see that it worked 🍩 I've earned that bottle of Kasteel Rouge 🍻🍻🍻

 

[Whorty]

@mjd1988 I think I just fooked up According to ZP (which looks to be fubar'd ... again :roll ) I Averaged 250 wattsat 3.2W/kg ... I hope that doesn't push me into the B's .

I knew (from the previous laps) that there was no way I could compete in the sprints, so just decided to push and see what happened. I think I was most surprised to see that it worked 🍩 I've earned that bottle of Kasteel Rouge 🍻🍻🍻

Your current average is 2.8, so you'll need to average over 3.4+ (not worked it out, but probably 3.6 ish) for 20 mins to push your average into B numbers.

Or do 3 races where your average is 3.4 over 20 mins

My 3 race best average is 3.17 ... so very squeaky close to that 3.2 limit

 

[CXRAndy]

I don’t have enough of a punch to get up it with the best.

Would you be able to make a slight break before the leg sapper and gradually fall through the chasing pack, hopefully maintaining a high position over the crest?

 

[JuhaL]

Is C2 better than C3? Asking for a friend

Hard to tell, never used explosives. But friendly advice, don’t use it or at least, be careful.