This may be too soon for some of you to forget the pain from last night but I am busy over the next few days and want to get the thread active!
If you want to take part then post up on this thread or message me. I will take the FTP and weight from the recent race series if you are entering again but if you havent raced before I will need your FTP and weight for the handicap race.
Each Race series is made up of the 4 traditional categories but with a bit of a twist to give everyone a chance to compete.
1. The main handicap race – as per previous events a handicap will be applied to your finish time based on your weight and FTP and the entire group is sorted by race time plus handicap and points distributed accordingly. This is based on the best of 5 races points from the 6 races (all sprint points count towards this total).
2. The sprint jersey – Sprint points are awarded for the Top 5 finishers on a sprint section (10,6,4,2,1 points) or the fastest lap time on circuit race. The points are awarded on each sprint section on a race but only for the fastest time across that section during the whole race (i.e you may get a couple of chances to get a good time).
3. The KOM jersey – Points are awarded for the Top 5 finishers on a KOM section (10,6,4,2,1 points).
3. The GC race – This is based on the shortest time to complete all 6 stages and is sorted by traditional Zwift cat. The zwift cat is determined on the weight and FTP that you supply me so may not match your ZP cat as that takes historical data into account.
OK so here are the courses for the Xmas Series of the STW Racing League. This should be the hardest set of courses for a race series so far!
No restrictions on bikes on this series so choose what suits you or the course.
There will be a Green points Jersey and a KOM points Jersey in addition to the handicap and GC races;
Note: If you want to be included in the Green Jersey or KOM points race scoring you need to be registered on Zwift Power as this is where I will pull the data from. You are still welcome to take part on the rest of the series if you dont register on Zwift Power.
Total distance: 166.2km
Total Elevation: 1832m
Race 1 – 2nd November 19:30
paris Lutece Express – 4 laps (29.9km, approx 152m of elevation)
1 set of sprint points awarded for the Sprint section and 1 set awarded for the fastest lap
Race 2a – 9th November 19:30 – Part 1 of the double header
Yorkshire Duchy Estate 3 laps (10.7km, approx 140m of elevation)
1 set of sprint points awarded for sprint section and 1 set awarded for the fastest lap
Race 2b – 9th November 20:00 Part 2 of the double header event
Watopia Flat Route – 1 Lap (10.8km, approx 54m of elevation)
1 set of sprint points awarded for the sprint section
Race 3 – 16th November 19:30
Yumezi – Two Village Loop (25.6km, approx 176m of elevation)
2 sets of sprint points awarded for each sprint segment
Race 4 – 23rd November 19:30
Watopia Magnificent 8 Custom Distance (35km, approx 150m elevation)
A fairly flat course that is pretty fast. KOM and Green jersey points available.
1 set of KOM points
1 set of sprint points
Race 5 – 30th November 19:30
(Nearly) Everything Bagel Custom Distance (26.3km, approx 490m of elevation)
This ends just after the second time up the KOM
2 sets of KOM points
2 set of sprint points
Race 6 – 7th December
Watopia – Climbers Gambit (27.9km, approx 670m of elevation)
The queen stage with the longest climb in this series. 2 KOM sections and a sprint section
2 sets of KOM points
1 set of sprint points
