You're using a wheel-on so take the numbers with a very big pinch of salt. For example I went from a wheel-on smart trainer (Vortex) to a direct drive (Flux) and 'lost' 60W from my FTP. Probably 10-15W of that may have been from the willpower I lost with it from the huge decrease in results/placings. Also the way they're ridden can be quite different. The wheel-on you'll generally overpower and wait for it to 'catch/spin up' before it can provide enough resistance, you don't get that so much with the direct drive, it's a constant battle as resistance comes.
But it's also not uncommon to get big increases when you first start out. The further along you get they are far smaller and further between...!
FTP is one of those things - it's a training metric, ideally for comparing your efforts on the same setups against each other. To train at the right level with your training sessions. But then Zwift use it to calculate W/KG figures which then split riders into categories to race... Where those figures/metrics/setups are directly compared against each other for the 'results'.
Awesome, congratulations and how did it go!?Busy week at work, however, while I'm not improving my FTP I'm getting more consistent at hitting it. TTT team qualified for the platinum League on Thursday and I now have the pressure of qualifying for the ZRL WC play offs on Tuesday.... whoulda thunk virtual cycling could be so stressful
Who are you riding for, horrible course for your first in PL. Tonights should be an easier TTT course.
DS'ing matters and helps quite a lot in the TTT. The end of ZRL Tuesdays being a TTT there where DS's drafted in for each of the teams riding for 3R. Normal racing each of the teams has a 'lead' and they're expected to DS but it's more like a road captain.
The Pro team always has a DS when they ride/race a series, sometimes two!
Get yourself a Direct Drive this year mate. Nothing else for it and I'd advise anyone to do the same once they're seriously riding and racing Zwift. On-wheel numbers/setups are a joke, almost as bad as those ZP riders. There was even talk a little while ago about the 'smart' on-wheel trainers even being classified as ZP to exclude them from results. You'll ride better with it as it's much closer to how riding outside is, but you'll also likely see quite a drop off of power with one too, so just be ready for that.
Good work and well done! Just realised I've not ridden Box since June last year lol
Different races have different setups as Steve says, that one is quite a bit different to most due to age cat splits, so all the work is done afterwards by the Group Admin on ZP for the 'actual' results.
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I’ve done enough racing now to make the front bunch of 30, then just hang on! Made it up the short climb at the start/finish three times, but a late lunch/lack of fitness gave me a stitch on the last lap and while I was in the red zone we passed through a group we were lapping uphill through the volcano and I dropped off the back.
