Stage 4 done
https://www.strava.com/activities/2072794881 in about 1:02. Pretty happy with that, about 3 w/kg all the way, so I'm not sure if that's great pacing or meant I should have saved a bit more for the KOM.
Weight to lose still and power to gain to get back up to 3.7 W/kg I had before, but that'll come. Mind you, this is using a Vortex so who knows what the real number is. Calibrated using the app though, and inside the green, although slightly on the tight side.
One question for you all - since syncing with ZwiftPower Zwift didn't show me the position in the event either during or at the end, is that to be expected? 191/553 on ZwiftPower at the moment although 1100 in the event.
Great time! Mine was 1:14 but I rode that quite reserved and felt very fatigued the whole ride.
Zwift have removed the positions from Tour de Zwift, as mentioned 'it's not a race'!
They where very broken anyway. Zwift seems to struggle with more than ~1000 riders in an event, but it is only these large events which attract that number so they don't get many chances to test/check things. We should see it getting better as TdZ has been really popular this year, even the 'quiet' time rides drawing in many hundreds of riders.
Within ZP you can check your position to all those riders detected by ZP by going to the event and clicking 'LIVE' at the top. It shows all event riders finishing positions on the course, regardless of their starting/finishing times and I think also if they're registered on ZP or not. So those positions should be pretty close to what Zwift reports on their popup at the end (but regularly doesn't!). Then after all results filtered/processed and ZP opt-in's etc are taken into account the 'actual' results on the initial screen you see.
Speaking of platform specific... anyone using/used Fulgaz? Been looking through their video library and it looks very impressive. Just wondering what the app is like.
Have heard a few good things about it and have been meaning to give it a try at some point.
Brian Rhoden likes it and that's good enough for me (he's done 81 ascents of AdZ!). He does a ton of videos (records every ride and uploads to Youtube), so is quite a good follow as he does use the various different platforms.
No rankings because it’s not a race
If you start in 2000 place then it’s almost impossible to finish at the front no matter how strong you are.
Agreed. Didn't realise you where in the same Stage 4 ride as me mate - did see your avatar flash past on the descent afterwards! I should've hunted you down and ridden with you to pace myself better!
Rode Stage 4 @ 6pm Saturday - Volcano circuits with summit finish on Volcano KOM.
https://www.zwiftpower.com/events.php?zid=121792
https://www.strava.com/activities/2074050387
Brutal one for me as I was feeling quite fatigued before even starting. Combination of things but consider heavier week of riding than usual (TdZ) with a heavy baby chariot ride on friday night (headwinds home towing +20kg) and then rubbish/broken sleep for several nights (little one is ill from teething) and just a day of none stop #stuff. I mistakenly rode in a 3-3.5w/kg group up front, but got shelled into lap 2. With the circuit some large groups formed up with large gaps between them. Did some good solo/2up work but when a small chase group caught us didn't last long before dropping again. Tried to rest more this time before the next group, quite a big one, gathered us up. Eventually got shelled again (after pretty much hitting the wall while in the wheels). Just couldn't hold 3w/kg or ramp anything to chase, brutal. Recovered ok as when the next group blasted past me just before the climb I didn't even try to chase, but 1/3 up the climb I'd caught them and within a few minutes had dropped most of them.
Found a good, but fatigued rhythm which seemed to reel in and drop many others as things where split everywhere. Some of the handful I'd caught blasted past me on the ease in the middle of the final ramp. It had been a while since I'd done this climb but I remembered it was there! I caught them quite quickly,
when I ramped up for the final sprint I must have caught 10-15 other riders - none of them seemed to have any sprint, or anything left for one!
Happy with my ride, especially how I was feeling for it. Power really down and utterly empty during the ride a couple of times, but paced it well to have enough for a good climb and hard finish. Felt I could've gone harder - which is a perfect feeling at this stage.
