Today I was leading our GGCC team through the virtual streets of Makuri Islands on the “Fine and Sandy” course on the Zwift riding platform. In total it was a four lap training ride with two sprints each lap and an optional mini-race at the end of the ride.
For a little bit of a training purpose for myself I was going on a gravel bike.

As always on the ride towards the first sprint we did a good warm-up at around 2,6W/kg. The first sprint came already after around 3km where the sprinters could show off their legs for the first time. The second sprint came after 3 more kilometers. Basically the course is split into three sections.
The fun part are the two climbs on section one and three.

During the sprints we got some good numbers from our sprinters. The length of both is 350m, but the gradient is different which gives us different times. Let’s check what we got after the six sprints:

Congrats to R. Bishop and O. Paul for such good numbers and the green jersey 🏆

The optional mini-race started from the first sprint banner of the fourth lap. The hardness of the course made the race a little salty 😈
But the racers took this challenge with strong legs. It was a good fight all the way into the finish. I was leading a following group to the finish line. Let’s check the results:

Congrats to B. Wu 🥇, K. Andy 🥈 and R. Bishop 🥉 for the podium – good race guys 👍🏻

Thanks to all riders for coming today and having fun with us.

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