Today I was leading our GGCC team through the virtual streets of the “Lutece Express” in Paris on the Zwift riding platform. In total it was a five lap training ride with an optional full lap mini-race at the end.

We started during the lead-in with an easy pace around 2,6 W/kg. From the lap banner on I tried staying with a steady 2,8 W/kg. By going at a steady pace the sprinters could really focus on their job. And we had some very good sprints 💪🏻

The first sprint was more like a test of legs, but after that our sprinters really tried everything to get fast times each lap. I always tried motivating the group giving the sprinters a good draft by raising the speed right before the sprint start.
Let’s check what numbers we got:

Congrats to L. Mitchell and M. Marcote for the ladys for going in green 🏆

After the sprinters were done and dusted we took a little more relaxing lap before we came to our optional minirace. I went at a little lower pace, but still good enough for having a good race start. In total we came up to a 200W average for the first four laps. This of course changed dramatically for the last lap 👹

We had a good group going at a good pace from the start line. For most of the lap we could stay together for the best drafting effect. At the “climb” up to the arch a smaller group went away. Luckily I could catch up with another rider to get downhill towards the finish line.
In the end a hard sprint did sort the podium, let’s see:

Congrats to. B. Wu 🥇, Dylan 🥈 and L. Mitchell 🥉 on the podium.

Thanks to all riders for coming and riding with us today.

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