Today, I guided our GGCC team through the virtual streets of the “Lutece Express.” We rode 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. At on the top we had our new white jersey on us.
Thanks to Jam for going in red today – good job 👍🏻

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 200W avg. By going at a steady pace the sprinters focused on doing their job. But there were no sprints with extreme effort.
We all just rode as fast as we could. I always tried dragging the group at a little higher pace. Today it was close on the top.
Let’s check what numbers we got:

Congrats to PJ Kings for going in green 🏆

Now the “sprints” were done and dusted. We took a more relaxing lap before we came to our optional minirace. I went at a little lower pace for bringing the group together. But the pace was still good enough for having a good race start. Towards the race start I went more and more up in pace. At the same time I took the fence down to 2sec. The pace of course changed for the last lap 👹

We had a small group going at full speed from the start line. For most of the lap we stayed together for the best drafting effect. Before the “climb” up to the arch two went away at a harder pace.
In the end we had the podium, let’s see:

Congrats to. K. Jay 🥇, J. Scarella 🥈 and Martin B. 🥉 on the podium.

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

For more details, check out Zwift Power.

And of course, we also had the orange jersey 😉