For the NCC's winter
road race series, we are joining organized Zwift races, racing against each
other as well as other riders. Scoring
is based on how you finish relative to other riders in your category.
The Week 9 race will be on Monday March
15, 5:30 PM EST. The race we are
entering is the "Crit City Race"
(
https://www.zwift.com/events/view/1884467). The race is eight laps of the
Bell Lap course in Crit City, for about 9.8 miles total. Each category in this week's race will
ride separately. You can register for
the race ahead of time in your browser at the link above, or you can join the
race on the spot when you start Zwift by finding it in the event list in the
upper right corner of the startup screen.
Note that start times for these races will vary, depending on the
Zwift event schedule, but will generally start between 5:00 PM and 7:00
PM. There is no late join option for
organized races on Zwift, so make sure you're ready to go ahead of the
scheduled start time.
Scoring will be based on the results
published by ZwiftPower (
https://zwiftpower.com/). You must be registered for a free account
on ZwiftPower in order for your results to be counted. If you're not already registered on
ZwiftPower, be sure to sign up in advance of the race, as it takes a little
while to get your Zwift account linked to your ZwiftPower account. You should also join the NCC team on
ZwiftPower (
https://zwiftpower.com/team.php?id=227) so that I can pick you
out in the results.
Zwift races have four categories - A, B,
C, and D. You must enter at least the
category specified by the "Minimum Category" setting on your
ZwiftPower account. You can race up a
category if you'd like, but you cannot race down (a Category B rider can
enter the B race or the A race, but cannot race with the C race). Riders racing up a category will receive a
10% point bonus. Women racing in any
open (mixed-gender) category will also receive a 10% point bonus.
Scoring is based on how well you place
relative to the other riders in the race.
The maximum possible points for a race is 100 points. If there are 100 people in your race, and
you finish 1st, you will receive 100 points.
If you finish 2nd, you will receive 99 points. If you finish last, you will receive 1
point. If there are 10 people in your
race, 1st place is worth 100 points, 2nd place is worth 90 points, etc. In general, Points = (100 * (B + 1)) / N,
where B is the number of riders you beat, and N is the total number of riders
in the race.
Optional audio/video chat will be available on NCC's Discord channel at
https://is.gd/nccdiscord.
This race is part of our weekly lineup
of Zwift rides, as follows:
- Mon afternoon - Road Race
(times will vary between 5 PM and 7 PM EST)
- Tue 8:00 PM - Social Ride
(invite required)
- Thu 5:30 PM - Time Trial /
Hill Climb (solo effort, TT bike required) (invite required)
- Sat 9:00 AM - Social Ride
(weather dependent) (invite required)
Follow Michael Bello on Zwift for invites
to the invite-only rides.
Check the calendar page at
www.nohobikeclub.org for full details on all events.