I Accidentally Rode My First ZWIFT Race!

[@mycrewisbig8030]

"I Accidentally Rode My First Race as DS!" Valverde two race days into his new role at Movistar

[@notpogi]

Hi Benji, loved seeing you complete there, absolutely great job! Love the encouragement you give, from someone normally on the other end it really helps! Great video as always 👍🏻👍🏻

[@BenjiNaesenTV]

Thanks for the support, man! Keep it up with the videos on your end :)

[@angelmpalomares]

Getting dropped on a descent, the E.Mas special

[@mairao]

The team did very well overall. The points for the results at the finish line were very very close to most other teams. The main issue today were the intermediate sprints. Hopefully that's something that can be improved going forward. It's interesting how I'm actually starting to connect with these guys. Thanks again for bringing these races to us, Benji. It was also nice seeing your own experience in the same parcour. Keep it up everyone!

[@Shezaad18]

Seems like the Ravens are getting more comfortable with racing together as a team and the synergy between DS and team is starting to show. I'm sure the next race will be brilliant. Keep it up!

[@gisasgisas9732]

"I'm gonna go to bed" the first thought after the race made me laugh. Great effort man!

[@yvind7244]

Yet another entertaining video, well done Benji! The Sprockstars are having tart cherry for breakfast, you might wanna give it a shot next time ;-)

[@ivofechner8039]

Oh my god Benji please more videos of yourself racing, this is GREAT!

[@kathyljohnson6203]

Congrats Benji! You are officially a Flandrian bike racer! Looking more like WVA every day. Also fun listening to your DS commentary. I can finally get somewhat interested in Zwift races.

[@bartvandeneeckhaut2565]

Haha getting dropped on the descent is the baptism for every Zwift racer. Dont't feel bad Benji!

[@gasgano8255]

Also you can supertuck on the descents! If its -3% or more downhill and you go 58 or more km/h, if you stop pedaling you supertuck, which is often faster and saves energy. Looks like your issue was letting go too much after the hill and dropping out of the slipstream, a common mistake, happens to me more often than i'd like to admit :D

[@BenjiNaesenTV]

Thanks for the tips!

[@gasgano8255]

Ah, my first Zwift race. Started as a bottom D cat, FTP of 118, on the newly released Bologna 8km TT course. Took me over half an hour, came third to last, only in front of two nice ladies well into their 50s. Then in 2021 i started taking it seriously, joined a team, competed in ZRL and now i'm near the top of B cat, my FTP has more than doubled and i compete in various series, for example after Sunday i will have had 9 consecutive race days. It's like a drug, one that makes me fitter. Hope to find you in that rabbit hole one day!

[@jakesandersonsnowmancycling]

Awesome video Benji! Haha you will definitely get the racing bug now, it was obvious when you attacked Guardia 🤣🤣👍

[@daniellebaker8046]

Me yelling at my tv, “Stand up!!!” 🤣 Great job!

[@danieljournell2903]

This is the dopest thing on cycling KZbin.

[@boomshine7]

Grats, 1 race 1 top10, amazing palmares

[@SiBradeley]

Nice one Benji. Enjoyable watch

[@doc_need_helpr6469]

Benji you need to channel your inner Jens Voigt and say shut up legs and just keep going 😅😂

[@czeckson74]

Is ZWIFT racing with standard ZWIFT settings (up: 50% of gradient, down 25%) or with real 100%/100% ?

[@juanvanniekerk7546]

Hi Benji love the videos. One question is there a way for somebody to join the team, maybe next season would like to race for ths team cause i see a bunch of South Africans racing for the team and im from South Africa. Just wondering how to apply or to join😁😄

[@BenjiNaesenTV]

Appreciate the support! :) Currently, there's no application, but if it changes I'll announce that!

[@DonnyDonnMendoza]

The result might not have been there but you could definitely see and feel the effort from the fellas there! Hopefully the sprint/crit style race should be better suited to the Ravens 🚴‍♂️

[@Jarnoverbrugghe]

in a descent when its more than 4% down and you go faster than 57km/h you can supertuck to go faster. that's why you lost the front group

[@pieterjongepier6923]

how do you get in a team and league like this

[@wata33]

You could try to sign a Czech rider in your career would love to see him evolve like Bittner did in eolo. Keep up the amazing work!

[@xandershawvlog]

Sign me up next season Benji. Fee will be a Belgium waffle and beer.

[@GraySemiconductor]

Fun video :)

[@crankgreenwatts]

Well done but how did you get Zwift verified?

[@BenjiNaesenTV]

Thanks! Zwift sponsors our podcast, LRCP, so we're technically brand ambassadors so received verification.

[@kingjasko]

cant watch it now, but just here to post a comment to boost the algorhythm :v

[@JCW86]

what I see that happened is your pushed yourself too hard earlier in the race, judging from your heart rate. with your weight/height your character should do better with descents than ascents. my recommendation is don't worry about staying with the top guys during hill climbs, but try to push it during descents and you'll catch and hopefully pass them

[@JCW86]

Btw I think the other guys are racing at a category too high. They're worn out the whole race and their heart rates are too high. Not sure what category it is, but they can't maintain those watts for that long.

[@ewoutnaulaerts9905]

Please if you can start uploading Tudor pro again

[@stevenbroucke7908]

dropped in the descend , maybe ask some advice from wincenzo nibali ! ;)