The One Thing I Do BETTER Than Most B Riders!

[@RoadtoA]

What is your best 15s power output (in W/kg)? Let me know in the comments!

[@blackflamesolutions526]

803 / 10.3 I have no sprint at all

[@RoadtoA]

@@blackflamesolutions526I wouldn't call it "no sprint at all" ;)

[@bartreijerkerk9225]

13w/kg Cat B

[@RoadtoA]

@@bartreijerkerk9225 awesome!

[@iambonjwa5293]

964W / 12.49 W/kg, I don't usually do 15s efforts but seems I randomly sprinted up a hill after an FTP test lol. I feel my strength lies in the VO2-length efforts tho

[@zwiftingwithdemonhunter]

No, those weren't riders in front of you. Those were riders behind you. They were the back markers. Something I am quite familiar with.

[@RoadtoA]

Aha! That didn't occur to me! That makes sense!

[@Taylor-Ma]

You have a lovely friend to give up a hug after the hard efforts!! How lovely!!!

[@RoadtoA]

I know, right? He's the best boy!

[@Taylor-Ma]

Less beer is not the best solution!You need to give up completely!! I give up smoking and alcohol for almost a year!! The beneficial is beyond imagine!! However, it is hard, really hard to stay away from my dear brandy!! The only good thing to get a little drank before riding is the alcohol can release the leg pain!!! It really helps, but Long term speaking, the alcohol damage the body, decrease the sport performance!!

[@RoadtoA]

Yep! That's true. But you know. I'm Czech, giving up the beer is like giving up the citizenship. 😂

[@ViveLeVeloNL]

​@@RoadtoA😂😂😂

[@gerolsteiner300]

Nice video! As I’m seeing these Watt numbers and looking at my own numbers I cannot imagine how I should race with you guys once the racing score is applied. I’m ranked at 551 as a C rider with a FTP of about 3.1 w/kg. I think I’m going to be destroyed in every race.. 😅

[@RoadtoA]

@@gerolsteiner300 don't worry, I am sure the racing score will settle down pretty quickly once all the races are conducted with it.

[@hbmedia4381]

Got me on this 😅 . This race was splin 2. The first 35 riders was gone, and it was just us to fight out for top 40

[@RoadtoA]

🤜🤛 cheers

[@fraserp2377]

That is super impressive, i think mine is 8wkg over 15 seconds. It is interesting you sprint in the hoods, i have been reading sprinting tips and they always say to sprint in the drops. Do you find the hoods work better for you?

[@RoadtoA]

@@fraserp2377 it's more natural to me so far. But it is possible my sprinting would improve even more if I learned to use the drops. I guess the winter will tell.

[@jeffcreed365]

19:20 74kg? Your light...I weigh 78kg and people say I am a stick. How tall are you?

[@RoadtoA]

@@jeffcreed365 170 cm, not very tall.

[@Breezygas]

That happened to me recently, I got sent the wrong direction! And I didn’t even have the pedals to move left and right.

[@RoadtoA]

That's strange!

[@NoStarDomusSC2]

not after eating beans and with a gun to my head! Like never ever

[@RoadtoA]

@@NoStarDomusSC2 👀

[@frannyyarina]

What I still don't understand is that you will definitely ride with your nose in the wind for 30 to 40% of your race...

[@RoadtoA]

@@frannyyarina yeah, that's something that I definitely still need to work on. It was way worse few months ago though. 😅

[@frannyyarina]

@@RoadtoA 😂

[@SteakandChains]

I have seen some weird stuff like that in my races, usually people going the opposite direction. I would image those are people that aren’t in the race but somehow their session bled into the race session on the same server. Great job keeping up with such a strong group!

[@RoadtoA]

Thank you! @zwiftingwithdemonhunter actually had a good point that those could be the riders still doing lap 1. What happened at the top of the KOM however (the riders that went straight instead of right) remains a mystery.

[@SteakandChains]

@@RoadtoA I’ve seen rider go the opposite direction even in a non loop race though. I think now that the EU is entering winter the Zwift servers might be getting overwhelmed. I wonder if those that went straight could have been a steering glitch. Maybe they went past the steering wall at an intersection and got spat out. Or maybe they were disqualified and Zwift sent them packing 😂🤣

[@RoadtoA]

@@SteakandChains that's weird!

[@roeland_st]

Because I didn’t ride on zwift for so long I’m a cat B now so hopefully I’ll see you in a race soon as this weekend is my last road race of the season

[@RoadtoA]

Since next week there will be no more B cat, the new Racing Score is launching. So if you are in the 520-690 score band, we might see each other!

[@roeland_st]

@@RoadtoA​​⁠it’s 503 but no problem I’m an A car rider so after a few races they will upgrade me probably. I only did 2 races on zwift so far and I’m still a junior so that’s why it is still so low

[@RoadtoA]

@@roeland_st see you then in one of the races!

[@ThijsVandenBrande]

You inspired me to do the same journey. This weekend I finally broke the A barrier. The ZRS score races really helped a lot because they challenged me to already race some A racers that aren't beasts.

[@RoadtoA]

Awesome, congrats mate!

[@ThijsVandenBrande]

@@RoadtoA Thank you. The biggest gains came from weight loss and endless Z2 rides up alpe du zwift.

[@RoadtoA]

@@ThijsVandenBrande I didn't want to read to weight loss thing. 😂

[@ThijsVandenBrande]

@@RoadtoA And on average 8.5h on the bike each week since January. (10h on active weeks, less in the recovery weeks)

[@mariovr8416]

At 13w/kg for 15s

[@RoadtoA]

strong!

[@mariovr8416]

@RoadtoA you need to be holding 4.3w/kg for cat A for 20 minutes and must be able to do 5.5w/kg for about 7 minutes, or you will get dropped. 5.5w/kg on the flat is way harder than 5.5w on a climb where the resistance of the hill makes it easier. Try it out in training. I would suggest 8 min. intervals as training.

[@RoadtoA]

I am far away from A cat;)

[@mariovr8416]

@@RoadtoA just practice

[@RoadtoA]

@@mariovr8416 yup!