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Won my first 'A' grade race today - on 'Break-fast Crits and Grits' which is a rolling hill course finishing on a climb that suits me quite well.

I'd checked the field beforehand and there was one rider I'd definitely already flagged as suspect. I led most of the race before accelerating with him about 5km from the end, making a two man break and then he absolutely destroyed me on the final hill - dropping me by 11 seconds.

Checked his account afterwards - level 22 Zwift with 3500km all time, no linked Zwiftpower or Strava account, a race score of 920 (meaning he wins literally everything) and an alleged weight of 59kg. Given no-one is going to believe any of that I think I'll happily claim the moral victory. Old school weight doping there - I suspect an 80-90kg rider looking at his numbers.

You sound like an English cricket player.
;-p

davehirst wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 08, 2025 10:54 am

You sound like an English cricket player.
;-p

Yep! I have to take my victories in 'A' how I can. Because after all I'm only there to entertain people...

7th out of 782 in TDZ today amongst a bunch of A+ riders. Interestingly there's a Ventoux in that series coming up - time to target 296W for the first 20 minutes just to get upgraded to A+. Then explode.

Another one today. I think at this stage I'll just accept that in every Zwift race there's one obvious cheat.

Today's was aged 50+, had a four race history, level 23 on Zwift, no HRM. 100% win ratio - 78kg with an FTP of 400W. Dumped a fairly decent A grade field by 1:30 on a 14km sprint race averaging 412W.

A bit frustrating to see in action. But I managed to outclimb the other A+ rider in the field for a three second win for second, so I'll take that.

Mind you I also had a Fulgaz KOM taken out today but some idiot doing 37km/hr up a 3.6% gradient with exactly 0W. All his rides are 40km/hr+ average with 0W.