That was madness! Your climb out of the subway was very good, Gerben! I must admit that me being able to steer helped me a lot to stay in the pack and cut corners. You can see me cut the final corner and get a few meter head start 😂
@@RideWithGerbenhaha no I was following the 2 Portuguese guys. It was a giant tiny race just like you said. I was feeling broken and awful in bed when I had to go to sleep 😮
Oh, i didn't realise London was an option so did the Scottish one, which you will be pleased to know was also full gas from the gun, also a race for most people - ha!
Solid, solid effort, Gerben - that was a very punchy "group ride". Anyone doubts these ZHQ Tour rides are races at the front at this point isn't paying attention. So much sprint power, you broke your setup. 😅😅 I wasn't paying attention to the routes on TdZ well enough and didn't realize this was a new route. I'm still going to do Muckle Yin on Thursday because I'm getting enough flat route racing in the Advanced pen of this month's ZRS Flat is Fast series. Even though this isn't super flat, I still want to do Muckle Yin for some variation - plus I love that route - always provides dynamic racing.
Tbh I was a bit surprised that the new route was immediately available on the first day of the event. Most of the time the newest routes are at the end of the series. I’ll try the muckle yin later this week. I haven’t done that one in ages.
Great ride Gerben! 313 watts for that amount of time is an FTP ride! You have the same problem I do, to tall for bicycle racing. 🙂 We aren't 5'8" and 135 lbs.
I did this course yesterday morning and it was like a team time trial if you had 1,700 riders on your team! The winner set the course KOM even. I didn’t see the real time placement when I rode it. I didn’t know I was in 12th until checking Zwift power after the finish. Got 6th for the course KOM, though that probably didn’t last past the next race on the course.
Excellent race, most folks would be undone by the mishap. These TdZ rides are just about full gas even if you're mid-pack like me. Thanks for posting these videos
Hi Gerben, yes it is loaded with strong riders. I did this one in the morning but was mislead on distance, I thought it was over 17 km as advertised but it was only 12k. Rematch tomorrow. Congratulations on 8th place result and strong watts.
The front 30 was a race . Everyone else was doing a group ride 😅
This!!
I believe that's the best effort I have seen from you. Top 10 -- scored as 8 -- of 894. That's top 1%. And 314 Watts. Absolute monster. Well done!
Thank you! I deserved a restday after that one :D
That was madness! Your climb out of the subway was very good, Gerben! I must admit that me being able to steer helped me a lot to stay in the pack and cut corners. You can see me cut the final corner and get a few meter head start 😂
Yes. It was great fun to get some distance between me and the peloton. That was until you brought them back! 😂🤣😂
@@RideWithGerbenhaha no I was following the 2 Portuguese guys. It was a giant tiny race just like you said. I was feeling broken and awful in bed when I had to go to sleep 😮
Nice 👏👏👏
Thank you!!
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Awesome effort!
Thank you for watching me crash!! 😂🤣
Ależ to było mocne ! Aż mnie bolało jak to oglądałem 💪🔥
Thank you for watching!!!! 🙏
Oh, i didn't realise London was an option so did the Scottish one, which you will be pleased to know was also full gas from the gun, also a race for most people - ha!
I did Scotland last night! You are right: epic smash fest indeed!! Video needs some editing: online tomorrow 😂
If there isn't a fence: It's a race! :)
This is so true!!
Solid, solid effort, Gerben - that was a very punchy "group ride". Anyone doubts these ZHQ Tour rides are races at the front at this point isn't paying attention. So much sprint power, you broke your setup. 😅😅
I wasn't paying attention to the routes on TdZ well enough and didn't realize this was a new route. I'm still going to do Muckle Yin on Thursday because I'm getting enough flat route racing in the Advanced pen of this month's ZRS Flat is Fast series. Even though this isn't super flat, I still want to do Muckle Yin for some variation - plus I love that route - always provides dynamic racing.
Tbh I was a bit surprised that the new route was immediately available on the first day of the event. Most of the time the newest routes are at the end of the series. I’ll try the muckle yin later this week. I haven’t done that one in ages.
Great ride Gerben! 313 watts for that amount of time is an FTP ride! You have the same problem I do, to tall for bicycle racing. 🙂 We aren't 5'8" and 135 lbs.
Yes. We are at a disadvantage there! :D Thank you!!
That first stage was brutal. I hit 900w on the sprint and cooked my legs. I gave it everything I had and I almost didn't finish. 😂 Just fucking brutal
Everyone chooses violence in Tour de ZWIFT 😂🤣
@@RideWithGerben must be a grand tour mindsetting. 😂
I did this course yesterday morning and it was like a team time trial if you had 1,700 riders on your team! The winner set the course KOM even. I didn’t see the real time placement when I rode it. I didn’t know I was in 12th until checking Zwift power after the finish. Got 6th for the course KOM, though that probably didn’t last past the next race on the course.
The next commenter that states that this is not a race gets banned! LoL!! It was one of the fastest races ever 😂
Excellent race, most folks would be undone by the mishap. These TdZ rides are just about full gas even if you're mid-pack like me. Thanks for posting these videos
Thank you Bill!!
Hi Gerben, yes it is loaded with strong riders. I did this one in the morning but was mislead on distance, I thought it was over 17 km as advertised but it was only 12k. Rematch tomorrow. Congratulations on 8th place result and strong watts.
Thank you Pascal! Be at the front stay at the front. Gogogo!!
@ I followed your advice and finished third. Not a very strong field as yours but many A and 2 A+, lot of B.
Your BPM is my AVG 😅 great race. I play minimum two classes below them.
Thank you for watching Martin! See you in Watopia!
😮 Basically, a 12.4km sprint! 💪 🚴
Yes!!! I was a little taken aback by the violence from the gun!
I did the B’s and… Yep! New WKG’s for Me… 4.0 😳💪🚴♀️🚴♂️🚴♀️🚴♂️… Good thing it’s “Not a Race!” 🤔😂
Congrats!! Pretty high wattage for not a race!!
There was more than 1 person, it was 100% a race! 🤣
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What's it like cycling looking to the left the whole time 😳 looks uncomfortable
Don’t do this for many hours. But this is fine!
400watts while casually fixing the camera.....
LoL casually needing a rest day right now 😂
Gerben waarom heb je niet de lange rit gedaan
Omdat deze map nieuw was. Morgen de video van de middellange afstand 😄
@RideWithGerben de middel lange is normaal 25 km en de langeste die ik dee was 40 km