Lunch break, check Zwiftpower and notice a 10km race you can squeeze in, heck why not.

One of those races where you are mixed in with the A grade, and its going to be a tough 13ish minutes. So around the 06:16 mark, we get a single A grader make a break, and never see him again. For the rest of us, we are bunched together fighting tooth and nail.

With 700m to go, a group of about 11 riders, and I am watching the board and the riders for anybody who is going to make the break.

600m I drop the gears to get off saddle to get some higher watts, but still keep my eye on the pack.

500m to go as we make the left then right turn, and we start to see the power ups appear.

400m to go, you notice a couple riders are off saddle, now its time to slap the gears, pedal hard and see how far you can take it.

I think this was one of the hardest watts I’ve pulled in a sprint getting up to 924w, and I am just grinding away, I have 2 people to catch up to, and with 90m to go the board is lit up orange, everybody is going hard.

I just….. manage to get over the line. 1st in B grade, 2nd overall with the A graders. If this race was about 2m longer I would not have made it.

Very exciting finish.

Cool down, and back to work.

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Ride Description :
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Title : EVO CC Sprint Race Series
Event Date : 2021-04-08 04:00:00
Location : Champs-Élysées
Laps : 1 Laps
Distance : 10 km
Elevation : 103 m
Description :
Welcome to EVO sprintrace series. Shorter more compact races for the rider looking for an effective high intensity race. Start fast, hang on in the middle, then sprint for the win at the finish. Expect to push your heart rate to its maximum. Sprinkle a few of these into your training plan and watch your fitness grow.

To make racing as fair as possible we have enforced a few minor rules that will result in automatic disqualification on ZwiftPower.

All riders must wear a heart rate monitor
Riding in an incorrect category.

zPower riders will be disqualified in A, B, and C Podium. zPower is allowed in the D category. Race details and final results will be available at www.zwiftpower.com

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Ride Results :
https://zwiftpower.com/events.php?zid=1983295

🥇 🇦🇺 Fezzwheel [DIRT]       🚴 13•58 ⏰ 4.0w/kg ⚡ 306w ❤️ 163 bpm
🥈 🇺🇸 Jude LaRene (OMG)   🚴 14•00 ⏰ 3.7w/kg ⚡ 275w ❤️ 128 bpm
🥉 🇯🇵 Yudai Watanabe(SS)  🚴 14•00 ⏰ 4.0w/kg ⚡ 273w ❤️ 158 bpm
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