For people who don't really know anything about Zwift racing or haven't seen it in action...or people who claim it isn't realistic or that drafting doesn't work....
I am currently working to get my friend (J. Gravdal) to the next live event for CVR in June. Yesterday we timed a perfect breakaway and managed to hold it for the entire race. He is in a bracket-style postseason playoff, and he had to beat R. Lyons to advance.
At 20:45 into the video, the peloton split side-to-side in the road, and I was at back and noticed R. Lyons on the opposite side of Gravdal. I told him to attack steadily, and he built up a gap of about 5s before another rider joined him. The second the other rider showed that he was willing to work with Gravdal on the break (by taking a turn off the front at 5.5 w/kg) he told me to move. I bridged as hard as I could to ensure no one came with (23:45 into the video). We held off the chase for 38 minutes to clinch the win for him to advance to the next round.
I am currently working to get my friend (J. Gravdal) to the next live event for CVR in June. Yesterday we timed a perfect breakaway and managed to hold it for the entire race. He is in a bracket-style postseason playoff, and he had to beat R. Lyons to advance.
At 20:45 into the video, the peloton split side-to-side in the road, and I was at back and noticed R. Lyons on the opposite side of Gravdal. I told him to attack steadily, and he built up a gap of about 5s before another rider joined him. The second the other rider showed that he was willing to work with Gravdal on the break (by taking a turn off the front at 5.5 w/kg) he told me to move. I bridged as hard as I could to ensure no one came with (23:45 into the video). We held off the chase for 38 minutes to clinch the win for him to advance to the next round.