After four weeks of huge, long Tour de Zwift rides, we went back to the basics tonight with a four-lap ride through the molten lava of the Volcano Circuit course. The B race played out strangely, with a relatively tame start for the first couple laps, until Dusty dropped a feather on the climb on lap two and launched a pretty serious attack. I bridged and tried to help a little, but I was mostly just clinging to his wheel. We hung on to a gap of about four seconds for most of a lap, but we eventually gave it up and settled into another slow lap three. Then all hell broke loose on the last lap when Henry W launched an attack up the climb and came close to soloing off the front ftw. This broke up the field, and he was eventually caught, but I think the blistering pace disrupted many people’s sprint planning, and the race was stretched out across 20+ seconds by the time we got to the finish.
In the C race, Michael was joined by first-time Thursday racer Jeb, who hung with the lead group and unleashed a pretty mighty sprint to take second place in his first Zwift race, and claim the overall top spot in tonight’s NCC race. Nice work Jeb!
Week six results:
1. Jeb Clarke (C) – 2 of 11 – 90.9 points
2. Jonathan O’Keeffe (B) – 4 of 18 – 83.3 points
3. Dusty King (B) – 6 of 18 – 72.2 points
4. Henry van den Broek (B) – 8 of 18 – 61.1 points
5. Patrick Ryan (B) – 9 of 18 – 55.6 points
6. Michael Bello (C) – 6 of 11 – 54.5 points
7. Henry Weis (B) – 11 of 18 – 44.4 points
8. Tim Downey (B) – 13 of 18 – 33.3 points
9. Charlie Bailey (B) – 14 of 18 – 27.8 points
10. Melissa Warwick (B) – 16 of 18 – 20.0 points
Overall series standings after Week six:
1. Jonathan O’Keeffe (6 races) – 555.2 points
2. Tim Downey (6 races) – 492.8 points
3. Dusty King (6 races) – 486.7 points
4. Melissa Warwick (6 races) – 429.8 points
5. Henry Weis (4 races) – 313.9 points
6. Michael Bello (5 races) – 298.2 points
7. Henry van den Broek (4 races) – 282.5 points
8. Zinj Guo (3 races) – 278.4 points
9. Patrick Ryan (4 races) – 242.3 points
10. Jay Gump (2 races) – 197.0 points
11. Charlie Bailey (4 races) – 190.1 points
12. Jeb Clarke (1 race) – 90.9 points
Here is the NCC Zwift schedule:
- Tuesday 6:00 PM – Time Trial / Hill Climb (invite required)
- Wednesday 8:00 PM – Social Ride (invite required)
- Thursday Evenings – Road Race (times will vary between 5 PM and 7 PM EST)
- Sat 9:00 AM – Social Ride (invite required)
Join the NCC Club on Zwift or select the link in the discussion board/calendar for invite-only rides.
Check the NCC calendar for full details on all events. To learn more about the NCC and Zwift rides, please visit our Zwift page.
