Week 4 Results: NCC Zwift Fall Hill Climb/Time Trial, 10/25/22

By Michael Bello
Published 10/25/2022; Updated 10/25/2022

For the fourth week of the NCC Zwift Fall Hill Climb/Time Trial Series, we went to Paris.

This week, the challenge was a two-lap time trial of the Champs-Élysées. In total, it was 8.22 miles with an average gradient of 0% (224 feet of climbing).

We had eleven riders this evening. Kevin rode alone earlier in the day, while Melissa did the TT laps in place of the two lap warm up.

Patrick, who at this point I believe is playing mind tricks with all of us, decided he was envious of my usual lanterne rouge and bumped me out of the final position. I am scared for all of us for his next hill climb.

Dusty made his first appearance of the Fall series and took the top spot by two seconds over Kevin. The two closest riders of the day were Jonathan and Tim C. Jonathan prevailed by 1 second to take 4th.

Congrats to Henry W and Tim C on their PRs this evening.

After four weeks, Zinj takes over first place in the series standings.

Here are today’s results:

1. King, Dusty; Time: 0:19:29; 25.3 mph; 11 points
2. Weinman, Kevin; Time: 0:19:31; 25.3 mph; 10 points
3. Guo, Zinj; Time: 0:19:44; 25 mph; 9 points
4. O’Keeffe, Jonathan; Time: 0:19:54; 24.8 mph; 8 points
5. Cote, Tim; Time: 0:19:55; 24.8 mph; 7 points
6. Wheaton, Henry; Time: 0:20:01; 24.6 mph; 6 points
7. Warwick, Melissa; Time: 0:20:11; 24.4 mph; 5 points
8. MacDonald, Andy; Time: 0:20:16; 24.3 mph; 4 points
9. van den Broek, Henry; Time: 0:20:25; 24.2 mph; 3 points
10. Bello, Michael; Time: 0:21:36; 22.8 mph; 2 points
11. Ryan, Patrick; Time: 0:23:23; 21.1 mph; 1 points

*Strava PR

Here are the series standings:

1. Guo, Zinj; Event(s) 4; Points: 32
2. Ryan, Patrick; Event(s) 4; Points: 29
2. O’Keeffe, Jonathan; Event(s) 4; Points: 29
4. Warwick, Melissa; Event(s) 4; Points: 25
5. Cote, Tim; Event(s) 4; Points: 19
6. Wheaton, Henry; Event(s) 3; Points: 16
7. Downey, Tim; Event(s) 2; Points: 13
8. van den Broek, Henry; Event(s) 2; Points: 11
8. MacDonald, Andy; Event(s) 3; Points: 11
8. King, Dusty; Event(s) 1; Points: 11
11. Weinman, Kevin; Event(s) 1; Points: 10
12. Bello, Michael; Event(s) 4; Points: 8
13. Wilson, Donna; Event(s) 1; Points: 3
14. Tur, Peter; Event(s) 1; Points: 2
15. Peters, Kenneth; Event(s) 1; Points: 1

Next week, we will climb the Volcano KOM in Watopia.

Participants in the Hill Climb/TT series may ride any time during the day or participate in the group ride version at 6:00 PM. Please visit the NCC Zwift page for the series rules.

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