Week 8 Results: NCC Zwift Fall Hill Climb/Time Trial, 11/22/22

By Michael Bello
Published 11/22/2022; Updated 11/22/2022

For the eighth week of the NCC Zwift Fall Hill Climb/Time Trial Series, we travelled to Virginia.

This week, our challenge was the Richmond UCI Worlds course from 2015. This 10.1 mile course includes 198 feet of climbing, which is concentrated in the final three miles.

After upgrading from his CompuTrainer (manufactured from 2007 – 2017) to a Wahoo Kickr, Dusty put up the fastest time of the day by over a minute. In February, he put up a faster time on the CompuTrainer, so his legs truly won the day, but I’m treasuring my last references to a CompuTrainer in the modern era, so I’m mentioning it again.

Andy took my normal Lanterne rouge position. Although when I take that spot in a time trial, I try not to run over 5 miles at 6 AM in the morning like Andy.

Here are today’s results:

1. King, Dusty; Time: 0:24:13; 25 mph; 7 points
2. O’Keeffe, Jonathan; Time: 0:25:14; 24 mph; 6 points
3. van den Broek, Henry; Time: 0:25:20; 23.9 mph; 5 points
4. Guo, Zinj; Time: 0:25:41; 23.6 mph; 4 points
5. Wheaton, Henry; Time: 0:25:42; 23.5 mph; 3 points
6. Warwick, Melissa; Time: 0:25:47; 23.5 mph; 2 points
7. MacDonald, Andy; Time: 0:27:02; 22.4 mph; 1 points

Here are the series standings:

1. Guo, Zinj; Event(s) 8; Points: 58
2. O’Keeffe, Jonathan; Event(s) 8; Points: 55
3. Warwick, Melissa; Event(s) 8; Points: 43
4. Wheaton, Henry; Event(s) 7; Points: 34
5. Ryan, Patrick; Event(s) 4; Points: 29
6. Cote, Tim; Event(s) 6; Points: 26
7. van den Broek, Henry; Event(s) 4; Points: 24
7. King, Dusty; Event(s) 3; Points: 24
9. MacDonald, Andy; Event(s) 7; Points: 23
10. Weinman, Kevin; Event(s) 3; Points: 22
11. Weis, Henry; Event(s) 2; Points: 13
11. Downey, Tim; Event(s) 2; Points: 13
13. Poe, Carson; Event(s) 1; Points: 10
13. Bello, Michael; Event(s) 5; Points: 10
15. Wysk, Steve; Event(s) 3; Points: 3
15. Wilson, Donna; Event(s) 1; Points: 3
17. Tur, Peter; Event(s) 1; Points: 2
18. Peters, Kenneth; Event(s) 1; Points: 1

Next week, we will do a hill climb of the Epic 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.

Here is the NCC Zwift schedule: