The Tour de Zwift started today. I decided to ride it because of a time constraint limited biking outdoors. Stage 1 Group B rode the Yorkshire Tour of Tewit Well for 2 laps. This meant only 13.4 miles but 1,342 feet of climbing. And the climbing wasn’t easy. I rode slightly farther with 13.8 miles due to riding through the finish and coasting a few tenths of a mile before clicking on “end ride”. This was my first time on this route, avoiding it probably because of the climbing. There were climbs of 15% or more and on lap 2 I stood out of the saddle to get up the steep climbs. I don’t think I’ve been out of the saddle that much before in Zwift. My Wahoo Kickr Core is more stable than the Kickr Snap trainer I used to have.

ZwiftInsider.com route information: One of six routes rolled out with Zwift’s UCI 2019 Worlds map, “Tour of Tewit Well” covers the larger southern portion of the course in a counter-clockwise direction. The map below is for 1 lap. Note the steep climb around the 6km point.

Earlier before riding I watched a YouTube video from Shane Miller where he speculated about “peak Zwift”. I checked the Zwifters before beginning the stage and I think it was around 22,000. The Tour de Zwift draws many Zwifters.

Checking ZwiftPower.com for group B of stage 1 shows 466 results. Not all Zwifters have a ZwiftPower.com profile though. I came in at 443. During the stage I hovered around the position 870 of 1015 nearby Zwifters.

Since this was my first time on this route I scored a bunch of Strava top results.