Not a good start on Stage 4 of the Tour de Zwift. I thought everything was ready to go but about 3 minutes before the start the connection to my Wahoo Kickr Core trainer and heart rate monitor disconnected from the desktop program and the companion app on my phone. I found one problem, my phone was on the wrong wireless network and I fixed that. Then I force quit the companion app and reopened it but still no connection. Next I changed from my phone to my desktop computer Bluetooth and everything connected slowly. By then the stage started and I was left at the start pen.

When I opened the app it showed 22,716 Zwifters and after I finished it dropped to 16,301.

Stage 4 Group B rode on the Greatest London Loop Reverse which I haven’t done before. I checked ZwiftInsider.com to find the climbing was concentrated going up Fox Hill not too long from the start. It took me over 22 minutes to reach the top but I passed other Zwifters making up positions. Group B had 1294 online with me around 1250 at the start. Going up Fox Hill I moved up to around 1185 and improved a few more places by the finish line. The description in the companion app showed the stage at 16.1 miles and 1167 feet of climbing but I rode 15.79 miles with 1043 feet of climbing. I’ll take the less climbing. ZwiftInsider.com had different route data too, 13.1 miles per lap and 837 feet of climbing.

From ZwiftPower.com I finished 709 out of 735 Group B Zwifters with a profile there. Group A had 315, Group C 378, and Group D 30.