Stage 5 Tour de Zwift Innsbruckring Followed By Badge Ride Watopia’s Temple Trek
Stage 5 Tour de Zwift Innsbruck Innsbruckring
2 laps totaling 11.1 miles, 508 feet elevation gain. Group C rides a shorter route than Group B (14.9 miles) and much less climbing (1626 feet elevation gain). The Innsbruckring is lumpy and goes up the same climb twice. The climb goes up 111 feet in .84 of a mile. The only time I previously rode this route was October 18th, 2022. I thought the climb on each lap would be harder than it turned out. Once I was on the climb the gradient jumped to 8% and stayed there for awhile. Once I was over the top the downhill was fast. After the ride my legs had enough power left I went for the route badge on the Watopia Temple Trek route. See more on that below.
Badge Hunting Watopia Temple Trek
No livestream for this ride. Temple Trek is a 6.5 mile long route with 128 feet of elevation gain. Normally I would ride 2 or more laps because of the shorter distance but adding it to stage 5 fit nicely. The route begins with a 3.38 mile downhill to the flat road. The remainder of the ride is flat with one rolling ride to get the elevation gain. I garnered these Strava results: 2nd fastest time on Jungle CCW Descent (4:43) and 2nd fastest time on Temple Trek (13:44). The route uses a portion of the southern coast with two sprints.