THE YEAR OF MAGICAL ZWIFTING

E-racing platform Zwift has been a saviour of our locked-down year – and CW got in on the action in a big way. David Bradford looks back on an unprecedented year in the great indoors

- David Bradford

When the first lockdown took hold in March, hundreds of thousands of riders across the globe took to Zwift – many of them for the first time. Through spring and much of the summer, racing in the virtual world became the best available replacement for real-world racing, for amateurs and pros alike.

In July, CW decided to get directly involved by launching our own event, the Wednesday evening Club Ten TT. A second Zwifting venture came in November, with the Autumn Chase Series – and much more is planned for 2021. Watch this space! For now, let’s take a look back at an extraordinary year of CW-hosted indoor racing...

SIX WATTS PER KILO CLUB

HITTING THE MAGIC NUMBER

A very exclusive club – just four riders – have averaged over six watts per kilo in the Club Ten

Ben Turner 6.3w/kg

Will Lowden 6.3w/kg

George Mills-Keeling 6.0w/kg

Ed Laverack 6.0w/kg

WINNER’S VIEW

‘Club Ten maintained my form’

University lecturer Jon Hughes, 48, from Godalming in Surrey, won the Club Ten on 7 October – on Tempus Fugit, he averaged 374 watts to clock 20.48.

“It’s the first year that I’ve used Zwift. I got a smart trainer, a Kickr Core, back in February, which was good timing. I’d been training for TTs using a non-smart trainer for years.