{"id":61385,"date":"2023-02-03T14:31:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T20:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=61385"},"modified":"2023-02-03T14:31:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T20:31:22","slug":"group-a-whoosh-gone-tour-de-zwift-stage-8-scotland-rolling-highlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/02\/03\/group-a-whoosh-gone-tour-de-zwift-stage-8-scotland-rolling-highlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Group A Whoosh\/Gone. Tour de Zwift Stage 8 Scotland Rolling Highlands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZaHNWQhOjkI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>I joined the crowd lining up for the noon start of Stage 8 of the Tour de Zwift. For the previous 7 stages I rode the Group B routes but today I chose Group A because of the longer distance and moderate climbing. The new Scotland Rolling Highlands route awaited. 3 laps plus a long lead-in was ahead totaling 19.9 miles and 855 feet of climbing. About 1900 Zwifters in the start pen when the clock hit 0. I figured it wouldn&#8217;t take too long for the real A riders to leave me behind. For this ride I would be the sweep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ride out of the pen and onto the lead-in was fast and I stayed with many Zwifters. I had looked at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/zwiftinsider.com\/route\/rolling-highlands\/\">ZwiftInsider.com<\/a><\/strong> and seen the roads a couple of days ago in a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CVB3Z9bYIS8\">GPLama YouTube video<\/a><\/strong>. The lead-in was a rather long 3 miles. Before I exited the lead-in the companion app on my phone lost connection forcing me to stop on the course until I switched to my desktop computer&#8217;s Bluetooth. That separated me from the few riders I was with. For the rest of the ride I was usually by myself or one or two others. Occasionally a large group would race by as you can see in the video. Until the last lap I was about 50 riders from the end but I moved up to about 100 from the end by the finish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 3 laps would go over a 2.45 mile climb gaining 118 feet followed by 2.89 miles of mostly downhill with 2 short climbs then back to the big climb. Each lap was 5.6 miles. With a new route I had no personal records to beat or match but I did record 2 in the Breakaway Brae sprint according to Zwift. I got the Rolling Highlands route badge and the 2023 Tour de Zwift ride kit. Strava was more lavish: <strong>PR<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8499627218\/segments\/3056668815282703814\">Breakaway Brae Reverse<\/a>\u00a0(1:40), <strong>PR<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8499627218\/segments\/3056668815282085318\">Rolling Highlands<\/a>\u00a0(18:52), <strong>2nd fastest time<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8499627218\/segments\/3056668815280205254\">Breakaway Brae Reverse<\/a>\u00a0(1:43), and <strong>2nd fastest time<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8499627218\/segments\/3056668815279926726\">Rolling Highlands<\/a>\u00a0(19:11). Checking ZwiftPower.com I was 1225 rider out of 1231 for Group A. Apparently almost 700 people don&#8217;t share their results with ZwiftPower.com. 569 Group B Zwifters rode, 454 Group C, and 49 Group D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SportTracks image shows the route profile better than Strava. The &#8220;big&#8221; climb was after a nice downhill where I built up some speed to help get to the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sporttracks.mobi\/activity\/30561674\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"753\" data-attachment-id=\"61379\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2-3-2023-sporttracks-zwift-ride-summary-scotland-rolling-highlands\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-3-2023-SportTracks-Zwift-Ride-Summary-Scotland-Rolling-Highlands.png?fit=1834%2C1151&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1834,1151\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2-3-2023 SportTracks Zwift Ride Summary Scotland Rolling Highlands\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2-3-2023 SportTracks Zwift Ride Summary Scotland Rolling Highlands&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;2-3-2023 SportTracks Zwift Ride Summary Scotland Rolling Highlands&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-3-2023-SportTracks-Zwift-Ride-Summary-Scotland-Rolling-Highlands.png?fit=600%2C377&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-3-2023-SportTracks-Zwift-Ride-Summary-Scotland-Rolling-Highlands.png?fit=800%2C502&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-3-2023-SportTracks-Zwift-Ride-Summary-Scotland-Rolling-Highlands.png?resize=1200%2C753&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2-3-2023 SportTracks Zwift Ride Summary Scotland Rolling Highlands\" class=\"wp-image-61379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-3-2023-SportTracks-Zwift-Ride-Summary-Scotland-Rolling-Highlands.png?w=1834&amp;ssl=1 1834w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-3-2023-SportTracks-Zwift-Ride-Summary-Scotland-Rolling-Highlands.png?resize=600%2C377&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-3-2023-SportTracks-Zwift-Ride-Summary-Scotland-Rolling-Highlands.png?resize=800%2C502&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-3-2023-SportTracks-Zwift-Ride-Summary-Scotland-Rolling-Highlands.png?resize=640%2C402&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-3-2023-SportTracks-Zwift-Ride-Summary-Scotland-Rolling-Highlands.png?resize=1536%2C964&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2-3-2023 SportTracks Zwift Ride Summary Scotland Rolling Highlands<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-3-2023-ZwiftPower-Group-A-Results-TdZ-Stage-8-Scotland-Rolling-Highlands.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" 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data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2-3-2023 ZwiftPower Group A Results TdZ Stage 8 Scotland Rolling Highlands&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;2-3-2023 ZwiftPower Group A Results TdZ Stage 8 Scotland Rolling Highlands&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-3-2023-ZwiftPower-Group-A-Results-TdZ-Stage-8-Scotland-Rolling-Highlands.png?fit=581%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-3-2023-ZwiftPower-Group-A-Results-TdZ-Stage-8-Scotland-Rolling-Highlands.png?fit=774%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2-3-2023-ZwiftPower-Group-A-Results-TdZ-Stage-8-Scotland-Rolling-Highlands.png?resize=1200%2C930&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2-3-2023 ZwiftPower Group A Results TdZ Stage 8 Scotland Rolling Highlands\" class=\"wp-image-61382\" 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of the Tour de Zwift. For the previous 7 stages I rode the Group B routes but today I chose Group A because of the longer distance <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/02\/03\/group-a-whoosh-gone-tour-de-zwift-stage-8-scotland-rolling-highlands\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5352],"tags":[5304,5618,5617,5476,5377,5429,5347],"class_list":["post-61385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-virtual-bike-ride","tag-blue-norcross-al","tag-rolling-highlands","tag-scotland","tag-stage-8","tag-tour-de-zwift","tag-virtual-ride","tag-zwift"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-fY5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61385"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61387,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61385\/revisions\/61387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}