I’m a regular cat D zwift racer, and I look closely at the WKG #’s of other riders. It’s not been my experience that it’s common for people to go out hard and then blow. A few, maybe, but it’s not real common. As far as power goes, personally I can hold about 2.3-2.5 for about an hour and I’m toast. I’ve never seen 2.5+ at the end of a race. With those numbers, I’m usually in the top 1/3 of the field. Sometimes around the midpoint. Never higher. I have seen the top 5 or so consistently over 2.5, but not much over 3.0. For a skinny 62 yr old recreational cyclist, I find cat D just about right. But I do think some of the regular winners should really bump up to cat C. In general, to finish above the mid point, you’ll need to be at 2.2 or better. Hope this helps.
I’m a regular cat D zwift racer, and I look closely at the WKG #’s of other riders. It’s not been my experience that it’s common for people to go out hard and then blow. A few, maybe, but it’s not real common. As far as power goes, personally I can hold about 2.3-2.5 for about an hour and I’m toast. I’ve never seen 2.5+ at the end of a race. With those numbers, I’m usually in the top 1/3 of the field. Sometimes around the midpoint. Never higher. I have seen the top 5 or so consistently over 2.5, but not much over 3.0. For a skinny 62 yr old recreational cyclist, I find cat D just about right. But I do think some of the regular winners should really bump up to cat C. In general, to finish above the mid point, you’ll need to be at 2.2 or better. Hope this helps.
Wow that's way faster than I thought it would be. I'm getting my first smart trainer this week I'm excited to try racing.
Im sure these Tron bike owners are cat D
Cat D races are always like 300+ watts at the start. The " lead in" is more like the "weed out"
So fun to see this cause this was my firts ever zwift race
How'd you do?
This looks like A++🤭🤭 is so fast for cat D it is possible people with better ftp join lower races ?
Great race 👍👍👍....did we met today on volcano? 😉🤗
😂 not today!! I’m not Zwifting at the moment….. outdoors only in the summer for me! Back on Zwift October time👍
Aah ok 😉 ... same name and similar performance ...see ya later 😀@@davidbacon9351
Those starts always kill me. Having to push 300W for a full minute. If only they would start a bit more sensible...
😂 couldn’t agree more!!