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Cormet de Roselend Stage 1 – Col du Pré

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For today’s climbing ride I took on Tacx Software’s Cormet de Roselend Stage 1 – Col du Pré. This was labelled as difficult, though I felt it might be easier than Col des Glieres as whilst this was a longer overall climb, the ride was 95% uphill, so in theory, the average gradient should be … Read more

Zwift’s Three Sisters

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Continuing on with my plan of riding one hard climb each week, this week I took on Zwift’s Three Sisters route, which features three of Watopia’s climbs: Hilly KOM Epic KOM Volcano KOM All packed into one 47.7km circuit. Knowing that Zwift love to throw the Hilly KOM at you a little too early (imo), … Read more

Villard-Notre-Dame – Tacx Software

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This morning I continued with my new schedule of tackling one proper climb each week. Today I took on Villard Notre Dame, a video climb provided by Tacx Software. Note that this isn’t a review of the Tacx Software. That is forthcoming, but for reasons that are about to become very clear… or actually, disappointingly … Read more

3R Tour of Fire and Ice Hilly Race (25km/15.6mi 1166m) (C)

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This morning I took part in the 3R Tour of Fire and Ice Hilly Race, which is essentially: Start in downtown Watopia Head around the Volcano (fire) Climb up and then descend to Jungle circuit Climb the Alpe Du Zwift (ice) Whilst I had planned to climb the Alpe Du Zwift this morning, I hadn’t … Read more