Zwift Winter-Spring League Rnd 12 Results

And so we’ve reached the end of the pixeled road with the Triathlon Ireland Zwift Winter-Spring League!

We hope you’ve enjoyed it – it’s been the longest and most varied Zwift League hosted by Triathlon Ireland so far. Almost 600 members raced across the 12 weeks and importantly more of these were female riders than ever before.

But quite apart from that, the racing has been fantastic, with loads of close battles (no more than 11 points separated the winners of three out of the four women’s leagues!) and some very dedicated triathletes turning up week-in, week-out for a Wednesday night of Type 2 fun!

We asked some of our league leaders for a turbo selfie and a short sentence on how they found the experience – you can check out our turbo gallery here.

Run and Ride 2021

While last night was the final round of this particular league, it won’t be the last. Our current plans are to take a break for the summer and return with a fresh Zwift league in the autumn.

In the meantime our Zwifters can smash their bike legs (and maybe rediscover their run legs?!) on Run and Ride 2021.

It begins next week and will take us all right up to mid May and what we all hope will be the start of a summer of increased opportunities for club training and maybe even races.

Round 12

Back to Round 12 and that mammoth race up the mighty Alpe d’Zwift!

It’s a race unlike any other – a fast run to the foot of the mountain and then an agonisingly long but completely intoxicating 1,045m ride to the top! Head off too fast and you will pay dearly on the way up, leave your rivals slip away at the start and you can easily run out of road on your final push.

Well done to our race winners last night: Enda Bagnall, Kevin Derrig, Mary Corless, Caitríona Farrell, Keith Fortune, Stephen Smyth and Miriam Grogan!

As this is the final race of the league, the tables below are also the overall league standings. If you have a query about last night or any round of the league please drop us an email. The league tables will be considered final and closed on Wednesday April 7th at 12noon.

A LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL MEN

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Enda Bagnall	Eden TC	488
2	Adriele Prina	Belpark TC	416
3	Mark Farquhar	TriLimits TC	409

As befits a rider who has utterly dominated his category, Enda Bagnall closed out the league with his eighth victory from 10 races! On both occasions where he didn’t win, Enda Bagnall finished 2nd – he proved his ability across flat races, on the mountains and even in tight sprints. Bagnall finishes the league a very convincing winner of the Men’s A Cat on the maximum available 488 points!

Fifth place last night was enough for Adriele Prina to hang on to his overall second place in the A Category ahead of Mark Farquhar who closes out the league just seven points back in third.

A LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL WOMEN

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Aoife Wilson	NorthWest TC	427

While she didn’t race last night, Aoife Wilson finishes the league on top of the Women’s A Category on a impressive 427 points.

A LEAGUE MEN’S CLUB TEAMS

Position	Club Name	Points
1	NorthWest TC	1659
2	Belpark TC	1160
3	Eden TC	868
4	TriLimits TC	790
5	Pulse TC	681
6	Lisburn TC	673
7	Piranha TC	667
8	Cork TC	399
9	Limerick TC	385
10	Trilogy TC	366
11	3D TC	224
12	Kinsale TC	144
13	New Ross TC	43
14	Portmarnock TC	38
15	Tri An Mhi TC	32
16	Boru TC	30
17	Down TC	30

A LEAGUE WOMEN’S CLUB TEAMS

Position	Club	Points
1	Northwest TC	427

B LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL WOMEN

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Claire Dillon	Pulse TC	458
2	Gail Martin	Lisburn TC	453
3	Mary Corless	TriLakes TC	441

A very close battle for the Women’s B League went right down to the line last night and with eventual league winner Claire Dillon battling second placed Gail Martin all the way up Alpe d’Huez.

Dillon crossed the line ahead of Martin in the a winner-takes-all-contest but only by three seconds – and that was after almost an hour of racing – a fitting finale to an exciting league battle!

Mary Corless swooped in take third place on the final night of the league thanks to her winning performance on Alpe d’Huez (her third race victory in the league)

B LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL MEN

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Oliver Harkin	Newry TC	441
2	Colm Bellew	Fingal TC	421
2	Kevin Derrig	Pulse TC	411

Overall league winner Oliver Harkin gave a perfect illustration of how consistency wins out everytime. Harkin raced 11 rounds, won three and never came home further down than 4th.

Kevin Derrig showed his prowess on the hills last night to win the race outright and record his first victory in the league.

It wasn’t enough to catch second placed Colm Bellew in the overall standings however, Bellew finishes the league on 421 points and three victories.

B LEAGUE WOMEN’S CLUB TEAMS

Position	Club Name	Points
1	Pulse TC	851
2	Lisburn TC	546
3	TriLimits TC	419
4	TriLakes TC	380
5	3D TC	378
6	Limerick TC	370
7	Naas TC	187
8	Waterford TC	155
9	Piranha TC	136
10	Cork TC	47
11	Olympian TC	47
12	Northwest TC	46
13	Portmarnock TC	45

B LEAGUE MEN’S CLUB TEAMS

Position	Club Name	Points
1	3D TC	1358
2	Piranha TC	1352
3	Pulse TC	1275
4	Blackwater TC	1016
5	Tri An Mhi TC	719
6	Newry TC	704
7	Fingal TC	696
8	Olympian TC	627
9	Ennis TC	626
10	Belpark TC	441
11	Down TC	386
12	Trilogy TC	376
13	Naas TC	363
14	Lisburn TC	332
15	Eden TC	276
16	Kinsale TC	265
17	Cork TC	251
18	Northwest TC	234
19	Waterford TC	169
20	Limerick TC	152
21	Portmarnock TC	122
22	Lanesboro TC	105
23	Mallow TC	101
24	Crosshaven TC	56
25	TriLakesTC	28
26	Wexford TC	24
27	TriLimits TC	17
28	Setanta TC	14
29	Cobh TC	8
30	Triangle TC	6
31	Mako TC	1
32	TraleeTC	1

C LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL MEN’S

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Peter Blissett	Cork TC	473
2	Pat Linehan	Piranha TC	380
3	Keith Fortune	Cork TC	376
3	Aiden O’Connor	Ennis TC	376

Men’s C Cat winner Peter Blissett was able to sit out the final two rounds and still be assured of league victory. With five wins and three second places he scored a very high 473 points – the second highest of any rider across the entire league.

Pat Linehan raced every single round of the league this year and improved his performances with almost every round. He came home fifth last night to hold on to second overall.

With a possible six riders in contention, the real action in the Men’s C Cat was always going to be the battle for third. Keith Fortune made a strong bid for his place on the podium – he was the fastest C league man up the mountain last night but less than a minute later close rival Aiden O’Connor crossed the line for second place. And so it was that both riders finished on 376 points tied for third overall. We knew it was going to be close but not that close!

C LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL WOMEN’S

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Elaine Lally	Lanesboro TC	435
2	Róisín Donohoe	Longford TC	432
3	Cathy Cunningham	Omagh TC	413

The Zwift league’s closest battle came to a head last night in a winner takes all race up the mountain. With one point separating Elaine Lally from Roisin Donohoe (and Cathy Cunningham not far behind in 3rd) – Alpe d’Zwift would serve as the ultimate race for glory.

By half eight, after almost 70mins of racing, Elaine Lally crested the summit. She was 5th on the night, but first among her rivals and wins the Women’s C Cat by three points over Roisin Donohoe – an incredibly tight margin after 12 weeks of racing!

Cathy Cunningham takes third after the latest in a string of ultra-consistent top 7 performances throughout the league.

Women’s Cat C – we thank you for the spreadsheet excitement!

C LEAGUE MEN’S CLUB TEAMS

Position	Club Name	Points
1	Piranha TC	1499
2	Cork TC	1479
3	Lanesboro TC	1435
4	Blackwater TC	973
5	Belpark TC	805
6	Pulse TC	711
7	TriLakes TC	669
8	Down TC	534
9	Naas TC	513
10	Ennis TC	416
11	Cobh TC	328
12	North West TC	320
13	3D TC	308
14	Boru TC	271
15	Wexford TC	264
16	Waterford TC	237
17	TriLimits TC	206
18	Lisburn TC	200
19	Newry TC	189
20	Midland TC	186
21	Mako TC	182
22	Mallow TC	182
23	Fingal TC	156
24	Schull TC	143
25	Portmarnock TC	111
26	LoughKey TC	106
27	Wicklow TC	104
28	Eden TC	73
29	BrownShoes TC	67
30	Tried&Tested TC	65
31	Setanta TC	64
32	Tri An Mhi TC	59
33	Trilogy TC	53
34	Triangle TC	43
35	Limerick TC	23
36	Kinsale TC	13
37	Athlone TC	11
38	Olympian TC	2
39	Westport TC	2
40	WestClareTC	1

C LEAGUE WOMEN’S CLUB TEAMS

Position	Club Name	Points
1	Omagh TC	1654
2	Cork TC	1305
3	Olympian TC	917
4	Blackwater TC	891
5	Lanesboro TC	611
6	Belpark TC	571
7	Piranha TC	541
8	Limerick TC	506
9	Longford TC	432
10	T3 TC	377
11	Naas TC	369
12	3D TC	335
13	Boru TC	327
14	Down TC	308
15	Mallow TC	148
16	Pulse TC	116
17	Eden TC	73
18	Tri Limits TC	67
19	Mako TC	58

D LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL WOMEN’S

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Miriam Grogan	Piranha TC	444
2	Louise McGirl		433
2	Maeve Galloway	Down TC	425

What a finish to the league by Miriam Grogan!! After moving from third to second last week, Grogan dramatically won the race by a single second, grabbed the maximum 61 points and with it claimed overall first place in the Women’s D Cat.

Louise McGirl rode strongly for third on the night but only victory could have prevented her from dropping to second where she ends up on 433 points.

Maeve Galloway didn’t race last night but her previous performances were enough to secure her third place overall.

D LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL MEN’S

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Kevin Hughes	TriLimits TC	468
2	Keith Ryan	Mako TC	451
2	Stephen Smyth	3D TC	433

Kevin Hughes didn’t need to race last night to finish off as the winner of the Men’s D Cat. His 48 point haul didn’t increase his total and with second placed Keith Ryan improving his total by a single point, Hughes finishes reasonably comfortably on 468 points.

Last night’s race winner Stephen Smyth finishes in third overall – every round bar one has been won by either Hughes, Ryan or Smyth – a rivalry that’s maybe not as apparent from simply looking at their finishing points.

D LEAGUE WOMEN’S CLUB TEAMS

Position	Club Name	Points
1	Piranha TC	1073
2	Tri Limits TC	1031
3	Blackwater TC	798
4	Down TC	741
5	Pulse TC	669
6	Kinsale TC	343
7	3D TC	312
8	Naas TC	291
9	Mako TC	188
10	Lisburn TC	162
11	Mallow TC	128
12	Lanesboro TC	78
13	Peninsula TC	61
14	Tri An Mhi	45
15	Belpark TC	41

D LEAGUE MEN’S CLUB TEAMS

Position	Club Name	Points
1	Tri Limits TC	1135
2	Mako TC	884
3	Blackwater TC	864
4	Boru TC	804
5	3D TC	766
6	Lanesboro TC	654
7	Down TC	578
8	Midland TC	449
9	Athlone TC	422
10	Pulse TC	399
11	Eden TC	384
12	Cork TC	326
13	Trilogy TC	297
14	Mallow TC	285
15	Belpark TC	276
16	Portmarnock TC	213
17	Olympian TC	130
18	Lisburn TC	75
19	Limerick TC	49
20	Fingal TC	36

RESULTS

View the League Table After Round 12

You can see all the race results and dig in to the in-depth data on the race’s ZwiftPower page.

WHY AM I NOT THERE?

If you don’t see your name on either the ZwiftPower race results sheet or the Triathlon Ireland league standings here are some leads to follow up:

FILTERED RIDERS

ZwiftPower will ‘filter’ (aka exclude) any results from riders for a number of reasons, the most common being the absence of a heart rate monitor, a verified power meter or those who entered a power category below their ability/exceeded the W/kg for the power category they entered.

These are automated decisions based on power and made by ZwiftPower not Triathlon Ireland.

While Zwift racing is primarily about having fun, we have a responsibility to ensure that any race that carried our name is also fair so unfortunately if you were excluded or ‘filtered’ it is for a legitimate reason. Filtering is an automatic, data based decision by ZwiftPower designed to ensure an above board race.

We know it can be heart breaking when your HR monitor or Power Meter data fail you in a race but view it like having a mechanical that causes you to pull out of a real life race – it’s unfortunate but not grounds to have your result re-instated.

LEAGUE TABLES

If you are missing from the Triathlon Ireland League Table it is likely for one of two reasons
– You are not assigned to a Triathlon Ireland club on ZwiftPower
– You are not assigned to Triathlon Ireland on ZwiftPower

Only riders assigned to a Triathlon Ireland club or to Triathlon Ireland (as a club) will be included in the results sheets. If however you are a Triathlon Ireland 2021 member and have been left off for these reasons, drop us an email – we are happy to re-instate you. Please email roisin@triathlonireland.com.

Only riders assigned to a Triathlon Ireland club will be added to the Club Rankings tables.