Zwift Winter-Spring League: Rnd 5 Results

Round 5: Greatest London Flat

As the name suggests, last night was the flattest of courses as Round 5 of the Triathlon Ireland Zwift Winter-Spring League completed four laps of the Greatest London Flat course. Little surprise then that the groups stayed mostly together before finishing the evening with a huge sprint for the line. It was heads down and elbows out as the riders with the biggest 30second power pulled out gaps just large enough to ensure superior placings and league points on the finish line.

Next week we continue with the flat-ish theme as we tackle a big loop of Watopia on the “Magnificent 8” route (which in fairness does take in an ascent of the Hilly KOM) but for now, let’s look at the league tables after five rounds of racing.

Don’t forget!

These tables are of Triathlon Ireland riders only but we rely on you to tell us this fact through club affiliation – we have a whole section on how the table is calculated and what to do if you don’t see your name on this page – just scroll down to the bottom of the article.

For riders who were WKG’d, UPG’d or upgraded by ZwiftPower – please note that these are automatic decisions made by ZwiftPower which Triathlon Ireland has no authority over. If you get in touch with us, we will do our best to explain what can sometimes be a confusing scenario but before you do that please read Zwift’s FAQs which has the technical explanations for all of these decisions and will likely do a better job then we can.

A LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL MEN

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Enda Bagnall	Eden TC	305
2	Adriele Prina	Belpark TC	251
3	Don Lapierre	Cork TC	237

With a 30sec power of 668W, Enda Bagnall sprinted clear of the field last night and took his winning streak to five races in a row. It’s early days yet but right now, the Eden TC rider looks practically unbeatable at the top of the Men’s A League. Having been locked in a points draw last week, Stephen Rowan finished fours spots ahead of Don Lapierre in London to move four points ahead. That just tells part of the story however, as TriLimits’ Mark Farquhar and Stephen Mulbery from NorthWest TriClub are consistently clocking up podium results following late starts to the league – watch this space in the weeks to come!

A LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL WOMEN

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Aoife Wilson	NorthWest TC	183

Finishing eighth overall in Cat A last night earned Aoife Wilson another 61 points for NorthWest Tri Club. Aoife finished in a sprint for the overall top placings last night, with the third through to eighth placed athletes finishing on 34:44 with little to separate them. Looking forward to seeing more to come from Wilson in the weeks to come!

A LEAGUE MEN’s CLUB TEAMS

Position	Club	Points
1	Belpark TC	807
2	TriLimits TC	413
3	Pulse TC	408
4	NorthWest TC	397
5	EdenTC	336
6	Cork TC	268
7	Lisburn TC	207
8	PiranhaTC	202
9	Trilogy TC	189
10	3DTC	155
11	Limerick TC	148
12	NewRossTC	43
13	PortmarnockTC	38
14	BoruTC	30

A LEAGUE WOMEN’S CLUB TEAMS

Position	Club	Points
1	Northwest TC	183

B LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL WOMEN

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Gail Martin	Lisburn TC	280
2	Medbh Peavoy	Pulse TC	249
3	Helen Perry	TriLimits TC	241

In third place last night, Lisburn’s Gail Martin still tops the Women’s B League, with Pulse TC’s Medbh Peavoy second and Helen Perry from TriLimits TC third.

Topping the podium last night, Pulse TC’s Clare Dillon is currently in ninth on the league table with just two rounds completed. If her form continues in coming weeks, she will surely make her mark on the league.

B league INDIVIDUAL MEN

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Kevin Gilleece	3D TC	251
2	Gary Condell	Trilogy TC	233
2	Oliver Harkin	Newry TC	229

Kevin Gilleece from 3D TC retains his lead in the overall league table but the competition is fierce for the top spots in this large category of 118 riders! With Stephen Pepper’s promotion by Zwift Power to the A league, Trilogy’s Gary Condell moves into second. Winning for the second time last night, and moving into third in the league points is Newry TC’s Oliver Harkin. The B Cat remains a difficult one to call and it will be interesting to see who comes into form in the next few rounds.

B league Women’s club teams

Position	Club	Points
1	Lisburn TC	373
2	Pulse TC	366
3	TriLimits TC	241
4	3DTC	185
5	TriLakes TC	168
6	Limerick TC	139
7	Piranha TC	49
8	Cork TC	47
9	Olympian TC	47
10	Northwest TC	46

B league MEN’S club teams

Position	Club	Points
1	3DTC	633
2	PiranhaTC	566
3	BlackwaterTC	427
4	PulseTC	412
5	TriaAnMhiTC	374
6	DownTC	340
7	EnnisTC	318
8	NewryTC	310
9	LisburnTC	284
10	OlympianTC	276
11	BelparkTC	248
12	TrilogyTC	234
13	FingalTC	228
14	NaasTC	192
15	EdenTC	138
16	KinsaleTC	117
17	NorthwestTC	112
18	Limerick	65
19	CorkTC	63
20	LanesboroTC	53
21	PortmarnockTC	46
22	CrosshavenTC	24
23	MallowTC	11
24	TriLimitsTC	1
25	WaterfordTC	1

c leagUe individual MEN’S

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Peter Blissett	Cork TC	229
2	Gary O’ Connor	Down TC	205
3	Pat Linehan	Piranha TC	204

League leader Peter Blisset sat out last night, giving second placed rider Gary O’Connor a great chance to pull back the 24 point deficit he needed to go top of the men’s C League. Gary did cross the line 4th out of Cat C last night but unfortunately for him, last night’s race was the latest in a series of increasingly impressive performances – each with an improving W/Kg value. He was WKG’d out of the results – and has now also been promoted to the B cat by Zwift Power – congratulations/commiserations on the upgrade Gary!

Pat Lenehan made hay with his best performance of the league so far and moves in to third on 204 points.

C LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL woMEN’S

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Cathy Cunningham	Omagh TC	261
2	Róisín Donohoe	Longford TC	257
3	Edel Foster	Limerick TC	226

We have a battle on our hands on the Women’s C League with just four points separating league leader Cathy Cunningham and second placed Roisín O’Donohoe. O’Donohoe won last night’s race but has been beaten by Cunningham in the past. Both will also need to keep an eye on Edel Foster who has cemented her place in third last night but lies just 35 points off the top.

C LEAGUE MEN’S club teams

Position	Club	Points
1	CorkTC	692
2	PiranhaTC	689
3	LanesboroTC	680
4	Blackwater TC	638
5	Belpark TC	502
6	TriLakes TC	354
7	Pulse TC	310
8	NaasTC	258
9	DownTC	225
10	MallowTC	181
11	WexfordTC	180
12	NorthWestTC	159
13	FingalTC	155
14	CobhTC	145
15	EnnisTC	142
16	3DTC	129
17	BoruTC	129
18	LisburnTC	129
19	WaterfordTC	106
20	BrownShoesTC	67
21	NewryTC	58
23	MakeTC	57
24	MidlandTC	54
25	LoughKeyTC	52
26	TriangleTC	43
27	EdenTC	41
28	TriAnMhiTC	36
29	Tried&TestedTC	34
30	TrilogyTC	27
31	LimerickTC	23
32	TriLimitsTC	17
33	OlympianTC	1
34	PortmarnockTC	1
35	WestClareTC	1
36	WestportTC	1

C LEAGUE WOMEN’S club teams

Position	Club	Points
1	Omagh TC	660
2	Olympian TC	650
3	Cork TC	483
4	Belpark TC	374
5	Piranha TC	323
6	Lanesboro TC	281
7	Blackwater TC	260
8	Longford TC	257
9	Limerick TC	226
10	Boru TC	220
11	3D TC	199
12	Naas TC	179
13	Down TC	88
14	Eden TC	73
15	TriLimits TC	67
16	Mallow TC	27

D LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL woMEN’S

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Joanne Murphy		290
2	Louise McGirl		259
2	Maeve Galloway	Down TC	201

Can anyone stop Joanne Murphy at the top of the women”s D league? Not right now anyway as she cruised for victory last night for the third week in a row. Murphy has a 31 point cushion over second placed rider in the league and on the night Louise McGirl. McGirl in turn lies 58 points clear of Maeve Galloway who came home in third last night to take over the ranking from Mary Coyne by a single point.

D LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL MEN’S

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Stephen Smyth	3D TC	257
2	Stephen Ring	Mallow TC	236
2	Kevin Hughes	TriLimitsTC	229

The top two positions in the men’s D league have a settled look to them with the two Stephens – Smyth and Ring staying put in first and second after last night’s race – though it should be noted that the order on the night saw Ring beat Smyth to the line by 20secs. Last night’s winner – Kevin Hughes moves in to third overall and with one less race to his name than the two Stephens could be on a trajectory to the top.

D LEAGUE woMEN’S CLUB TEAMS

Position	Club	Points
1	Piranha TC	454
2	TriLimitsTC	389
3	Down TC	378
4	Naas TC	240
5	Blackwater TC	232
6	Kinsale TC	200
7	Mako TC	188
8	Pulse TC	168
9	Lisburn TC	162
10	3D TC	148
11	Mallow TC	93
12	Lanesboro TC	78
13	TriAnMhi TC	45
14	Belpark TC	41

D LEAGUE MEN’S CLUB TEAMS

Position	Club	Points
1	TriLimits TC	523
2	3D TC	415
3	Boru TC	384
4	Eden TC	343
5	Mako TC	331
6	Down TC	322
7	Lanesboro TC	315
8	Athlone TC	253
9	Blackwater TC	252
10	Mallow TC	236
11	Midland TC	210
12	Belpark TC	201
13	Pulse TC	188
14	Portmarnock TC	170
15	Cork TC	143
16	Trilogy TC	137
17	Olympian TC	130
18	Lisburn TC	75
19	Limerick TC	49
20	Fingal TC	36

Results

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

In contrast to Triathlon Ireland’s autumn league, the 2021 Winter-Spring League does not have its own page on Zwift Power. Instead we are compiling the individual and club rankings ourselves – this is being done to ensure we can allocate points equally to men and women.

The same scoring criteria apply from our previous league: (with women and men assigned points separately).

1st : 61 points
2nd : 56 points
3rd : 51 points
4th-50th : 49-3 points
Every finisher from 51st onwards will receive 1 point.

The team competition pulls points each week from a club’s best five riders – unlike the Autumn League however once each week’s club score is finalised it can’t change of a rider subsequently changes teams.

The same will apply to riders who manage to earn an upgrade during the league – if you move up a category, you cannot take your already earned points with you as this would not be fair to your new rivals in your upgraded cat.

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.