Zwift Winter-Spring League: Rnd 6 Results

Round 6: Magnificent 8

This Winter-Spring league was back in Watopia last night for Round 6 and a very fast trip around all the major sights – the deserts, the volcano and the islands. Due to popular demand, all the groups were set off at 1min intervals and this did appear to have an effect on racing with the strongest riders in each cat having to make the decision on whether they would take the initiative instead of allowing the race to play out behind them as they mingled with the higher category riders.

Either way, last night was always likely to end up in a sprint fest – and so it was that the gaps from first to tenth of just about every category last night were no more than a few seconds.

Congrats to those who came out on top – our winners on the night Mark Thompson, Aoife Wilson, Colm Bellew, Claire Dillon, Peter Blissett, the mysteriously named A C, Keith Ryan and Louise McGirl. You can find all the results on the race’s Zwift Power page and keep reading to see how the race affected the overall league tables.

Next week it’s back to the TT bikes for 24km on the Greatest London Flat course.

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	361
2	Adriele Prina	Belpark TC	302
3	Stephen Rowan	Pulse TC	283

TriLimits’ Mark Thompson had his first win of the league last night in Watopia. Finishing in a sprint as predicted, Thompson managed to edge out consistent Cat A winner Enda Bagnall for the line. Adriele Prina from Belpark TC finished in third last night, with the top three all finishing within a second of each other. Just six seconds separated the top ten. 

A LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL WOMEN

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Aoife Wilson	NorthWest TC	244

Finishing 14th last night overall, Northwest TC’s Aoife Wilson put in another solid performance and earned another 61 points.

A LEAGUE MEN’s CLUB TEAMS

Position	Club Name	Points
1	Belpark TC	901
2	NorthWest TC	598
3	TriLimits TC	522
4	Pulse TC	482
5	Eden TC	423
6	Cork TC	268
7	Lisburn TC	242
8	Piranha TC	241
9	Trilogy TC	223
10	Limerick TC	192
11	3D TC	155
12	NewRoss TC	43
13	Kinsale TC	40
14	Portmarnock TC	38
15	Boru TC	30
16	Down TC	30

A LEAGUE WOMEN’S CLUB TEAMS

Position	Club	Points
1	Northwest TC	244

B LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL WOMEN

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Gail Martin	Lisburn TC	327
2	Medbh Peavoy	Pulse TC	295
3	Helen Perry	TriLimits TC	289

The trio of Gail Martin, Medbh Peavoy and Helen Perry are doing enough to hold onto their top spots in the league, but the competition is heating up!

Beata Kis from 3D Triathlon Club is currently in fourth. Mary Corless has been incredibly consistent over the last four weeks, the TriLakes athlete hasn’t finished lower than third. Another third place finish last night sees Ciara Wilson move into sixth with just four rounds complete and Pulse Triathlon Club’s Claire Dillon had her second win in a row to move into eighth with just three rounds complete!

B league INDIVIDUAL MEN

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Kevin Gilleece	3D TC	297
2	Oliver Harkin	Newry TC	278
2	Gary Condell	Trilogy TC	277

Kevin Gilleece is still at the top of the table in the Men’s B League, with a solid seventh place finish on the flat and fast course last night. Behind Gilleece, Oliver Harkin has moved into second, just one point ahead of Trilogy’s Gary Condell.

Fingal’s Colm Bellow won last night’s round, having improved consistently since the beginning of the league to take his first race win.

B league Women’s club teams

Position	Club Name	Points
1	Pulse TC	473
2	Lisburn TC	420
3	TriLimits TC	289
4	3D TC	234
5	TriLakes TC	224
6	Limerick TC	183
7	Piranha TC	49
8	Cork TC	47
9	Olympian TC	47
10	Northwest TC	46
11	Portmarnock TC	45
12	Naas TC	43

B league MEN’S club teams

Position	Club Name	Points
1	3D TC	805
2	Piranha TC	710
3	Pulse TC	588
4	Blackwater TC	462
5	TriaAnMhi TC	423
6	Newry TC	379
7	Ennis TC	359
8	Down TC	356
9	Olympian TC	348
10	Fingal TC	339
11	Lisburn TC	284
12	Belpark TC	281
13	Trilogy TC	278
14	Naas TC	215
15	Eden TC	186
16	Kinsale TC	149
17	Northwest TC	122
18	Limerick	67
19	Cork TC	63
20	Lanesboro TC	53
21	Portmarnock TC	47
22	Crosshaven TC	25
23	Waterford TC	19
24	Mallow TC	12
25	TriLimits TC	2
26	Mako TC	1

c leagUe individual MEN’S

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Peter Blissett	Cork TC	290
2	Pat Linehan	Piranha TC	248
3	Morgan Kerr	Belpark TC	236

After sitting out last week, C league leader Peter Blissett was back with a bang last night adding a third victory to his tally and continuing his streak of never finishing off the podium. He didn’t have it all his own way however as there was less than half a second between him and follow Cork Tri teammate Eric Lucking – Eric is still back in fourth but with only five races completed is a rider to watch.

Pat Linehan moves from third overall to second after out sprinting most of the massive group he arrived with at the finish line last night. Belpark’s Morgan Kerr moves in to third overall and with a race in hand is well placed to mount a challenge to the overall standings in the coming weeks.

C LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL woMEN’S

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Róisín Donohoe	Longford TC	313
2	Cathy Cunningham	Omagh TC	309
3	Aideen Kehoe	Cork TC	262

Just four points separated the top two in the women’s C league heading in to last night’s race. Today the margin remains unchanged but the positions have swapped! With a second place finish, Roisin O’Donohoe claimed 56 points – exactly eight more than Cathy Cunningham who having led by four now trails by the same margin and so, one of the most intriguing battles of the entire league continues.

Cork Tri’s Aideen Kehoe moves in to third on 262 points with her 4th top ten result of the league so far.

C LEAGUE MEN’S club teams

Position	Club Name	Points
1	Cork TC	876
2	Piranha TC	872
3	Lanesboro TC	859
4	Blackwater TC	777
5	Belpark TC	580
6	TriLakes TC	442
7	Pulse TC	378
8	Naas TC	323
9	Down TC	267
10	Ennis TC	187
11	Mallow TC	181
12	Wexford TC	180
13	Cobh TC	177
14	NorthWest TC	159
15	Fingal TC	155
16	Boru TC	151
17	3D TC	149
18	Lisburn TC	129
19	Waterford TC	106
20	BrownShoes TC	67
21	Mako TC	63
22	Midland TC	59
23	Newry TC	58
24	Lough Key TC	52
25	Triangle TC	43
26	TriLimits TC	43
27	Eden TC	41
28	Tri An Mhi TC	37
29	Tried & Tested TC	35
30	Trilogy TC	28
31	Limerick TC	23
32	Westport TC	2
33	Kinsale TC	1
34	Olympian TC	1
35	Portmarnock TC	1
36	West Clare TC	1

C LEAGUE WOMEN’S club teams

Position	Club Name	Points
1	Omagh TC	850
2	Olympian TC	759
3	Cork TC	655
4	Belpark TC	435
5	Lanesboro TC	369
6	Piranha TC	366
7	Blackwater TC	361
8	Longford TC	313
9	Limerick TC	273
10	3D TC	239
11	Boru TC	220
12	Naas TC	179
13	Down TC	119
14	Eden TC	73
15	TriLimits TC	67
16	Mallow TC	60
17	T3 TC	42

D LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL woMEN’S

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Louise McGirl		320
2	Joanne Murphy		290
2	Maeve Galloway	Down TC	247

Last week after she won her third race in a row, we asked whether anyone could stop Joanne Murphy at the top of the women ’s D league. Step forward  Louise McGirl!

With victory last night McGirl took over the D League by 30 points – although it should be noted that after sitting out last night, Murphy now has a race in hand. Maeve Galloway retains third place thanks to a 46 point haul last night and like Murphy has room to improve as she has only raced five out of the six rounds so far.

D LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL MEN’S

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Stephen Smyth	3D TC	301
2	Stephen Ring	Mallow TC	285
2	Kevin Hughes	TriLimitsTC	280

Stephen Smyth and Stephen Ring still occupy the top two positions in the men’s D league, but with Ring beating Smyth for the second week in a row, he closes the gap to 16 points. Behind him, Kevin Hughes is also drawing closer and now trails second by just five points – where the D League might end up is anyone’s guess!

D LEAGUE woMEN’S CLUB TEAMS

Position	Club Name	Points
1	Piranha TC	606
2	TriLimits TC	481
3	Down TC	424
4	Blackwater TC	319
5	Naas TC	291
6	Pulse TC	252
7	Kinsale TC	240
8	Mako TC	188
9	3D TC	187
10	Lisburn TC	162
11	Mallow TC	93
12	Laneboro TC	78
13	Tri An Mhi	45
14	Belpark TC	41

D LEAGUE MEN’S CLUB TEAMS

Position	Club Name	Points
1	TriLimits TC	616
2	3D TC	491
3	Boru TC	463
4	Down TC	407
5	Mako TC	392
6	Eden TC	384
7	Lanesboro TC	349
8	Blackwater TC	328
9	Athlone TC	323
10	Mallow TC	285
11	Midland TC	247
12	Pulse TC	233
13	Portmarnock TC	213
14	Belpark TC	201
15	Trilogy TC	172
16	Cork TC	143
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.