Zwift Winter-Spring League: Rnd 9 Results

Round 9 Results: Sand and Sequoias

Sprint finishes all round!! Well, that was exciting!

In the ninth week of the league and it is at this point that we get to see the best eight of each rider for the first time but, more importantly, who still has races in hand. The categories are now speckled with those who have been showing consistent results but have a race or two in hand to build a healthy chunk of points. We can’t wait to see how the leaderboards adjust in the coming weeks!

For the full round up of last night’s action from Watopia, scroll below.

Strength & Stretch

If you’re looking for a strength session to add to your training after last night’s turbo session, don’t forget to check out Strength & Stretch with experienced High Performance Triathlon Coach Lynne Algar each Thursday!

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	483
2	Adriele Prina	Belpark TC	411
3	Mark Thompson	TriLimits TC	377

For just the second time in the league, Enda Bagnall was relegated to the second step of the podium in Watopia last night. In a sprint that saw the top three riders finish on the same second, Oran Kane made his mark to win his first outing of the Winter-Spring League. TriLimit’s Mark Farquhar finished third in his third podium of the league.

Now that we can see each riders best eight, and who still has races in hand, there’s no denying that Bagnall’s lead is solid, with a 72 point gap to second place Belpark’s Adriele Prina. Inside the rest of the top 10, there are a number of contenders with at least one race in hand…it’s going to be an exciting few weeks!

A LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL WOMEN

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Aoife Wilson	NorthWest TC	366

With her hard work last week in vain after ZwiftPower filtered the result, Aoife Wilson returned this week and showed her characteristically strong performance. Third fastest overall female rider of the night, and first in Cat A with a time of 32:00.

A LEAGUE MEN’S CLUB TEAMS

Position	Club Name	Points
1	NorthWest TC	1192
2	Belpark TC	1124
3	TriLimits TC	726
4	Eden TC	719
5	Pulse TC	647
6	Lisburn TC	461
7	Piranha TC	370
8	Limerick TC	296
9	Cork TC	268
10	Trilogy TC	263
11	3D TC	186
12	Kinsale TC	110
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	366

B LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL WOMEN

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Gail Martin	Lisburn TC	445
2	Helen Perry	TriLimits TC	397
3	Medbh Peavoy	Pulse TC	391

With Gail Martin’s best eight results calculated she has a comfortable lead of 48 points at the head of the Cat B Women’s League.

Helen Perry has had a strong few weeks of racing to move into second on the leaderboard just six points ahead of Pulse Tri’s Medbh Peavoy, who was absent last night.

Claire Dillon had her fourth win of just six races in last night’s race to hold sixth on the league table with 349. With that many races in hand, and showing that type of form, she will be one to watch for Martin, Perry and Peavoy.

B LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL MEN

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Oliver Harkin	Newry TC	439
2	Gary Condell	Trilogy TC	375
2	Colm Bellew	Fingal TC	361

A big group sprint made for an exciting end to the Men’s Cat B race in Watopia last night. In his first race of the league, Piranha TC’s Conor Fitzpatrick showed off his winter training to out sprint league regulars Colm Bellew and Oliver Harkin.

Former league leader Kevin Gilleece has been upgraded to the A Cat, meaning that Colm Bellew from Fingal TC now moves into third on the table. After showing consistent form over the nine rounds and second last night, Bellew will now have his sights set on second placed Gary Condell who has just a 14 point lead.

B LEAGUE WOMEN’S CLUB TEAMS

Position	Club Name	Points
1	Pulse TC	740
2	Lisburn TC	538
3	TriLimits TC	397
4	3D TC	326
5	TriLakes TC	319
6	Limerick TC	276
7	Waterford TC	155
8	Naas TC	138
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	1126
2	Piranha TC	1081
3	Pulse TC	937
4	Blackwater TC	850
5	Newry TC	612
6	Tri An Mhi TC	609
7	Ennis TC	569
8	Fingal TC	510
9	Olympian TC	509
10	Belpark TC	392
11	Trilogy TC	376
12	Down TC	374
13	Lisburn TC	326
14	Naas TC	302
15	Eden TC	220
16	Kinsale TC	216
17	Northwest TC	176
18	Cork TC	157
19	Limerick	106
20	Waterford TC	95
21	Portmarnock TC	94
22	Lanesboro TC	57
23	Mallow TC	38
24	Crosshaven TC	27
25	Setanta TC	14
26	Triangle TC	6
27	TriLimits TC	4
28	Mako TC	1
29	Tralee TC	1

C LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL MEN’S

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Peter Blissett	Cork TC	463
2	Pat Linehan	Piranha TC	357
3	Diarmuid Furey	Belpark TC	333

Victory for Peter Blissett last night sees him cement what was an already comfortable lead at the top of the men’s C League. Having finished either first or second in all but one of his races in the league so far, Blissett can spend the next four rounds on a high heart rate victory lap, such is his points total.

Pat Linehan also put some daylight between his second place position and his nearest rivals, after claiming third overall last night. He sits 24 points clear of Diarmuid Furey. But that’s a gap that’s easily bridged in the space of the coming three rounds – in fact there are currently as many as seven riders competing for the final two podium spots in the men’s C league.

C LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL WOMEN’S

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Róisín Donohoe	Longford TC	430
2	Cathy Cunningham	Omagh TC	413
3	Elaine Lally	Limerick TC	401

After weeks of unbearably close competition at the top of the Women’s C League, Roisin Donohoe came away from a three-up sprint for the line last night with the maximum points haul of 61 and a gap that was small in time but significant in points over Cunningham’s group which was the next on the road.

The margin now stands at 17 points but as any observer of the Donohoe-Cunningham battle can attest to, this one is likely to be up for grabs until Round 12.

But the story of the league doesn’t end there because after completing her 8th scoring race last night, Elaine Lally moves in to third on 401 points. That’s just 12 behind Cunningham and 29 behind Donohoe. Lally won Rounds seven and eight so her ability is not in question – what was once a two way battle is now increasingly looking like a three-way race for overall victory!

C LEAGUE MEN’S CLUB TEAMS

Position	Club Name	Points
1	Cork TC	1358
2	Piranha TC	1310
3	Lanesboro TC	1186
4	Blackwater TC	948
5	Belpark TC	761
6	TriLakes TC	654
7	Pulse TC	560
8	Naas TC	514
9	Down TC	441
10	Cobh TC	308
11	Ennis TC	295
12	Wexford TC	269
13	North West TC	260
14	Boru TC	227
15	3D TC	212
16	Midland TC	187
17	Mako TC	182
18	Mallow TC	182
19	Lisburn TC	169
20	Fingal TC	156
21	Waterford TC	121
22	TriLimits TC	96
23	Newry TC	80
24	Schull TC	75
25	Brown Shoes TC	67
26	Lough Key TC	66
27	Tried & Tested TC	47
28	Triangle TC	43
29	Eden TC	43
30	Tri An Mhi TC	42
31	Setanta TC	38
32	Trilogy TC	36
33	Portmarnock TC	35
34	Limerick TC	23
35	Kinsale TC	14
36	Olympian TC	2
37	Westport TC	2
38	West Clare TC	1

C LEAGUE WOMEN’S CLUB TEAMS

Position	Club Name	Points
1	Omagh TC	1286
2	Cork TC	1166
3	Olympian TC	842
4	Blackwater TC	737
5	Lanesboro TC	577
6	Piranha TC	537
7	Belpark TC	526
8	Longford TC	430
9	Limerick TC	379
10	3D TC	323
11	Boru TC	313
12	Naas TC	291
13	T3 TC	213
14	Down TC	175
15	Mallow TC	148
16	Pulse TC	80
17	Eden TC	73
18	Tri Limits TC	67
19	Mako TC	25

D LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL WOMEN’S

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Louise McGirl		371
2	Maeve Galloway	Down TC	364
3	Rachel Eager	Pulse TC	303

After missing last week, Louise McGirl made a strong return to racing, finishing second to retain her position at the top of the Women’s D League. But only just, as second placed rider Maeve Galloway won last night to close the margin to a mere two points!

Both riders have the minimum of eight races contributing to their overall score and with third placed Miriam Grogan 71 points back in third but with only seven rounds completed, we might just have a new candidate for the closest run Zwift race in town!

D LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL MEN’S

Position	Name	Club	Points
1	Keith Ryan	Mako TC	437
2	Stephen Smyth	3D TC	404
2	Kevin Hughes	TriLimits TC	397

Keith Ryan made good on on his potential to takeover the Men’s D League and with victory last night moves in to first place overall. His margin of 33 points gives him a commanding but not unassailable lead over Stephen Smyth in second place, and Kevin Hughes in third. Hughes in particular is one to watch having only seven races to his name – among them four victories and last night’s second place.

D LEAGUE WOMEN’S CLUB TEAMS

Position	Club Name	Points
1	Tri Limits TC	833
2	Piranha TC	821
3	Down TC	696
4	Blackwater TC	650
5	Pulse TC	525
6	Kinsale TC	326
7	Naas TC	291
8	3D TC	229
9	Mako TC	188
10	Lisburn TC	162
11	Mallow TC	128
12	Lanesboro TC	78
13	Tri An Mhi	45
14	Belpark TC	41

D LEAGUE MEN’S CLUB TEAMS

Position	Club Name	Points
1	Tri Limits TC	877
2	Mako TC	709
3	3D TC	704
4	Boru TC	691
5	Lanesboro TC	561
6	Blackwater TC	559
7	Down TC	535
8	Midland TC	440
9	Athlone TC	422
10	Eden TC	384
11	Pulse TC	378
12	Mallow TC	285
13	Belpark TC	276
14	Trilogy TC	247
15	Portmarnock TC	213
16	Cork TC	185
17	Olympian TC	130
18	Lisburn TC	75
19	Limerick TC	49
20	Fingal TC	36

RESULTS

VIEW THE STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 9

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.