Zwift, the global online training platform, is partnering with SCOTT and its pro athletes to bring SCOTT Week to Zwift. Starting on Sunday 21 June, SCOTT Week will bring together three categories of road, triathlon and mountain bike training & racing together in a celebration of two wheels.
The series starts on Sunday 21 June, when SCOTT sponsored riders from all disciplines will join Zwifters for a one-off group ride on the London Triple Loops Circuit.
Monday June 22 will see the main three-stage event kick off with pro-led group rides and group workouts.
Stage 1, running June 22-23, will see Zwifters take their avatars onto SCOTT Foil aero road bikes. Cyclists from the Mitchelton-Scott Men’s and Women’s World Tour teams will join Zwifters on the Innsbruck Ring, inspired by the 2018 UCI World Championships Road Race Course.
“Having the SCOTT riders across the three teams is great to showcase the variety cycling has to offer,” said Amanda Spratt, Mitchelton-SCOTT Rider and current Australian Road National Champion. “The partnership with Zwift feels like a true celebration of all things cycling and I’m excited to try out the triathlon and mountain bike workouts.”
The group workouts for Stage 1 of SCOTT Week have been inspired by Esteban Chaves. Here, a high-intensity workout will focus on VO2 max power. Chaves uses this session to accumulate time at VO2 max power before entering a block of racing. Zwift adds that this is a good session to work on FTP power.
Running on June 24-25, Stage 2 is all about triathlon and will see Zwifters take to the SCOTT Plasma on the 2019 UCI Road World’s Harrogate Course. The Group Workout for Stage 2 is inspired by Alastair Brownlee.
“As proud Yorkshiremen, my brother and I are looking forward to riding with people from all over the world and showing them some of our local roads on Zwift,” said Alistair Brownlee, professional SCOTT triathlete.
“I think the race on Sunday looks pretty interesting – being specialists in three disciplines already, I think we stand a pretty good chance to do well.”
Stage 3 will take place on June 26th-27th and provides an opportunity for the mountain bikers, on the Road to the Ruins course.
Zwifters will once again be joined by professional athletes – this time from the SCOTT-SRAM team in their SCOTT Spark bikes, including current UCI Cross Country Mountain Bike World Champion, Nino Schurter. The Group Workout for Stage 3 has been inspired by a workouts for Nino Schurter.
“It’s been really fun over the past few weeks to have a chance to ride with some of the fans,” said Nino Schurter, SCOTT-SRAM team rider and reigning UCI Cross Country World Champion. “Bring your questions, and I look forward to sharing the experience with you.”
Closing the week will be a special cross-discipline exhibition race broadcast on Sunday June 28. Featuring professional SCOTT athletes from road, mountain bike and triathlon, the race will be streamed live on GCN, GMBN and GTN.
Each team will consist of three athletes, one from each discipline and will include both genders. The race is 12 laps of Crit City, with points being awarded to the top five finishers in each lap, for both men and women as well as for the first five to cross the finish line. The team with the most points wins.
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