LINE-UPS NAMED FOR STAGE TWO OF ZWIFT TOUR FOR ALL

Freddy Ovett (Israel Start-Up Nation) and Marianne Vos (CCC Liv) won the men’s and women’s opening stage of yesterday’s Innsbruckring route, with Canyon SRAM and Israel Start-Up Nation the early pacesetters in the team standings. Teams and the top 25 riders will gain points across the week alongside a daily individual race winner. There will also be intermediate points on each stage and double points for the Top 10 on the Queen Stage (Stage 5).

WHAT THEY SAID

Men's Stage 1 winner Freddy Ovett of Israel Start-Up Nation:

"I’ve done this race before on Zwift and I knew that being a climber is not actually that well suited for me. It’s just really a 30 second effort, six times, and then sort of saving it for the sprint. It was a bit of a smaller group in the end than I thought but I timed the sprint quite well and that was that....

"I think with something like Zwift you’ve got to see where everyone’s at around half-way through the race because it’s like a cyclocross race where it’s full gas for 15 or 20 minutes and guys are going everywhere and then it finally settles down and that kind of stays like that for the rest of the race."

Women's Stage 1 winner Marianne Vos of CCC Liv: 

"I enjoyed it, it’s very hard, you can’t really hide. It was a nice race and in the last steps you certainly get that race feel.

“I have a lot of experience, but I have some experienced team-mates, it’s a team event. We really tried to make the best of it and thanks to the team for giving me the tips and tricks. We will all be racing together over the next few days and of course everyone will be trying to make the best for our team."

WHAT’S NEXT

Stage 2: Cobbled Climbs, Richmond. Elevation Gain: 126m (413ft). Total distance: 46.2km (28.5miles)

Richmond’s “Cobbled Climbs” route, renamed from “Prefer Hilly Roads” in the Richmond refresh, is one of the punchier routes on Zwift, with 126m (413′) of elevation gain per 9.2km (5.7 miles) lap. The route also includes timed KOM segments for curvy, cobbled Libby Hill and short, steep, straight 23rd Street. The third climb (Governor Street) isn’t timed, but it’s the longest and most painful, plus it leads into the false-flat finish.

ZWIFT TOUR FOR ALL STAGE 2 TEAM LINE-UPS (subject to change):

Men’s
Alpecin-Fenix: Gianni Vermeersch (Belgium), Kristian Sbaragli (Italy), Petr Vakoc (Czech Republic), Mathieu Van der Poel (Netherlands), Scott Thwaites (Britain)
Team Bahrain McLaren: Fred Wright (Britain), Marcel Sieberg (Germany), Luka Pibernik (Slovenia)
CCC Pro Team: Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium), Gijs Van Hoecke (Belgium), Nathan Van Hooydonck (Belgium), Lukasz Wisniowski (Poland), Michael Schar (Switzerland)
Cofidis Solutions Credits: Piet Allegaert (Belgium), Julien Vermole (Belgium), Attilio Viviani (Italy), Dimitri Claeys (Belgium), Marco Mathis (Germany)
EF Pro Cycling: Alberto Bettiol (Italy), Magnus Cort Nielsen (Denmark), Lawson Craddock (USA), Jens Keukeleire (Belgium), Jimmy Whelan (Australia)
Groupama-FDJ: Bruno Armiral (France), Leo Vincent (France), Simon Gugluelmi (France), Tobias Ludvigsson (Sweden), Jacopo Guamieri (Italy)
Israel Start-Up Nation: Guy Sagiv (Italy), Alexis Renard (France), Krists Neilands (Latvia), Matteo Badilatti (Switzerland), Tom van Ashbroeck (Belgium)
Mitchelton-Scott: Esteban Chaves (Colombia), Luke Durbridge (Australia), Daryl Impey (South Africa), Chris Juul-Jensen (Denmark), Nick Schultz (Australia)
NTT Pro Cycling: Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic), Michael Valgren (Denmark), Matteo Sobrero (Italy), Michael Gogl (Austria), Carlos Barbero (Spain)
Rally Cycling: Nigel Ellsay (Canada), Colin Joyce (USA), Nicholas Zukowsky (Canada)

Women’s
Boels-Dolmans Pro Cycling: Jolien D’Hoore (Belgium), Amy Pieters (Netherlands), Christine Majerus (Luxembourg), Amelie Dideriksen (Denmark), Chantal Blaak (Netherlands)
Canyon-SRAM: Tanja Erath (Germany), Rotem Gafinovitz (Israel), Hanna Ludwig (Germany), Jessica Pratt (Australia), Christa Riffel (Germany)
CCC Liv: Agnieszka Skalniak (Poland), Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (South Africa), Evy Kuijpers (Netherlands), Marianne Vos (Netherlands), Riejanne Markus (Netherlands)
Drops Cycling Team: Marjolein van’t Geloof (Netherlands), Emily Meaking (Britain), Finja Smekal (Germany), Elise-Marie Olsen (Norway)
FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope: Maelle Grossetete (France), Emilia Fahlin (Sweden), Stine Borgli (Norway), Eugenie Duval (France)
Rally Cycling: Krista Doebel-Hickok (USA), Heidi Franz (USA), Leigh-Ann Ganzar (USA), Megan Jastrab (USA), Lily Williams (USA)
TWENTY20 Professional Cycling: Shayna Powless (USA), Jennifer Valente (USA), Jennifer Luebke (USA), Jasmin Duehring (Canada)
Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank: Lauren Stephens (USA), Erica Clevenger (USA), Kristen Faulkner (USA), Nina Kessler (Netherlands), Emily Newsom (USA)
Valcar-Travel & Service: Elisa Balsamo (Italy), Silvia Persico (Italy), Silvia Pollicini (Italy), Vittoria Guazzini (Italy), Teniel Campbell (Trinidad and Tobago)

BROADCAST DETAILS
3pm CEST (2pm BST) live on Eurosport 1 and live via the GCN app

THE STANDINGS

Men’s
1    Israel Start-Up Nation – 88
2    EF Education First Pro Cycling – 68
3    NTT Pro Cycling Team – 63
4    Alpecin-Fenix – 62
5    Team Cofidis – 38

Women’s
1    Canyon SRAM – 70
2    Team TIBCO Silicon Valley Bank – 68
3    Team Twenty20 – 59   
4    Valcar - Travel & Service – 54
5    FDJ Nouvelle - Aquitaine Futuroscope - 48