I use Zwift normally, but only as a means to drive my smart trainer in structured workouts. Early in the pandemic, though, my cycling pals and I DID do some virtual racing and group riding, which was a nice enough distraction from cabin fever -- run Zwift on one iPad, and run a Zoom call with your pals on the other.
Anyway: actual world-tour pro Lawson Craddock is a friend of a friend, and he'd sometimes ride "with" us, though when racing he was obviously not in the same grouping as the rest of us.
In fact, he got dinged for power output, and provisionally DQ'd from Zwift racing, because his numbers were too high. Apparently, if you're ACTUALLY a pro and produce ACTUAL pro numbers, there's an additional verification procedure you have to go through. He posted the screenshot on Instagram; it said something like "Somethings wrong -- unless you're a pro!"
I use Zwift normally, but only as a means to drive my smart trainer in structured workouts. Early in the pandemic, though, my cycling pals and I DID do some virtual racing and group riding, which was a nice enough distraction from cabin fever -- run Zwift on one iPad, and run a Zoom call with your pals on the other.
Anyway: actual world-tour pro Lawson Craddock is a friend of a friend, and he'd sometimes ride "with" us, though when racing he was obviously not in the same grouping as the rest of us.
In fact, he got dinged for power output, and provisionally DQ'd from Zwift racing, because his numbers were too high. Apparently, if you're ACTUALLY a pro and produce ACTUAL pro numbers, there's an additional verification procedure you have to go through. He posted the screenshot on Instagram; it said something like "Somethings wrong -- unless you're a pro!"