WHAT’S ALL THIS THEN?
Join Herd Racing as we present a very special Go Long! Edition of our ever-popular Climbers Gambit hill climb series featuring (most of) the longest climbs in Zwift!

IS THIS A RACE?
Everything in life is a race! But this race is a little bit different:

THE ONLY THING THAT COUNTS IN THIS RACE SERIES IS YOUR TIME ON THE TIMED KOM SEGMENT(s) VERSUS OTHER RIDERS IN YOUR CATEGORY. Feel free to take it easy for the rest of the ride and get in a good warmup + a nice cooldown.

Be sure to finish the event route, crossing the blue custom finish banner, or your hill time will not count.

Draft + Powerups are both disabled, so it is just you against the following hills (start times listed below are very much approximate based on cursory YouTube race stream research…best to verify + stay alert out there!).

Times are ranked across all races each Weeknd and go toward an overall cumulative climbing time for GC purposes.

Please note that, although we were largely successful in previous seasons, Timing + Scoring on ZwiftPower can sometimes be unreliable with this format. Please be patient if things look a bit off. Worst case you’ll all get a refund of your race entry fees.

WHAT HILLS SHALL WE CLIMB?
Weeknd 1 (April 20/21 ): Keith Hill
via 8k of Greatest London Loop Reverse – climb starts @ approx. 2.8k

Weeknd 2 (April 27/28): Innsbruck Reverse
via 10k of Achterbahn – climb starts @ approx. 3.1k

Weeknd 3 (May 4/5): Epic Forward
via 14.5k of Big Loop – climbs starts @ approx. 4.5k

Weeknd 4 (May 11/12): Innsbruck Forward
via 12k of UCI Worlds Short Lap – climb starts @ approx. 3.3k

Weeknd 5 (May 18/19): Epic Reverse
via 29k of Climbers Gambit – climbs starts @ approx. 21.6k

Weeknd 6 (May 25/26): The Alpe!
via 18k of Road to Sky – climbs starts @ approx. 5.1k

Climb start times listed above are approximate based on route descriptions + YouTube race scouting…keep your head up out there and look for the Zwift glowing red start line on the road!

WHERE ARE THE RESULTS?
Individual race results for KOM times can be found on ZwiftPower; just search for Herd Climbers Gambit and find the race time in which you competed.
Series Standings can be found at: https://zwiftpower.com/league.php?id=2231Opens a new window

I WANT TO RACE AT DIFFERENT TIMES!
Cool story bro! There are multiple time slots to choose from each weekend, and it doesn't matter if you don't do the same time slot each time. You can also race multiple times each weekend and your best result will count towards the overall GC.

I CAN'T MAKE IT TO EVERY RACE!
Well, cancel your outdoor riding plans because to compete for this digital trophy you’re going to have to complete all stages and compile hill times towards the overall GC.

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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die.
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