OVERVIEW

The Chasing Tour is a year-long general classification competition for individual riders and teams. The more you ride, the more you earn. You earn points based on how you perform on the day and how you perform over the course of multiple days.

COMPETITIONS

Chasing Tour Season-long GC:

• Individual rider GC: Calculated based on a rider’s point accumulation across the season.

• Team GC: Calculated based on a team’s point accumulation from the team’s top 6 riders from each race event and GC competition.

Races

• There are 100 races in the Chasing Tour, each presenting an opportunity for victory by crossing the finish line first.

• Many of the races are organized into GC competitions.

• How to compete & win: Show up on the day, ride hard, race smart, and be first to cross the finish line at the end of the day.

GC Competition | Stage Race

• Stage races are multi-race competitions that evaluate a rider's combined time over the course of multiple stages (race events).

• How to compete & win: Show up day after day, ride hard, race smart, and focus on finishing with the smallest time gap each day over the course of the stage race.

GC Competition | Seasonal Series

• Seasonal series are multi-race competitions that evaluate a rider’s point accumulation across a defined set of races.

• How to compete & win: Show each day, ride hard, race smart, and aim for top finishing spots in each race to accumulate the most points throughout the series.

REGISTRATION

• Riders must register at www.chasingtour.com to compete in the Chasing Tour.

• Unregistered riders entering events will not be counted in the finalized race results.

CATEGORIES

• Riders are assigned into 1 of 5 race categories based on their www.zwiftracing.app 90 day vELO score.

Category & vELO range

• 🔴 A | 1900+

• 🟢 B | 1450 - 1899

• 🔵 C | 1150 - 1449

• 🟡 D | 850 - 1149

• 🟣 E | 0 - 849

Recategorization

• All riders are categorized upon entering the Chasing Tour.

• There are 3 additional recategorization points through the season.

• Recategorization point 1: prior to Chasing Pink

• Recategorization point 2: prior to Chasing Yellow

• Recategorization point 3: prior to Chasing Red

RACE EVENTS

Requirements

• Riders must be registered on www.zwiftpower.com

• Heart rate monitors required

• No ZPower riders

Category Selection

• When joining a Chasing Tour event, riders must select their assigned Chasing Tour category.

• The in-game category is used to differentiate riders within the race event on the race course.

Race Event Setup

• Riders from all categories will start together in a single pen.

• Riders from all categories will be visible together on the race course.

Time Zones

• Races have 4 time slots to support riders around the globe, these are referred to as race events.

• Example: Chasing Bianche is a race with 4 race events scheduled at 4 different times on the day of the race.

RESULTS & SCORING

Results

• Results will be categorized into riders’ assigned category at race event completion.

• A rider’s first completed race event for a specific race counts.

• Results from riders racing within the wrong category on the race course will be recategorized. Example: If a (B) rider races in the (C) category within the event, their result will be recategorized to the (B) category at event completion.

• Continued riding under the wrong category will lead to penalties or disqualification.

Scoring

• Riders earn points in two ways, from individual race events and general classification (GC) competitions. The more you ride, the more you earn.

• Points are awarded for each category.

Races

• The points awarded for each race event are determined by the race tier and finishing positions.

• Each race has a minimum point value awarded to every rider completing the race.

GC Competition | Stage Race

• The points awarded for each stage race are determined by the race tier and finishing positions.

• A time gap system is used In an effort to normalize race result times across multiple time zones.

Time Gap System

• The 1st placed rider in a race event will earn a time gap of 00:00:00s.
• Each following rider’s time gap is calculated as a difference from the first rider’s time (ie: +00:00:05s).
• The time gap logic is applied to each race event.
• Riders are then globally ranked based on their overall combined time gaps throughout the stage race.
• The rider with the lowest overall combined time gap finishes in 1st.

• If a rider misses a race they are given the last finishing time for the race.

• Riders must complete the minimum required amount of races within the GC competition to qualify for GC competition points.

• Riders are required to complete all ITTs within the GC competition.

• Don't worry, riders still earn points from the race events they complete within a stage race.

• The points awarded for each seasonal series are determined by the race tier and finishing positions.

• The rider with the highest overall combined points accumulation within the series finished in 1st.

• There is no minimum required amount of races to be completed within a seasonal series to qualify for GC placement and points.

GC Competition | Seasonal Series

• The points awarded for each seasonal series are determined by the race tier and finishing positions.

• The rider with the highest overall combined points accumulation within the series finished in 1st.

• A rider must complete 75% of the races within a seasonal series to qualify for GC placement and points.

Team Results & Scoring

• The top 6 riders’ points from each race count for the team in the team race results.

• The top 6 riders’ points from a GC competition count for the team in the team GC competition.

Race Event Scoring

GC Competition Scoring