Virtual Tour Group: le Tour Challenge

Anyone else participating in this? I rode yesterday and my virtual TT was 35min. The winner yesterday was 19:32:14 which makes me feel like I walked. Sure, they only rode 9 miles and I did 36; the riders on the tour will certainly log more miles this month than me. I will try to better my time today.

Anyway this challenge is a fun way to compare to professional riders and see how you stack up (or don't in my case)!

Yea...I'm doing it. But already there are major flaws. It wasn't designed very well.

I love it. Ride 9 to 12 miles at a fast pace and you're at the front of the leaderboard.

Talk about P'bags. Geez. What a bunch of losers.

The challenge should have a MINIMUM amount of miles to qualify. At least 25.

It's ridiculous. Also, the virtual time is BS - I'm out riding at moderate to intermediate paces - I'm not racing. I have done 10 mile rolling TT's in 28 mins. Way faster than my virtual time on Stage 1. Who's riding at race pace? Really?

Like I said- the setup of the challenge is terrible. It does not apply to anyone who isn't racing or riding at race speeds. There should have been two catagories, one for racers one for non-racers. And if you ride at above 18-20 avg then you're not allowed in the non-racers catagory to avoid the oh so typical cherry-picking by racers.

Mapped out an EASY 6.8 mile CHEATER route...like most of the wussbags in the TdF challenge. My virtual times will increase and I'll APPEAR like I'm actually fast!

If you can't beat the panzy cheats...join 'em.