Can Strategy Beat 5 Diamonds? | Zwift Ladder Racing

TFC Phoenix takes on OTR Cutting Edge in a 5v5 Zwift ladder race on BRAEk-fast Crits and Grits. They brought five Diamond riders. Rands and I were the only two Emeralds. Could breakaways, short pulls and a punchy finish overcome their sustained-power advantage? A full race recap with the quieter stretches sped up, both teams’ race radio, Ditty’s uphill sprint, and the small decisions behind a 28–27 team result. Thanks to OTR for a relentless, tactical showdown—and to Ditty, E Rob, Jerome and Rands for the fight. 0:00 The finish and the chaos 0:24 How ladder racing works 0:37 TFC Phoenix vs OTR Cutting Edge 0:55 BRAEk-fast Crits and Grits 1:14 The race begins 4:31 Trying to wear us out 6:04 My downhill mistake 8:22 Mogg makes it across 10:53 The final assignments 11:49 The uphill finish 12:26 Even Robson wasn’t sure 12:41 The one-point result 12:58 What we can learn Full TFC stream:    • Time to get Destroyed, Racing 5 Diamonds: ...   OTR / Mike Robson’s perspective and race radio:    • Ladder Race 17109 - OTR Cutting Edge vs. T...   Team comparison uses the supplied 90-day power averages, rather than power from this race alone. End-card study: Costill, Dalsky & Fink (1978), Effects of caffeine ingestion on metabolism and exercise performance. In nine competitive cyclists, 330 mg of caffeine was associated with 19.5% longer time to exhaustion in that study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/723503/ #Zwift #LadderRacing #TFCPhoenix