Jay Vine owes his professional contract with Alpecin-Fenix to his performance in the Zwift Academy 2 years ago. With a 2nd place in the final standings of the Tour of Turkey, Vine proved that he can also handle the road well. But apparently old love doesn’t rust.
As is often the case in roller championships, this time on Zwift, everything is decided in the final sprint. Whoever can kick the most wattages then has a chance of winning.
At the first esports World Cup, no one could do that better than German ex-rower Jason Osborne, who was an intern at Quick-Step last year. But this time Osborne had to acknowledge his superiority in two Australians: Jay Vine for gold and Freddy Ovett for silver.
From the Belgian angle, Lionel Vujasin was mainly looked at. In the wake of the Australian violence, he “parked” his bike in 5th place.
We also got a similar scenario for the women, in which the final sprint would determine everything. The South African Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio seemed ripe for an extension of her title, but that was not counting the 25-year-old Dutch Loes Adegeest.
