Canyon SRAM Zwift Ride with Tiffany Cromwell - Tour Down Under - 2016

For their final trick at the Tour Down Under, Zwift pulled a rabbit out of their hat and announced they've partnered with Canyon-SRAM professional women's team for 2016 and would be using Zwift as a talent ID platform for female racers. The Canyon-SRAM Racing Zwift Academy Project is GO!

More details on the project can be found all over the Internets, and in upcoming press releases.

Like the two events earlier in the week, I was given a backstage pass at Ergo Fitness to come along in person. I took the opportunity to sneak in The Cycling Maven, who was super keen to ask Tiff a few interesting questions for his daily vlog. But not before I got my own 'viewer question' answered during the global live feed....

For more llamas, visit canyonsram.com and teamcanyonsram.com....  And for more info, visit the official team site wmncycling.com.

The Cycling Maven -

Full 1hr Broadcast -

Backstage Pass Pics - 

Hands down the best looking pro bike colour scheme for 2016!

Tiff and Vonm

The team behind the scenes working hard.

Cycling Maven - He can't look any more excited! :)

Cheers R. Wilson for carrying the theme. #llamas! 

Jens Voigt Zwift Ride - Tour Down Under - Jan 19th 2016

Hot on the heels of the Team Dimension Data Zwift event here at the Tour Down Under, the team at Zwift lined up crowd favourite Jens Voigt for a world-wide group ride on Watopia.

A professional media company had taken control of the broadcast on the Zwift YouTube Live channel. It was a pretty impressive set up.

Jens was a true professional - Answering questions from all angles while cranking out the watts with everyone who'd joined the ride.

It'll be "all systems go" again tomorrow for the Canyon//SRAM women's team event.... along with a pretty huge announcement on that front during the broadcast. See the Zwift Facebook page for details/times.

Here's some of the back stage action!

Team Dimension Data Zwift Ride - Tour Down Under - Jan 18th 2016

Just a day before the official start to the 2016 World Tour season, Mark Renshaw and Songezo Jim from Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka dropped into Ergo Performance Fitness in Adelaide to ride a few laps of Watopia island with people from all over the world. 

The guys were mic'ed up for the live audio feed (via the Zwift Twitch Channel) as Sophie Smith interviewed both riders and Team DiData management about the 2016 season.

I was there to see what goes on behind the scenes to bring these events to life, and there's a lot more to it than I expected! With two more #TDU Zwift events this week, keep an eye on the Zwift Facebook page for details, tune in, and RideOn! Something tells me the January 21st ride with Canyon/SRAM will get a lot of attention...... don't miss it!