DIRT Hors Categorie Series
Get ready to push yourself to the limit and experience the thrill of competitive racing on extremely challenging courses! The Hors Categorie Series, powered by Team DIRT Racing, is bigger, better, longer and harder than anything we’ve hosted before!
Challenging Courses
Six hard and challenging courses. The races with duration around 1,5 hours will test both your endurance and strength
Zwift Racing Score Categories
Zwift Racing Score (with custom limits) individual racing and a balanced points structure (FIN, FTS, and FAL). Competitive experience for everyone!
Time
From the
18th of January to the 8th of February 2025, join us every
Saturday at 17:55 UTC
Series Schedule
https://www.zwift.com/events/tag/dirthors
Rules and Scoring
1: Overriding Principles
- Race within the spirit of the rules. You can see what we’re aiming for here so work with us. Don’t try to game the system if we missed a loophole. We want to find the fastest bike riders not the smartest sneaks or fastest salad spinners.
- Be honest with your stats and recognise that when we are eRacing the appearance of honesty is also crucial! Don’t mess with your height. Don’t lend your account to anyone else to play with. Don’t find a massive weight drop the day before the Alpe du Zwift race.
- Communicate with respect, empathy, and understanding. Ensure your messages are considerate and non-offensive. If in doubt, refrain from typing. It’s simple.
- If you think someone is operating outside of the rules (technically or by behaviour), then contact DIRT Hors Categorie Series Race Control (via a Discord Direct Message or mail to horscategorieseries@gmail.com). We handle all flags carefully and base conclusions on available/requested data. Avoid in-game messaging or post-race discussions.
Please note that our overriding principles will always take priority over the general rules. These principles apply both in-game and on any social media platforms where HCS or HCS races are being discussed. Any breach of these overriding principles may result in race disqualification (DQ), season disqualification (SDQ), or permanent expulsion, depending on the severity of the violation.
2: Rider Requirements
- All riders should have completed 3 maximum effort RACES (minimum 20+ minutes per race) prior 90 days to start in a DIRT Hors Categorie Series race. Anyone who doesn’t have any activity on Zwift within the previous 90 days can only race in pen E.
- Riders must have a fully registered ZwiftPower.com account that has enabled the sharing of rider data with ZwiftPower from your Zwift Profile Connections.
- Riders should ensure that races in this series are saved as PUBLIC to ensure transparency.
- In the event that a rider is reported to HCS Race Control for technical reasons, then Race Control will request the original Zwift FIT file from from the rider via notification on Direct Message on Discord, via the Zwift commentary function for the specific event or by e-mail. This will need to be provided within 24 hours and failure to provide that FIT file will itself be a Single Race DQ or even an exclusion of the entire series for the rider in question. In the event that a rider is reported to HCS Race Control for behavioural reasons, then HCS Race Control will request a statement from the rider via notification on Direct Message on Discord, via the Zwift commentary function for the specific event or by e-mail. Harassment could result in a points deduction, a single race DQ or even an exclusion of the entire series.
- Riders must have accurate height and weight entered in-to their Zwift profile, either through Companion app or Zwift.com. Weight reductions of >2kg close to the event will require the rider to verify this with a weigh-in video.
- Riders are not permitted to change their height, weight or any other biometric information from the point they enter the pen to when they exit the race.
- All riders must transmit power information to Zwift. This can be done by using a Smart turbo trainer, Smart bike or Classic ‘dumb’ trainer with a separate power meter. Riders without connected Power device to Zwift will not be able to enter the starting pen. Don’t use anything to generate power other than a bike or hand-bike (Ski-Erg and all power multipliers are prohibited).
- All riders must wear a heart rate monitor (HRM) that transmits data directly to Zwift. Riders without connected HRM device to Zwift will not be able to enter the starting pen.
3: Categories
- HCS uses Zwift Racing Score (ZRS) with custom-set limits:
A: 700-1000
B: 575-699
C: 450-574
D: 325-449
E: 0-324 - This means that riders could start in different categories within the series, always in the minimum possible category on race day. However the race results for the league table are category-related, which means that only the points earned in the specific category are added to the overall result of the same category. Therefore we recommend riders who are close to a specific category limit to start directly in the next higher category.
4: Individual Leaderboard and Points
- The Individual leaderboard is calculated to the accumulated Total Rider Points (Finishing + FTS + FAL points) of a rider in HCS races of the same series. The best 3 out of 4 results are counted.
- Finishing position points (FIN) are awarded to all riders finishing the race:
120-114-108-102-101-100-98-97-96-95-89-…(every rank down one point less) - Fastest Through Segment points (FTS) are awarded to the top 10 times through the segment:
15-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5
For the FTS segment in play for each race please take a look into the Zwift event description! - First Across the Line points (FAL) are awarded to the top 10 riders across the segment finish line:
15-13-12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5
For the FAL segments in play for each race please take a look into the Zwift event description! - The results will be published on Zwiftpower and Zwiftracing.app.
Join our Discord Server
Our Discord Server is the best place to get more information, get help from our organisers and community, and to join in on all HCS jibber-jabber!