Today during the Zwift racing crit club event I moved up into a position just behind the leader as we hit the sprint banner with 1.4k to go. I eased up slightly so as not to go into the wind, and suddenly my numbers went red and I dropped from 3rd to 41st.
I’m not going to lose any sleep over it, I very much doubt whether I would have finished in the top 3 anyway, but it seems a bit bizarre that I was slowed on a straight, and clearly most other people weren’t, as otherwise I wouldn’t have dropped so many positions. I get auto braking for realism in a tight bend, but not on a straight section of road.
If I hadn’t eased up on the pedals, would this not have happened? Have any other riders had similar issues, or is it just me?