Defect: Minimap and KOM/sprint incorrect, even in events

I was riding “Roule Ma Poule” in Tour de Zwift today. In an event then you can’t change your route at all; you can’t turn left or right or make a U-turn. Even so, soon after the “Roule Ma Poule” event started then the Ventoux KOM appeared on the left side, even if we were clearly on the (reverse) Petit KOM. The climb profile on the minimap was also incorrect and showing the Ventoux KOM profile when it should have been showing the (reverse) Petit KOM profile.

I have often noticed this before on Watopia when free-riding or riding with Pace Partners, that the profile is incorrect and not showing the route I’m on and this behaviour could be argued then. But not in events, hence this defect:

Expected #1 (in events): That KOMs and sprints shown are the ones relevant to the route and no other KOM or sprint is shown. That the climb profile is relevant to the event route.

Expected #2 (when riding with Pace Partners): That KOMs and sprints shown are the ones relevant to the Pace Partner’s route and no other KOM or sprint is shown. That the climb profile is relevant to the Pace Partner’s route.

Expected #3 (when free-riding with no manual turns): That KOMs and sprints shown are the ones relevant to the route selection route and no other KOM or sprint is shown. That the climb profile is relevant to the route selection route.

Expected #4 (when free-riding with manual turns): That KOMs and sprints shown and the climb profile are common and sensible defaults. Ventoux KOM is neither common nor sensible when riding in France, the Petit KOM is.

Observed: When riding “Roule Ma Poule” in an event organized by Zwift then Ventoux KOM was shown instead of the route’s Petit KOM and the climb profile was the wrong Ventoux KOM’s instead of the connect Petit KOM’s.

2 km into the event ride; on the (reverse) Petit KOM on the “Roule Ma Poule” route but the Ventoux KOM is shown:

The France world mini-map elevation profile has been that way since it was introduced.
In my experience, the only time Ventoux does not show in the elevation profile is on the Petit KOM and the road with the Balloon sprint.
This completely negates any other elevation differences. The Acqeduc KOM is not even noticeable, since Ventoux overwhelms the elevation profile.
It’s a sad display of Zwift’s lack of attention to detail and unwillingness to fix something so glaringly incorrect.

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the petit kom is from the other side of the route, that stretch is part of the road on the way to the ventoux climb so will show the ventoux segment afaik

What I submit is that in an organized event on the “Roule Ma Poule” route (even an event organized by Zwift themselves) then the Ventoux KOM should never be shown. It is misleading because the event route is not up the Ventoux KOM.

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Yep it’s bad, bordering on useless