Zwift’s 2022 zFondo series is three months long (January-March), with a weekend each month dedicated to fondo events. This weekend is February’s fondo weekend, so don’t miss your chance to join thousands of Zwifters working together to put in big efforts.
Along the way you’ll unlock an exclusive jersey and build your fitness in ways only long rides can. Allez allez!
February Fondo Schedule
February’s set of Zwift Fondo events kicks off at 12am Friday, February 3, which is 7pm EST/4pm PST February 2.
Events repeat every 5 hours until February 6th at 10pm GMT/5pm EST/2pm PST. There are a total of 15 events currently scheduled.
Kit Unlocks
This is a 3-month series, and each month’s fondo has its own unique kit unlock. These kits are exclusive, meaning they will never be available anywhere else in game. A true badge of honor! Here’s a shot of all three kits:
Routes
Zwift Fondo events have three categories (A, B, and C) which are open to all riders. These categories don’t refer to rider strength or speed – they determine which route you will ride.
And this year Zwift has created a fresh set of fondo routes! Here they are (click for route details):
Is this a Race?
Officially, no. But hundreds (possibly thousands) of riders will turn out for each of these popular “fun race” events, and the front of each category will certainly be filled with strong riders going all out.
As Zwift says, in the end “This is not a race, but some will choose to ride it like one. Do what’s comfortable, and go at your own pace.”
These events have double draft mode enabled, so be sure to work with others when possible, since this conserves energy.
Upcoming Fondo Dates
March’s Zwift Fondos will happen on March 4-6, 2022.
Fondo Training
Want to take on a Zwift Fondo, but you’ve never done such a long ride? Check out the Fondo Training Plan in Zwift. It’s 3-4 weeks long, 3 hours/week of work, and will get you prepped to take on your first fondo:
Questions or Comments?
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@eric Schlange, so the routes are exactly the same as January FONDOs?
Yea that’s usually how they do it, each year has it’s own route I guess
Yup.
It seems a bit weird to me that Gran Fondo is 94km, presumably most people that ride that far will want to continue on to hit 100km.
I did the Gran Fondo last month. Its actually a really really good course. the major climbing is on the back end. at the front end of the field the blobs really dont form until hitting the bump on the bridge to the Epic which then goes to the by pass route. I had never done more than 60km on zwift so i swore i would take it easy. BUT no. as soon as the flag went off i was in like a 15 min crit race. despite the volcano and titans grove i was so thrilled to be in the 40/1300 blob at the base of the epic. but i was so empty that i had to crawl up the hill. almost stand still. damn thing seemed like it would never end. and yes everyone just coasted down the backside of the epic to get the 100km badge. that was easily the deepest i’ve gone on zwift. i was so wrecked i didnt go out of NYE and didnt even leave my apt for the rest of the weekend. this month….i’m doing bambino
I think the reason is just to have the finish line just after a KOM and not a descent – just flowing down the Epic on the other side will hit the 100 km mark.
I think there’s a bug. We weren’t able to get the kit unlocked after finishing (A).
I had the same with the bambino… they probably are working on a fix at the moment!
Got this from Paul form Zwifts staff regarding the unlock:
“Hi everyone – we discovered an issue with the event set-up for the February Fondo events that have occurred so far today. We’re working on identifying who completed the event and will make sure you have the unlocked kit in your Garage. Please allow us some time to correct this situation and I will follow-up once it’s completed.
All Fondo events starting after 5pm PST today, should have the unlock automatically applied to the Garage.
Apologies for the inconvenience.”
Why are they less frequent this year? 5 hours between each event is quite annoying! Either 0700 or 1200 on a Sunday….not ideal! Why not increase the frequency?