With more big events than ever happening in our virtual cycling paradise, it’s easy to miss some really cool rides! Here are 5 events this weekend which we think are especially important to share with the community.
If you find this post useful, please comment below. We may make it a weekly habit if there’s enough interest.
See you on course!
Michael Knudsen’s 1000km in 24 Hours Attempt
You may remember Michael from his crazy 5000km ride on Zwift back in November 2019. Now he’s taking on a new Zwift ultra-endurance challenge, for a great cause:
I will attempt to smash the 1000 km mark in 24 hours next Saturday and fundraise some money for fellow zwifter, Phil Reckless’ nephew on 3 years, William who earlier this year suffered from a sepsis shock and had both legs and multiple fingers amputated The little hero is exactly same age as my son so it hit me a little hard.
I’ll start out at 0830 with a 200 km group ride and then free ride the rest. I’m gonna need the Zwift community to rally behind again like they did for the 5000 km indoor RAAM project in the mall to keep my average on + 42 kmh.
Join Michael when you hop on to ride (follow him in the Companion app, then click to join him). Let him benefit from your draft as he tries to ride 1000 km in 24 hours! His attempt begins at 8:30am his time (Copenhagen, Denmark), which is 6:30am GTM Saturday, 2:30am ET Saturday, 11:30pm PT Friday.
Want to donate to help William? Here’s the fundraiser link.
Hells 500 World Lycra Party
Hells 500, the keepers of the Everesting and vEveresting rules and hall of fame, are holding a “World Lycra Party” on Zwift Apr 10 at 12:30 AM – Apr 13 at 11:30 PM UTC+10. They’re trying to stake a claim on a new vEveresting world record (most vEverestings) and you can be a part of it!
Learn more at facebook.com/events/3100332533320261
Ride with Some Pros
There are 12 accounts on the calendar this weekend with the #ridewithpro tag. Want to ride with some top of the top men and women in the cycling world? Hop into one of these rides! See full #ridewithpro ride list >
The most popular #ridewithpro events this weekend are with Team INEOS, who are hosting their first major team event on Zwift! Three different group rides scheduled for Sunday, with almost 9,000 riders already signed up!
Watch INEOS Race the Alpe
Speaking of INEOS, we’ll get the chance to see the team’s riders go head-to-head as they aim to win the inaugural Team INEOS eRace at 5pm BST on Sunday. The riders will duke it out on Alpe du Zwift and Eurosport’s Rob Hatch and Matt Stephens will guide you through the action, with exclusive rider interviews throughout the live broadcast.
Watch it here:
Jan Frodeno Tri At Home 180km
Jan Frodeno is the current Ironman World Champion and course record holder, an Olympic gold medalist, and a 2-time 70.3 World Champion. Join him Saturday as he completes the second leg of his home challenge to swim 3.8km, ride 180km and run 42km. He’ll be riding between 3-3.5 wkg for the full distance and he is looking for some company on his long day.
Throughout the day Jan will be fundraising for the fight against Coronavirus. You can follow along by tuning in to his live stream on his Facebook page.
Learn more at zwift.com/events/view/532546
Found this Useful?
Comment below if you’d like to see a sort of “events not to miss” post before every weekend. If even people find it useful, perhaps we’ll make it a habit!
Very useful! Thanks.
My 9 year old son is riding the full PRL tomorrow morning from 9am BST – not quite the biggest ride of the weekend but ride-ons appreciated all the same.
That’s a massive ride to do, and kudos to him for attempting it. Not too many people have completed it (just looked, and the number has gone up quite a bit. Seems like something, had happened on March 28th? 🤔).
Best of luck to him
Yeah, he was disappointed to miss the ride with Monica last time, but I reckon the course might still be busy enough tomorrow. His younger brother is very much hoping some of the pile of treats and snacks will still be intact at the end.
Half way through. stopping for an extended break outside parliament. He is smashing it, once we got the technology gremlins sorted.
A somewhat cycling legend from around these parts up here (and Canadian Olympian), Ed Veal, currently holds the Zwift 24hr record with 952.6Kms (591.9 miles). He did it last November.
https://road.cc/content/news/268383-cyclist-claims-world-records-after-riding-952km-zwift-24-hours
So although it would be interesting to see someone break the 1,000km mark in 24hrs, I’m kind of not rooting for him to do so 🙂
The Team formerly known as Sky eRace should be interesting to watch live (as long as there’s live cameras where they are riding)
That record was broken on December 22nd 2019 by 3 riders – Kurt Pauwels, Romaric Eloud and Chris Hopkinson.
The current record is 986.6km in 24 hours.
Yes keep up the good work!
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Useful! Thanks
Very useful! I definitely will watch the INEOS race!
That race was just so much fun to watch. The prerace rides hosted by the team were very enjoyable especially considering that the pros rode at the labelled pace. Made rubbing elbows with the pros possible.
Very good read, going to try and hop on and help Michael with his 1000k. Hopefully I can get on with the Team Ineos ride, but I’m gonna bet it’ll be overloaded
e-racing must be taking off as a lot of bookmakers are running markets on the Skyneos race tomorrow.
Thanks. Definitely a few rides to do this Easter weekend. On the Trek event it says: Unlock your Saris kit by using the code “GOCYCLEOPS” using the “p” button on the keyboard when in the game. Does anyone know what to press on an AppleTV?
Really useful. Thanks
Useful. Let’s make it a weekly posting.
With events popping up all over this is a very useful summary of what’s going on.
Got up at 4AM CT to join Jan Frodeno for the second half of his 112 miles on the bike but the Zwift event didn’t offer the option to join that late and the Ride With feature wasn’t working either. Tried 5 times, then gave up and settled on watching the live stream while getting Quatch Quest off the list. Pretty frustrating.
Yet another great post.
I like this it helps plan weekend rides. Keep it up!
Useful, you’re asking ??? “Essential” I would say !!! Thanks
With all the events happening on Zwift, I’ve found it hard to keep track. Love the events not to miss this weekend feature- please keep doing it.
Very usefull ! I was lost and afraidnto miss some events. Im in for a weekly newsletter like this. Thank you!
Very useful, especially these days :-). Thanks for your fantastic job
Thanks for compiling the list, super helpful!
Great article, Eric. I’d like to see more of these, as well as recommended races.
Would love to see this as a recurring article. I have ridding zwift since the beta days, mostly solo and just now starting to join clubs, do events and think about zwift as a social platform not just a training app
Very useful