This weekend’s picks are a delightful mix of long rides, fresh races, and fun social rides. Choose your fun!
🥇 Zwift Epic Races – Paris Roubaix Femmes Avec Zwift
✅ Endurance Challenge
Looking for a long race this weekend? The just-announced Epic Races give you two options: the “standard” race which is 3 laps of France’s R.G.V. (72.7km, 399m), or the “long” race which is 1 lap of France Classic Fondo (145.9km, 1099m). Events happen at the top of every hour over the weekend, alternating between standard and long races.
See our guide for these Epic races >
Multiple time slots all weekend
See upcoming events zwift.com/events/tag/prfa
🤝 Stage 4 | The Zwift Big Spin 2024
✅ Beginner Friendly ✅ Unique Unlocks
The Zwift Big Spin series is wrapping up this weekend (although we’ll have 2 weeks of makeup events to follow) so if you want to knock out stage 4, now is a great time to do it!
Read all about The Zwift Big Spin >
We’re in France for Stage 4. Insider tip: Stage 4’s shorter routes cover 2 laps in each event, meaning you get 2 prize spins!
Multiple timeslots all weekend
See upcoming events at zwift.com/the-zwift-big-spin
🥇 Rhino Racing Short Crits on Glasgow Reverse
✅ New Route ✅ Unique Event
The new Glasgow Reverse route is being used for the ZRL finals, and racers who want to recon the course are invited to join the Rhino Racing Short Crits events this Saturday. There are five time slots, so they’re accessible to everyone!
Multiple time slots on Saturday
See upcoming Rhino Racing crits at zwift.com/events/tag/rhinocrits
🤝 Vikings Valhalla Sunday Skaal ride
✅ Endurance Challenge ✅ Beginner-Friendly ✅ Unique Event
We’ve featured this event several times in the past, as it’s always well-attended, well-led, and offers two pace options. Experienced leaders and sweepers do their best to keep the groups together with the help of doubledraft and a zapping fence, so everyone can work together to knock out a long ride!
This week category C will ride at 2.3-2.7 W/kg on Sugar Cookie for 106km, or choose category D for a 1.7-2.2 W/kg pace on 1 lap of The Mega Pretzel (111km).
Sunday, April 7th @ 7:05am UTC/3:05am EDT/12:05am PDT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/4319136
🥇 Tiny Races: Tour de Worlds
✅ Unique Event ✅ Popular Event ✅ Kit Unlock
This week’s Tiny Races will take you on a chronological tour of Zwift’s World Championship courses: Richmond, Innsbruck, Yorkshire, and Scotland.
Remember: Tiny Races are actually a set of four races, each lasting 15 minutes or less, so you can knock out all four for a splendid 1-hour session.
3 Time Slots Each Saturday
See details at zwiftinsider.com/tiny
How We Make Our Picks
We choose each weekend’s Notable Events based on a variety of factors including:
- Is the event unique/innovative in some way?
- Are celebrities (pro riders, etc) attending/leading?
- Are signup counts already high, meaning the event is extra-popular?
- Does the ride include desirable unlocks or prizes?
- Does the event appeal to ladies on Zwift? (We like to support this under-represented group!)
- Is it for a good cause?
- Is it just plain crazy (extra long races, world record attempts, etc)?
- Is it a long-running, popular weekly event with a dedicated leader who deserves a shout out?
In the end, we want to call attention to events that are extra-special and therefore extra-appealing to Zwifters. If you think your event qualifies, comment below with a link/details and we may just include it in an upcoming post!
