We recently shared the upcoming events SISU Racing is hosting which included the headlines for the 2024 SISU Tour. With the Tour less than two weeks away let’s take a deeper dive into the details of this 7-stage race!
SISU Tour: June 29 – July 21
It’s back, and really is bigger and better, with seven stages across 206km of Zwift’s most challenging roads and nearly 3,000 meters of elevation gained along the way.
For the first time in SISU Tour history riders climb Alpe du Zwift and finish with an individual time trial. The firsts continue with three classifications and jerseys, including the grandest of all, the Johtaja (Leader) Jersey.
General Classification
The Johtaja Jersey is awarded to the General Classification (Men and Women) winner in each grade based on stage time. (For now, the jerseys are awarded symbolically; SISU continues to dream that these jerseys will be awarded in-game one day.)
Sprinter and Mountain Goat Classifications
- Sprinters Classification
Points for the fastest ten riders in each grade in each sprint segment.
Points: 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2. - Mountain Goat Classification
Points on the KQOM segment for the fastest ten riders in each grade.
Points: 40, 36, 32, 28, 24, 20, 16, 12, 8, 4.
Team General Classification
The team classification in each grade is based on your team’s fastest three riders in each grade from each stage. Riders must ensure they have listed a team on their ZwiftPower profile prior to Stage 1.
Results
Results will be available on the SISU Racing website and emailed after each stage to everyone who registers.
SISU Perks and Prizes
Friends of SISU Racing have provided a SISU Perk (Discount) or provided prizes. Riders who complete three or more stages will go into the prize draw, and discount codes for Limar, Pure Sports Nutrition, and Modex Natural are listed below with the stage details.
Tour Checklist
The Seven Stages
- Saturday, June 29: Stage 1 – Coast Crusher
- Stage Sponsor – Limar (20% discount on helmets and eyewear) – discount codes for Australia (2024SISUTOURAU), USA (2024SISUTOURUS), Europe (2024SISUTOUREU)
- FLAT
- Sprint Segments – Acropolis FWD, Sasquatch FWD, Woodland FWD, Woodland REV, Sasquatch REV, Acropolis REV and Stoneway REV (NOTE – the first sprint segment on the route, Stoneway Sprint at km 7.4, is not included – we don’t want any soft tissue injuries early in the Tour).
- Length: 34.6 km (21.5 miles)
- Elevation: 140 m (459‘)
- Lead-In: 8.2 km (5.1 miles)
- Powerups: Feather, Draft, Ghost and Burrito.
- Tuesday, July 2: Stage 2 – Road to Sky
- Stage Sponsor – Pure Sports Nutrition – receive 20% discount using the code SISUTOUR24 until July 2024.
- MOUNTAIN – QUEEN STAGE
- KQOM Segment – Aple du Zwift
- Length: 17.3 km (10.7 miles)
- Elevation: 1045 m (3,428‘)
- Lead-In: 0.1 km (0.1 miles)
- Powerups: Feather, Anvil, Ghost.
- Saturday, July 6: Stage 3 – R.G.V.
- Stage Sponsor – Modex Natural – receive 20% discount using the code SISUTDF20 until July 31.
- FLAT
- Sprint Segments – Pavé REV, Balloon REV and Marina REV.
- KQOM Segment – Aqueduc REV.
- Length: 24.1 km (15.0 miles)
- Elevation: 107 m (351‘)
- Lead-In: 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Powerups: Feather, Draft, Ghost and Burrito
- Tuesday, July 9: Stage 4 – Casse-Pattes
- Stage Sponsor: Training Peaks (prizes provided).
- HILLY
- Sprint Segments – Pavé REV and Marina REV.
- KQOM Segments – Aqueduc REV and Petit FWD.
- Length: 23 km (14.3 miles)
- Elevation: 145 m (476‘)
- Lead-In: 0.9 km (0.6 miles)
- Powerups: Feather, Draft, Ghost and Burrito
- Saturday, July 13: Stage 5 – Shorelines and Summits
- Stage Sponsor: Zwift (prizes provided).
- MOUNTAIN
- Sprint Segments – Stoneway FWD, Acropolis FWD, Sasquatch FWD and Woodland FWD.
- KQOM Segment – Epic KQOM FWD.
- Length: 46 km (28.6 miles)
- Elevation: 750 m (2,461‘)
- Lead-In: 4 km (2.5 miles)
- Powerups: Feather, Draft, Ghost and Anvil.
- Tuesday, July 16: Stage 6 – Roule Ma Poule
- Stage Sponsor: TF Coaching (prize provided).
- FLAT
- Sprint Segments – Pavé FWD and Marina FWD.
- KQOM Segment – Aqueduc FWD.
- Length: 23 km (14.3 miles)
- Elevation: 145 m (476‘)
- Lead-In: 3.1 km (1.9 miles)
- Powerups: Feather, Draft, Ghost and Burrito.
- Sunday, July 21: Stage 7 – Douce France
- iTT
- Length: 24.1 km (15.0 miles)
- Elevation: 108 m (354‘)
- Lead-In: 0 km ( miles)
- No Powerups.
- Mass start with no draft – select your fastest TT bike.
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Champagne Party Rides
The team at SISU has created three Champagne Party rides for Wednesday, July 24 (into Thursday in Oceania and Asia). After a big three weeks it will be time to swap the bidons for champagne. Riders will be led around the Champs-Élysées by those who stepped onto the podium in each grade. Wait til you see what has been planned – it will be a party on two wheels!
Sign on for these rides in the Companion App.
Competition & Prizes
Riders who ride in three or more stages will automatically be entered into a prize draw. Prizes are listed on the SISU Racing website. There is also a call to adventure to ‘bling’ your pain cave with a splash of SISU (poster available here) and share on socials using the hashtag #sisupaincave.
Other Information
- Riders who upgrade during the first six stages will be classified in their higher grade. This is a manual process and can take up to 12 hours. Riders who upgrade in the Stage 7 iTT will not be reclassified.
- Riders must comply with Zwift’s Rules of the Road and SISU Racing’s Code of Conduct.
- Riders who podium may be contacted to provide supporting evidence (i.e. IRL Strava data).
- ZPower and riders without heart rate data can race but won’t be included in the official results.
- The Individual Time Trial will be a mass start with no draft – select your fastest TT bike!
- All riders will race wearing the in-game Limar helmet.
- All events are a mass start (all riders visible).
Questions or Comments?
Post below!
Don’t understand the Level 10+ restriction. If you want maximum participation across all stages, get rid of the Level 10+ restrictions. AdZ Stage has no restrictions, yet the Epic QKOM Fwd does. Most would agree that AdZ is more strenuous than Epic KOM Fwd. Get rid of the Level 10+ restriction.
I just removed that line. SISU sent it in the race spec, but I believe they only included it because that route (and a couple others on the tour) have level restrictions when free riding.
But in an event, there aren’t those same restrictions. So I think everyone is good to race all stages.
Just a quick question if you want to go for the Sprint / KQOM points.
For me it is unclear what method will be used:
Option 1: FAL points that are divided in each seperate race?
Option 2: FTS points that are divided in each seperate race?
Option 3: FTS that will count for all the racers in all the timeslots of that stage?
So it might be possible that I am the Fastest in my race, but still not in the top 10 and no points for me as for example in race 2 the day after, the pace is a lot higher and all the top times are for the racers there? For stage 1 there are 9 possible timeslots.
If this is option 3, it is extremely difficult to pace because you will not see your competitors.
Sprinters Classification
Points for the fastest ten riders in each grade in each sprint segment.
Points: 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2.
Mountain Goat Classification
Points on the KQOM segment for the fastest ten riders in each grade.
Points: 40, 36, 32, 28, 24, 20, 16, 12, 8, 4.
These will be awarded in every event for the first six stages (not the TT). It will be a classification with all zones included so that you can race in different zones.
Okay, thanks.
So in each race the 10 fastests B-riders will get the points? In the races on saturday the top 10 will get points, as well as the 10 fastest B-riders on sunday as well as the 10 fastest B-riders on monday. They all get the points for being the fastest in their race?
For stage 1, there are 9 races planned. So they will give 9 times the set of sprinting points.
Or will they look to the 10 fastest times in the 9 races? And just give 1 time the set of points.
And it is FTS: Fastest Through Segment?
Or FAL: First Across Line?
There are even more options:
1a) Points per race (e.g. races on Saturday lunchtime)
2a) Points per race day (e.g. all races on Saturday)
3a) Points per stage (e.g. stage 1)
1b) Points per race per class (women, men, age, …)
2b) Points per race day per class (women, men, age, …)
3b) Points per stage per class (women, men, age, …)
Which of the options will be applied?
I also have another question: If I compete in several races per stage, can I get more points?
I’d have more interest if they used vELO rankings like the DIRT, Chasing, and Ladder Series. The Zwift categories aren’t nearly as comprehensive or accurate and the range within each category is too much. So for GC sorts of series it’s too bad SISU doesn’t go with vELO.
But maybe that’s also because I’m a mid B rider, and know that I have no chance against upper B’s in a series like this.
We may use other rankings in future series. Mass starts with big groups is great as there should always be a group to ride with. Enjoy the Tour!
Agree with mass starts. Makes things interesting for sure.
But.. riding with someone in the race doesn’t always help in the GC situation, especially with the Zwift cat format. Now, you’ll top B’s sticking with A’s, leaving a normal or lower B without much hope or motivation.
But I like the team scoring system! There’s always that.
Next year do vELO haha. Or maybe by then Zwift will have finally just purchase zwiftracing.app
I dont understand the sense of mass starts. Light riders in a categorized level always have disadvantages in that sorts of races. If I read massstart, the race is not relevant for me any more (60kg B Racer). Why? Following example: My ability ca. 4.0wkg 20min for 63kg. Many of the 90kg colosses have the same ability of 4.0wkg but their ftp ist over 100Watts higher than mine. The result is Im always dropped after 10 Minutes of the Mainfield. The 90kg riders are always faster than me with the same wkg Numbers and hold the Mainfield easily because of their higher Wattnumbers. Its the same thing on hills or flats. 90kg riders with same wkg ability are always faster than me on hills. So no chance for me. If there is a categorized staggerd start I have the chance of drafting and have the ability to stay in the mainfield. Why does SISU do Massstarts? In real life i dont ride races with Pros either!
Couldn’t agree more with you. It is extremely frustrating. I am in a similar situation so the only hope is to target the Alpe stage.
I can’t seem to register? Fill in the details but then I get an error page when I click submit.
Happened to me too. Once I created an account first, then it let me register.
You’re all set Lloyd – we’re sorry about the website glitch. Enjoy the Tour!