A nice mix of featured events this weekend, beginning with two beginner-friendly group rides, moving on to the first races of two new series, and finishing with Sir Chris Hoy’s charity ride. See details below!
🤝 The HERD Thundering Turtles
✅ Beginner Friendly ✅ Legacy Leader
If you want a more mellow long ride, the HERD offers the perfect option for those trying to build endurance. Paul, the leader, will be holding 1-1.3 w/kg for the duration of the event.
HERD is well-known for its fun and inclusive events that take place daily – we highly recommend joining one of their rides! A great team of leaders and sweepers will be present.
Saturday, May 10 @ 1:30pm UTC/9:30am ET/6:30am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/4977110
🤝 Bikealicious Rubberband Joy Ride
✅ Banded Ride ✅ Beginner-Friendly ✅ Route Badge ✅ Endurance Challenge
The friendly Bikealicious crew is leading a “keep together” group ride on the Watopia’s “The Pretzel” route (72.6km, 1361). Grab this route badge if you haven’t done so yet, which comes with 1440 of extra XP! This is a banded ride, so as long as you keep turning those pedals over, you’ll hang with the group. Ride whatever pace you’d like!
Saturday, May 10 @ 7am UTC/3am ET/12am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/4976983
🥇 Zwift Women’s Racing Series p/b FemmeCycle Collab || Race 1
✅ Women Only ✅ Popular
Zwift’s Women’s Racing Series have always been popular, and the first series for 2025 started this week. Saturday is your last chance to race the first event, on Watopia’s Loopin Lava (32.7km, 408m).
It’s somewhat experimental, too, because for the first time ever, race groups are age-based! Learn more here >
Saturday, May 10 at 3:30pm UTC/11:30am ET/8:30am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/zwiftwomensracingseries
🥇 2025 SISU Pinkki – Stage 1
✅ Stage Race ✅ Unique Event ✅ Popular
The team at SISU Racing is holding its first Grand Tour of 2025. Held on Saturdays and Tuesdays, it’s a 7-stage tour across the three weeks of the Men’s Giro d’Italia. And it all starts on Saturday, with a lap of Watopia’s The Big Ring (51.2km, 275m).
This is a mass-start event using Zwift Racing Score with separate results for Men and Women. Learn more here >
Saturday in several timeslots
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/sisu
🤝 Sir Chris Hoy’s | Tour de 4
✅ Good Cause ✅ Popular ✅ Special Guests ✅ Kit Unlock
Once again, one of the most popular rides this weekend is the open-paced Tour de 4 ride with Sir Chris Hoy (11x world champion and 6x Olympic champion). Tour de 4 is an initiative to change the perception of people living with stage 4 cancer and to raise vital funds for cancer charities across the UK.
Read all about Tour de 4 series >
Rides are 45 minutes long and held weekly on Saturdays. This week’s ride is on the Neokyo All-Nighter route.
Saturday, May 10 @ 9am UTC/5am ET/2am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/4818030
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!
