The SISU Tour is SISU’s largest annual race event, and it’s returning in July for its fourth edition. This 7-stage race series runs alongside the three weeks of the Men’s Tour de France, covering 2,375 meters of total elevation across 175km of Zwift France.
Individual and Team Classifications
Three prestigious classifications are up for grabs:
- Mountain Goat: Conquer the climbs and prove your prowess on all KQOM segments to wear the coveted polka dots. The winner will be determined by the cumulative fastest time (FTS) across all mountain segments.
- Sprinter Classification: Got a need for speed? Dominate the flat roads and be the first across the line on all sprint segments to claim the green jersey, based on the cumulative FTS.
- General Classification: The ultimate prize. The rider with the lowest cumulative time across all seven stages will be crowned the overall champion of the SISU Tour.
Race for individual glory or team up to take on the Team GC, where the fastest three riders from each team, in each grade, will have their times combined for each stage. Full results and standings will be available at sisu.racing/tour.
Stage Schedule and Routes
Each stage is available in 15 different timeslots, so you can find a race that works with your schedule.
- Stage 1: Saturday, July 5
- Route: Bon Voyage
- 1 Lap, 31.4km 155m
- Stage 2: Tuesday, July 8
- Route: Croissant (iTT)
- 1 Lap, 12.5km, 73m
- Stage 3: Saturday, July 12
- Route: Knights of the Roundabout
- 1 Lap, 54.4km, 359m
- Stage 4: Tuesday, July 15
- Route: Hell of the North
- 1 Lap, 20.2km, 241m
- Stage 5: Saturday, July 19
- Route: Ven-10
- 1 Lap, 11.4km, 817m
- Stage 6: Tuesday, July 22
- Route: Petite Douleur
- 2 Laps, 38.7km, 581m
- Stage 7: Saturday, July 26
- Route: Champs-Elysees
- 5 Laps, 36.3km, 210m
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/sisutour
Other Information
- Events are categorized using Zwift’s Racing Score with separate results for Men and Women.
- Riders who upgrade their category during the first six stages will be reclassified in their higher grade.
- All events are mass start, with all riders visible on the course.
- For the Team GC, riders must have their team listed on their ZwiftPower profile before Stage 1.
- Bike upgrades are enabled – choose your fastest machine!
- TT bikes are mandatory for the iTT (Stage 2), and the draft will be disabled. The three individual sprint segments of the iTT Stage are not in play for the Sprinter Classification.
- ZPower riders and those without heart rate data will be excluded from the results.
- A rider’s best time will count if they race the same stage in multiple time zones.
- A ZwiftPower profile is required to be included in the GC (learn how to sign up).
Questions or Comments?
Join the conversation on the SISU Racing Discord and connect with fellow riders in the SISU Racing Club in the Companion App.
For more information, FAQs, and full results, visit sisu.racing/tour. Any questions can be sent to the Tour Director at [email protected].
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Always enjoyed the SISU events, twice a week makes things far more manageable for the majority of us too, thanks for flagging up👍
Mass start = As have bunch, Bs to Ds are alone. Dont understand why not doing staggered starts, so other Cats than As are in a bunch! More race feeling for the others!
Man I love mass starts. Hang on as long as you can. You get dropped and then form groups more organically. Then try and sweep up as many in front of you as you can. If you’ve held on to the front group for too long you might blow up completely and then struggle once the group behind sweeps you up.
If this has anything like the attendance of SISU’s Giro Tour, the Pinkki, which had over 100 riders in each stage, then the Ds will have one (or two!) groups to race with. I loved the mass starts in the Pinkki as a bottom-category D. You could see which Ds were ready to race with the Cs, and try to catch one or two C riders on a final climb.
Do we think the ‘Hell of the North’ information that SISU provided is accurate? Their promotion material notes 13km with 480m of climbing, though Zwift confirms 19.8 km with 241m of climbing.
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Do you get anything for completing the tour, like a virtual Sisu jersey?
Do you need to join the day of the event or can you join in advance?
thanks !
Is there any make up if we miss one the race?