There are lots of popular, long, or otherwise unique events happening this weekend as Rapha’s Festive 500 gets underway and riders are indoor in earnest. So many events, in fact, that I had to choose 10 instead of my regular 5! See them all below…
🤝 Rapha Festive 500
✅ Popular ✅ Festive 500! ✅ Unique
Zwift has organized a set of RoboPacer-led rides throughout the Festive 500. Rides alternate between “long” 50km rides on Triple Flat Loops at the top of each hour and “short” 25km rides on Watopia’s Waistband at the half hour.
Read all about the Festive 500 on Zwift >
Events every 30 minutes throughout the weekend
Sign up at zwift.com/events/series/rapha-festive-500-zwift
🥇Fun Ton and Serious Century
✅ Endurance Challenge ✅ Unique Event ✅ Crazy TT
Cycling Time Trials – the national governing body for time trials in England, Scotland, and Wales – is holding a slightly crazy special event this weekend, in two different timeslots.
Your experience will vary significantly depending on the category you join, so choose carefully:
- Category A is a drafting-enabled ride with powerups enabled
- Category B has drafting disabled and no powerups
Both categories allow riders to choose any bike, including a TT bike. (So I’d recommend choosing a TT bike!) Late starts are allowed for up to 30 minutes.
All riders will be on the France Classic Fondo route for 100 miles.
Saturday, December 13 @ 8pm UTC/3am ET/12am PT and 3pm UTC/10am ET/7am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/cyclingtimetrials
🤝 zFondo Series on France Classic Fondo
✅ Bonus XP ✅ Popular ✅ Endurance Challenge ✅ Jersey Unlock
Held on the France Classic Fondo route, this is the longest of this year’s zFondos, clocking in at 146.3km with 1099m of elevation.
Read all about the Zwift Fondo Series >
Multiple timeslots this weekend
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/zfondos
🥇The TFC Epic Christmas Race 2025
✅ Endurance Challenge ✅ Popular
Back for another year, it’s “the toughest and longest Zwift race of the year”, TFC’s epic Christmas race on Watopia’s The Uber Pretzel! At 128.8km with 2381 of elevation, this route is a tough one… especially the finish up Alpe du Zwift!
Sunday, December 28 @ 1pm UTC/8am ET/5am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5233942
🥇GTR 12 Races of Christmas
✅ Unique Event ✅ Popular
GTR’s 12 Races of Christmas series begins today (Friday), but your overall series ranking is based on your best 9 finishes, so you can still join!
Read all about this race series >
This weekend’s races are Saturday’s “Two Turtle Doves” (Watopia, Two Bridges Loop) and Sunday’s “Three French Hens” (France, Roule Ma Poule).
Three timeslots each day
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/gtr12days/
🤝FAAST CREW FESTIVE 500
✅ 500km! ✅ Endurance Challenge
There are always a few teams crazy enough to plan full 500km events during the Festive 500, but this weekend I only see one. It’s an open-paced ride on Tempus Fugit with the FAAST crew, and the sparse event notes says, “Bring your big boy pants!”
Stay for the full ride, or just see how long you can go. This will be a challenge no matter how you slice it!
Sunday, December 28 @ 7am UTC/2am ET/Saturday 11pm PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5267681
🤝Global vEveresting Day
✅ vEveresting ✅ Endurance Challenge
Sunday has been declared Global vEveresting Days, and The Torturefest Club, in collaboration with Everesting.com, are holding a series of virtual Everesting events on Zwift on December 29, 2025.
Read all about Global vEveresting Day >
This isn’t the kind of event you just hop into without any planning, so click the link above for details beforehand. And good luck!
Multiple events on Sunday, December 28
Learn more at zwiftinsider.com/global-veveresting-day-2025/
🤝Galaxy Cycling Club -– Fundraiser Ride for Simon Richardson MBE
✅ Banded ✅ Good Cause
Join the Galaxy squad for a social banded ride and fundraiser to raise £2500 towards a specialist, lightweight wheelchair for Paralympian Simon Richardson MBE.
Simon is a valued member of club, offering helpful advice and inspiration to many. Read his story here.
The ride is on Makuri Islands’ Tropic Rush (42.9km, 333m).
Saturday, December 27 @ 2pm UTC/9am ET/6am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5222068
🤝Cheesecake for Breakfast
✅ Live Zoom Call ✅ Endurance Challenge
The Cheesecake Crew is holding a 161km ride with two pace options on the France Classic Fondo route this Sunday. To help pass the time and make the ride unique, they hold a live Zoom call during the event (details in event description).
Sunday, December 28 @ 6:05pm UTC/1:05pm ET/10:05am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5301120
🤝Trainingsmaatje Crazy Year End Event
✅ Unique Event ✅ Endurance Challenge
One last crazy event to finish off our weekend list. How about 100+ laps of Downtown Dolphin? This is a 200km group ride with open pacing, and since the laps are so short, you’ll always be able to find a wheel to draft, or push hard to bridge up to someone new!
Sunday, December 28 @ 6:05pm UTC/1:05pm ET/10:05am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5245473
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!
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