This month’s Elite Pro Series event gives you the opportunity to race against 24-year-old Italian pro Marta Cavalli. Marta is in fine form after recently taking victory at Amstel Gold Race and La Flèche Wallonne Femmes, so expect a competitive event!
Her victory at Amstel Gold was very Zwift in style, attacking a group on a climb and riding away from the small group with 1.7km remaining.
Marta is no stranger to Zwift and attended the inaugural Midweek Mountain Massif event, which is sponsored by Elite, so expect some good racing.
She is currently undertaking a high-altitude training camp in the Italian Dolomites in preparation for the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, which begins 24th July.
Other riders scheduled to race include Carlos Verona, who finished 101st in the Tour de France in 2021, Chris Hamilton who races for Team DSM and just completed the Giro d’Italia, finishing 39th in the GC, and Megan Jastrab, also from Team DSM, who is currently competing in the Tour of Britain.
About the Zwift Race
The race is hosted in Makuri Island, on the Wandering Flats route, and is 25.1km long with 145m of climbing. There is just one timeslot available, at 6:30pm BST/1:30pm EST/10:30am PST.
More Race Specifics:
- All categories will start together
- This race does not use Zwift’s category enforcement tools
- HRM is required to be included in the final results on ZwiftPower
- Steering is enabled
- Riders will unlock the Elite kit in-game upon completing the event
More on Marta
If you are interested in learning more about Marta’s victory and her thoughts on cycling, I was fortunate to catch up and interview her in preparation for this event.
