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Notable Zwift Events for the Weekend of June 20-21

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Notable Zwift Events for the Weekend of June 20-21

This weekend’s first two notable events feature the legendary Col du Galibier. We’re also featuring a wild Tiny Race takeover with a 12-race GC, a race that grows every week, and more. See our picks below…

🤝 L’Etape Climb Portal Challenge – Col du Galibier (Valloire)

✅ XP Bonus　✅ Unlocks　✅ TdF　✅ Climbing

Zwift’s L’Etape Challenge is underway, pushing thousands of Zwifters to complete in-game replicas of iconic Tour de France climbs featured in this year’s L’Etape du Tour event. This weekend features Col du Galibier (Valloire), which regularly serves as the “roof” (highest elevation) of the Tour de France at 2,642 meters.

The Galibier in this direction is 18km long, with 1224m of elevation gain.

Bonus: finish a L’Etape Challenge weekend event to unlock the H2O Audio in-game headphones.

Events scheduled every 3 hours this weekend
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/letapechallenge

🤝 Phoenix Rising Tronathon (Banded)

✅ Climbing　 ✅ Beginner Friendly　 ✅ Banded

If you want to take on the Col du Galibier (Valloire) climb portal but find it a bit intimidating, join the Phoenix Rising crew on this banded ride. The ride is two hours long, but as long as you keep pedaling, you’ll stay with the group and keep making progress up the Galibier, which is a massive IRL climb totaling 1224 meters of elevation gain!

Sunday, June 21 @ 1:15pm UTC/9:15am ET/6:15am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5617588

🥇Tiny Races – A-Pex Velo Racing Takeover

✅ Unique　✅ 12-Race GC　✅ Popular

Our friends at A-Pex Velo Racing are huge Tiny Race fans. This week, they’re staging a Tiny takeover, choosing the routes and setting up a 12-race GC competition!

(ZwiftPower won’t let us do a 12-race competition, though – it’s capped at 10 events. So the competition will be based on your best 10 results on the day. See the leaderboard on ZwiftPower.)

Saturday, June 20 @ 3 different timeslots
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/tinyraces

🥇RollCo: Rolling Tide – 20K

✅ Unique Event　

This unique race gets 1km longer every week, from 1km to 52km! This weekend, they’re at 20km, so I thought it was worth highlighting once more.

Learn all about the Rolling Ride Race Series >

This weekend’s races are on Watopia’s Volcano Climb route, which means the race basically ends at the bottom of the Volcano descent. Wheeeee!!!

Three timeslots on Saturday, June 20
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/rollingtide

🤝 Cycle Nation Banded Badass Badge Bonanza

✅ Banded 　✅ Route Badge

This weekly ride uses longer routes and Zwift’s rubberbanding feature to help riders grab tough route badges with the help of some friends.

France’s Tire-Bouchon route (63.9km, 587m) is on tap, the third-longest route in France.

Saturday, June 20 @ 3pm UTC/11am ET/8am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5616861

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!

Tiny Race Series – June 20 Routes – A-Pex Velo Racing Takeover

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Tiny Race Series – June 20 Routes – A-Pex Velo Racing Takeover

Tiny Race Series – June 20 Routes – A-Pex Velo Racing Takeover

See zwiftinsider.com/tiny for current Tiny Race details.

Conquer France with SISU Tour 2026 Beginning July 4

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Conquer France with SISU Tour 2026 Beginning July 4

Conquer France with SISU Tour 2026 Beginning July 4

The SISU Tour is SISU’s largest annual race event, and it’s returning in July for its fifth edition. This 7-stage race series runs alongside the three weeks of the Men’s Tour de France, covering 2,495 meters of total elevation across 222km of Zwift France.

This year features some SISU Tour firsts: the first Tour with two individual time trials, and the first time featuring the ultimate test — the Queen Stage ascends the legendary Alpe du Zwift!

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. Riders must list their team on their Zwiftpower profile prior to the first stage. Full results and standings will be available at sisu.racing/tour.

Stage Schedule and Routes

Each stage is available in 10 or more timeslots, so you can find a race that works with your schedule.

  • Stage 1: Saturday, July 4-5 (iTT)
  • Stage 2: Tuesday, July 7-8
  • Stage 3: Saturday, July 11-12
  • Stage 4: Tuesday, July 14-15
  • Stage 5: Saturday, July 18-19
  • Stage 6: Tuesday, July 21-22 (iTT)
  • Stage 7: Saturday, July 25-26

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. Riders who race between stages and are deemed, by the Tour Director, to be gamifying their Zwift Race Score will be upgraded.
  • 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 races (Stage 1 and 6), and the draft will be disabled. The individual sprint segments of the iTT stages 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].

Post below!

Refurbished Zwift Ride Now On Sale

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Refurbished Zwift Ride Now On Sale

Refurbished Zwift Ride Now On Sale

Today, Zwift quietly launched a very limited-quantity sale on refurbished Zwift Ride setups shipping with new, unused Wahoo KICKR CORE v1 trainers. Zwift says:

  • These blemishes do not affect the functionality, durability, or safety of the product in any way.
  • Zwift Ride Smart Frame is refurbished.
  • Wahoo KICKR CORE V1 is new and unused.
  • Comes with our full length standard warranty. Please review our warranty and return policy here.

Price and Availability

Price on these refurbished units has been reduced by approximately 15%, down to $1,099.99 / €999.99 / £899.99 (reduced from $1299.99/1199,99€/£1099.99) + shipping.

The frames are currently available in all three Zwift markets (US, UK, EU), but Zwift tells me quantities are very limited. Once they’re gone, they’re gone!

Buy Now

Direct Link for US Orders
Direct Link for UK Orders
Direct Link for EU Orders

Note: if you purchase the frame via the links above, Zwift Insider will be paid an affiliate commission by Zwift to help support this site. Thanks!

KICKR CORE v1 Note

It’s worth mentioning that these discounted Zwift Rides ship with the older version of the Wahoo KICKR CORE trainer. The CORE v1 has a great reputation as a reliable trainer, but it was effectively replaced by the v2 in September 2025. While key features like accuracy, max power, and max incline remain the same between the two versions, here are three key upgraded features on the KICKR CORE v2 that you won’t get with the v1:

  • WiFi connectivity for fast, reliable connections and automatic firmware updates
  • Race mode for near instantaneous response
  • Bluetooth bridging of heart rate and other sensors to consolidate connections
Zwift Ride with CORE v1
Zwift Ride with CORE v2

Questions or comments?

Share below!

Woman Racer Spotlight: Jessica Strange

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Woman Racer Spotlight: Jessica Strange

Woman Racer Spotlight: Jessica Strange

Name: Jessica Strange

Hometown: South Wales, UK

How did you get into cycling? In 2014, a friend took me mountain biking once and I was hooked.

How long have you been racing on Zwift? 9 months.

Are you part of a Virtual team? Nope. Not that I know of.

What do you love most about racing? Having absolutely no idea how it’s all going to pan out.

What is your favourite style of race (e.g. points, scratch, iTT, TTT, Chase, duathlon)? I honestly don’t know what any of those are!

What is your favourite Zwift women’s race series? Honestly, I did some of the Zwift Games women’s races, but barely any other women showed up. So, I guess I have no real experience to answer this one.

What is your most memorable racing experience, inside or outside or BOTH? Winning Stage 5 of Zwift Games, finishing on The Grade with a max HR of 199bpm, giving it my ALL and somehow managing to fend off the guy chasing me all the way up.

What is your favourite food to eat post race? Milk.

What advice would you give to a woman entering her first Zwift race? Don’t even think about it. Just get on, give it a go, learn from it and have loads of fun. No one cares where you finish btw.

Any upcoming race you are looking forward to? IRL … TDFF avec Zwift.

Where can people follow your racing adventures?
Mostly on YouTube >> https://www.youtube.com/@Jessicastrange

VO2sday Micro Races, Week 7: Beta Race Results from Leadout Esports

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VO2sday Micro Races, Week 7: Beta Race Results from Leadout Esports

VO2sday Micro Races, Week 7: Beta Race Results from Leadout Esports

“Welcome to my favorite and least favorite time of the week…”

That’s how Titanium Ben starts off his latest VO2sday race video (below), and I think that sums up how most riders feel about these races. They’re so hard, but also so rewarding. (I also included a video from Bike Bonk Biff, where you can watch him experience VO2sday for the first time and regret his choice repeatedly.)

This week, I’m excited to announce the launch of beta race results hosted by Leadout Esports. But we need your help! More on this below…

Sign Up for Race Results from Leadout!

Leadout Esports, created by OG Zwifter Nathan Guerra and his team, is a platform that enables high-level esports competition on Zwift and other platforms. They’ve mostly hosted individual elite races thus far, but I’ve been working with them to build out a results engine for VO2sday since ZwiftPower can’t handle results for time-based races.

VO2sday races are 4 minutes long, and the goal is to get as far in each race as possible. The overall winner across the 5 races is whoever travels the furthest. These are the results Leadout enables – a ranking based on your total distance across all 5 events. You can also click to filter results by category or gender, and drill down into individual race results. Amazing!

We’ve got the beta results pages set up, and they look so good:

Tomorrow’s races will be our first live beta of race results with Leadout. But we need your help! Because of how Zwift’s API and privacy work, you must create a Leadout account and link it to your Zwift account. This will allow your details to appear in the Leadout results… otherwise, you’ll just show up as “Unregistered User” in the results.

Creating an account is free and easy – just click “Log In” on their site, then click to create an account. Sign up now >

See June 16 race results at leadoutesports.com/vo2sday/7 >

Disclaimer: results are still in beta, so there may be some issues that pop up this week.

June 16 Race Details and Signup

We’re back in France this week – here are this week’s courses:

Races are held at three different times each Tuesday:

  • Zone 1: 11am UTC/7am UT/4am PT
  • Zone 2: 5pm UTC/1pm ET/10am PT
  • Zone 3: 11pm UTC/7pm ET/4pm PT

Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/vo2sday >

VO2sday Distinctives

VO2sday Micro Races are unlike any other Zwift race you’ve experienced. Here’s a complete list of what makes them special:

  • 5 back-to-back races in less than an hour – that’s 5 hard VO2 max intervals.
  • Time-based: While the vast majority of Zwift races are distance-based (eg, race one lap of a particular route), VO2sday races are time-based. Currently, each race is 4 minutes long. The goal? Ride further than your competitors by holding the highest power you can muster across all 5 events.
    • Important note: Because these are time-based races, ZwiftPower will not display results properly. The individual race results you see on the finishing screen in game, in the Companion app, and at zwift.com are accurate. For overall results combinging the 5 events, see Leadout (more info above).
  • 5 races in less than an hour – that’s 5 hard VO2 max intervals.
  • Compound Score Categories: Race categories are based on Zwift’s Compound Score, which factors in your 5-minute power and body weight. Compound Score categories for these events are set to:
    • A: 1600+
    • B: 1200-1600
    • C: 900-1200
    • D: 900 and below
  • Mix of courses: Each week’s race courses feature a mix of flat, climb, rolling, and even downhill parcours. Riders with lots of pure watts have the advantage in some races, while riders with strong w/kg have the advantage in others.
  • Mass start: While riders are broken into categories for results, these are mass-start events with all categories starting together, so everyone has riders ahead to chase. (Again, the goal is to push as hard as you can for the duration of the race, not to sit in the pack and conserve so you can sprint to victory in the last 15 seconds!)
  • Drafting is disabled, so these are effectively time trials. (Yes, you’ll want a fast TT setup.) Hopefully this forces you out of the “sit in then sprint” mindset, and into “hold steady high power for the duration” mode.

Questions or comments?

I’d love to hear your feedback after you’ve completed the latest set of VO2sday races. Share it below, along with any questions or comments you’ve got beforehand!

All About the New Zwift Recumbent Trike

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All About the New Zwift Recumbent Trike

All About the New Zwift Recumbent Trike

A recent Zwift update added the Zwift Recumbent Trike to everyone’s garage:

Here’s how it’s described in the Drop Shop:

“Engineered from real-world data and validated by World Ultra Cycling Association (WUCA), this recumbent trike combines low-drag efficiency with exceptional stability. Its aerodynamic position lets you hold speed with less effort, offering a fast, controlled ride from a whole new perspective.”

See our master list of all frames in Zwift >

It’s rated 4 stars for aero and 1 star for weight, like Zwift’s other recumbent (the Handcycle). But how does it actually perform? Since Zwift’s 4-star system isn’t the most granular of performance measurements, we ran the Recumbent Trike through our precise tests to measure performance at nerd-level detail. Let’s dive in!

Note: test results below are from a 75kg, 183cm rider holding 300W steady on the un-upgraded version of the Trike, unless otherwise noted.

Aero (Flat/Rolling) Performance

The Recumbent Trike is slower than the Handcycle in our flat tests, losing approximately 37 seconds to it over an hour of riding.

To compare the Recumbent Trike to in-game bicycles, we have to decide what bike setup we’re comparing, since the Recumbent uses just one set of wheels. If you pick a typical racing setup like the Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL8 with DT Swiss 65 wheels, we can see that the Recumbent Trike loses around 12 seconds in an hour of riding.

Climb Performance

The Recumbent Trike is lighter than the Handcycle, and beats it handily in our climb tests, gaining around 65 seconds across an hour of riding.

While the Recumbent sort of held its own vs standard bikes in our flat tests, that is definitely not the case on climbs. Compared to that same Tarmac SL8 + DT Swiss 65 setup we referenced above, the Recumbent loses a lot of time, in the neighborhood of 410 seconds in an hour!

Upgrading Your Zwift Recumbent Trike

Like all frames in Zwift, the Recumbent Trike can be upgraded in five stages. It uses the Distance, Mid-Range upgrading scheme, giving it the following characteristics:

Performance At Each Upgrade Stage

This chart shows how many seconds this frame will save across 1 hour of riding compared to our stage 0 baseline frames (Zwift Carbon or TT). This is based on a 75kg rider, 183cm tall, at 300 watts, riding on tarmac.

Upgrade Stages (Distance, Mid-Range)

Stage12345Totals
km1602002402803201,200
Cost50k100k150k200k250k750k
UpgradeAeroWeightDrivetrainAero5% Drops
  1. 160km: Aero Upgrade for 50k Drops
  2. 200km: Weight Upgrade for 100k Drops
  3. 240km: Drivetrain Upgrade for 150k Drops
  4. 280km: Aero Upgrade for 200k Drops
  5. 320km: 5% Drops Earning Upgrade for 250k Drops

Drafting Details

The Recumbent, like the Handcycle, differs from other Zwift bikes in how it drafts and gives a draft to others. Specifically:

  • An upright bike cannot draft a recumbent
  • A recumbent can draft another recumbent
  • A recumbent will get half the drafting effect when drafting an upright bike

Additionally, Zwift calculates rider CdA on the Recumbent Trike just like they calculate it for the Handcycle, which is the same way they calculate it for a standard bike. So your rider CdA is based on your height and weight, and doesn’t change based on the bike you’re on or the position of your avatar.

You can read more (and see our Handcycle test results) here, and I’ll use the rest of this paragraph to lodge a formal plea for Zwift to begin calculating “real-time rider CdA” based on the actual avatar positions we see on screen. Imagine if rider height mattered less when in the more flat-backed TT position, compared to the upright “in the draft” road bike position? More realism and dynamic performance? Yes please!

Conclusions

The Zwift Recumbent Trike is lighter than the Handcycle, but also less aero. If you want to climb in a virtually recumbent position, this is the frame for you. But when it comes to race performance, you’ll want to ride a standard road frame due to the way recumbents interact with the draft in Zwift.

Questions or comments?

What do you think of Zwift’s Recumbent Trike? Share below…

Important note: this post contains speed test results for Zwift frames or wheels. These results may change over time, and a bike's performance relative to others may also change. We don't always revise posts when performance rankings change, but we do keep current, master versions of our speed test results which are always available. See the frame charts, wheel charts, and Tron vs Top Performers for current performance data.

Introducing the Zwift Pro Tour: Accessible, World-Class E-Racing

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Introducing the Zwift Pro Tour: Accessible, World-Class E-Racing

Introducing the Zwift Pro Tour: Accessible, World-Class E-Racing

If you’ve been following the virtual racing scene lately, you already know that the ECRO World Tour has completely changed the game. By introducing professional-tier infrastructure across a 77-race structured calendar mirroring the UCI World Tour, including custom team budgets, a live transfer market, and rigorous automated data integrity checks, ECRO has made Zwift racing feel like a true career simulation. 

Related: Read more about ECRO in this Zwift Insider post >

Just like in the real world, the World Tour can be daunting. The racing is unapologetically fierce, pitting all categories against each other in a signature mass start format with top-tier competitive squads often driving aggressive pace and tactics. It’s an excellent test of your fitness and skills, but many community members have asked about exploring other ideas and creating different opportunities for racers to test themselves against stronger competition or race at the front of the peloton. 

In real-world cycling, top-tier racing doesn’t exist in a vacuum; it relies on the UCI Pro Team level to foster talent, test ideas, and give riders a clear stepping stone. Enter the Zwift Pro Tour. Founded by long-time ECRO fanatics Adam Dawson and Jesse Bauer, the Zwift Pro Tour is a brand-new community initiative built to act as the in-spirit “Pro Continental” tier to ECRO’s World Tour. It’s designed specifically to cater to athletes looking for structured, meaningful racing that gives a different group of riders the chance to shine, while also giving experienced racers and organisers the freedom to test out wild, innovative racing concepts and tactics without the pressures of World Tour events.

The Ultimate Testing Ground

The Zwift Pro Tour’s roots are deep in the ECRO philosophy, and it’s designed to be a complementary series that encourages new racers to try World Tour racing. Founders Dawson and Bauer wanted a space where the community could experience the joy of narrative-driven, structured racing while actively experimenting with the format. Want to see how unique category constraints, new point systems, or innovative team tactics play out in a live race environment? The Zwift Pro Tour is where those ideas will be put to the test. 

Most importantly, it’s a welcoming environment. If you’ve found yourself in the challenging low-to-mid band of your racing category, a Pro Tour event just might be your opportunity to experience the thrill of chasing wins and podiums in real-world inspired one-day classics and stage races.

Race 1: The Copenhagen Sprint

To kick things off, the Zwift Pro Tour is making its grand debut by mirroring a favorite from the real-world calendar: the Copenhagen Sprint. Expect fast, tactical racing that rewards sharp positioning, smart draft management, and an explosive final kick. With an alternative category system to shuffle who’s at the top of the rankings, it’s the perfect opportunity to shake off the nerves, test your fitness, and build confidence for upcoming World Tour races.

There are two categorization schemes available, each with multiple time slots.

Zwift Pro Tour Category Racing (5 Time Slots)

Riders should enter the pen that matches their 90-day max vELO score on www.zwiftracing.app.

  • A – 1850-2350
  • B – 1450-1850
  • C – 1150-1450
  • D – 850-1150
  • E – below 850

Zwift Pro Tour Open Events (2 Time Slots)

Designed for racers who want to test themselves against the best, the Open races are also ideal for new riders looking to determine which category they should compete in.

How to Join the Peloton

Getting on the start line is simple. For now, the community is organizing directly through Zwift’s native social features. To secure your spot in the inaugural race and stay updated on the upcoming calendar, open up your Zwift Companion App, head over to the Clubs tab, and search for the Zwift Pro Tour club. 

Click to join the club: zwift.com/clubs/c178a572-94fd-4b8d-b9c3-69e08b68ee55/home

Upcoming Events

Zwift Pro Tour 

  • Sunday, June 14th: Copenhagen Sprint (Tempus Fugit; 2 laps; 37.6km)
  • Monday, August 3rd to Sunday, August 9th: Tour de Pologne (7 Stages)

ECRO World Tour

  • Wednesday, June 17th to Sunday June 21st: Chasing Suisse (5 Stages)
  • Saturday, July 4th to Sunday July 26th: Chasing Yellow (21 Stages)
  • Sunday, August 2nd: Chasing San Sebastian
  • Saturday, August 22nd to Sunday September 13th: Chasing Red (11 Stages)

Whether you’re looking to build your racing resume, help test the future of e-cycling formats, or simply find a competitive home that fits your current fitness level, the Zwift Pro Tour has a spot for you. 

To learn more about the elite ecosystem that inspired this tour, check out the world-tier features over at www.ecro.app.

Questions or comments?

Share below, and we’ll do our best to reply with answers!

Notable Zwift Events for the Weekend of June 13-14

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Notable Zwift Events for the Weekend of June 13-14

This weekend’s notable events include a virtual Tour de France climb, plus four popular community events we regularly feature. See details below…

🤝 L’Etape Climb Portal Challenge – Col du Telegraphe

✅ XP Bonus　✅ Unlocks　✅ TdF　✅ Climbing

Zwift’s L’Etape Challenge is now underway, pushing thousands of Zwifters to complete in-game replicas of iconic Tour de France climbs featured in this year’s L’Etape du Tour event.

You can ride the climbs on demand to complete the challenge and earn the XP bonuses, or you can do it with others in an event on the weekends. This weekend features Col du Telegraphe, which is 11.9km long with 855m of elevation gain.

Bonus: finish a L’Etape Challenge weekend event to unlock the H2O Audio in-game headphones.

Events scheduled every 3 hours this weekend
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/letapechallenge

🤝WOW – High Speed Ride on TT bikes with draft

✅ Fast Miles　✅ Upgrade Hack　✅ Unique Event　

Want to accumulate lots of miles quickly? Join this popular group ride, which puts everyone on the fastest TT bike in game (Cadex Tri with DT Swiss disc wheels) with drafting enabled. It’s 100km, but it’ll be a fast 100km!

Riders are on Waisted 8 (30.7km, 144m) this week, and four pace groups are offered, released so the faster groups catch the slower groups over time.

Bike upgrading hack: on rides with forced bikes, whatever bike you’re on when you join the event is the bike that accumulates the distance/elevation/time. So, for example, you could accumulate lots of distance toward a gravel bike upgrade while riding the Cadex Tri in this event.

Sunday, June 14 @ 12:45pm UTC/8:45am ET/5:45am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5611437

🤝 JETT Endurance Ride 100km 2.5~3.3w/kg

✅ Endurance Challenge　✅ Pace Options

Here’s a popular, spicy long ~100km ride with two pace options: B group at 3-3.3 W/kg, or C at 2.5-2.9 W/kg. Both groups will be on Watopia’s Watts of the Wild (42km, 309m) for 100km, and both groups have optional efforts on some of the intermediate segments if you’d like.

Choose your desired pace, listen to the ride leader, and get that endurance work done! Both categories have a leader (yellow beacon) and sweepers.

Saturday, June 13 at 8:05pm UTC/4:05pm ET/1:05pm PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5610764

🤝 The BMTR Fundo

✅ Popular Ride　✅ Legacy Leader　✅ Endurance Challenge　✅ Kit Unlock

A regularly featured event here on Zwift Insider, the BMTR Fundo consistently draws lots of joiners because it’s well led and run week after week, year after year.

This week’s ride is on Watopia’s Sugar Cookie route (33.6km, 251) and you have four distance groups to choose from, all the way up to 100 miles!

Saturday, June 13 @ 12:10pm UTC/8:10am EDT/5:10am PDT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5610650

🤝LA GRUPETTA DE ZABI

✅ Banded Ride　✅ Popular

Once again, we’re featuring a popular ride from the newish ZABI squad. It’s a 120-minute banded ride on New York’s Double Parked route, which is 42.2km long with 330m of elevation.

Saturday, June 13 @ 7am UTC/3am ET/12am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5610545

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!

Zwift Partners with Canyon and Pedal Mafia to Launch North American Junior Development Team

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Zwift Partners with Canyon and Pedal Mafia to Launch North American Junior Development Team

Zwift Partners with Canyon and Pedal Mafia to Launch North American Junior Development Team

Zwift issued a press release this morning with exciting news for North American cycling: the launch of a U19 junior development team with clear goals, long-term funding, and major brand/team backing. Read the full press release below…

Zwift, the global online fitness platform for cyclists, today announced the launch of a North American U19 junior development racing team created in partnership with bicycle brand Canyon and cycling apparel brand Pedal Mafia. The team will field both men’s and women’s squads of junior riders from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and will race in North America and Europe. The team has a clear ten-year mission: to put a North American rider on the top step of the Tour de France.

“It has been over twenty years since a North American rider stood on the top step in Paris, and we are committed to change that,” said Eric Min, Zwift CEO and Co-Founder. “North America is one of the most important cycling markets in the world, but professional road racing has all but disappeared here. Standing up a world-class team is our answer. We are investing directly in the next generation of North American talent, and are doing so alongside partners who share our belief that this sport deserves a bigger future on this continent.”

The new team arrives at a moment when North American road cycling lacks the visibility, fandom, and financial support it once enjoyed during the eras of Greg LeMond, Andrew Hampsten, and Steve Bauer, when their performances in the Tour de France lifted cycling into mainstream culture. With the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics on the horizon and women’s cycling experiencing record growth (fueled in part by Zwift’s long-running partnership with the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift), the founding partners believe the time is right to invest in the youth riders who will define the next decade of the sport.

“For us, there is no better investment in cycling than the next generation,” said Canyon founder Roman Arnold. “When Eric first brought us the idea, the answer was an easy ‘yes’ and we are proud to be the first brand to back his vision of finding North America’s next Tour de France champion. I also believe this team will teach all of us something about building community and delivering value to sponsors in the social-first era we now live in.”

Crucially, the team will be anchored by a foundation established by Eric Min. Backed by long-term financial support from Zwift and private donors, the foundation is designed to fund racing, coaching, equipment, and athlete development well beyond a typical sponsorship cycle, eliminating the year-to-year financial uncertainty that has historically constrained programs like this one.

“Junior development cannot be a two-year experiment. It has to be a generational commitment,” said Min. “That is why the long-term plan is to establish an endowment for our team. We are creating a permanent platform for North American riders, one dedicated to helping our athletes reach their full potential on and off the bike, and we plan for it to be here long after our first champion carries the Yellow Jersey into Paris.”

Founding partners include Zwift, Canyon, and Pedal Mafia, with sporting and pathway support from Alpecin–Premier Tech, Fenix–Premier Tech, and Canyon//SRAM. “Eric and his partners have set an ambitious goal, and it’s not possible to reach a goal this lofty without a clear pathway to the top,” said Philip Roodhooft, General Manager of Alpecin–Premier Tech and Fenix-Premier-Tech. “We are honored that  Alpecin–Premier Tech and Fenix-Premier Tech will bridge between this program and the WorldTour, and we believe the next North American Tour de France champion could very well come through this program.”

The team will be led by veteran cycling director Roy Knickman, a former Olympian and professional rider who rode for the iconic La Vie Claire (alongside Greg LeMond), Toshiba-Look and 7-Eleven teams with deep experience developing junior talent.

The new junior team will officially launch later in 2026, with its first full team camp in Europe planned for December ahead of the 2027 racing season.

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