The Zwift events team is being kept busy around the clock as pro teams, cycling federations, and local cycling clubs scramble to keep their members motivated and active during these challenging times.
Two big announcements were recently made by two of the world’s top cycling federations: British Cycling (BC) and USA Cycling (USAC). Here are the details…
British Cycling Race Series
The British Cycling Race Series launched March 19th and currently shows road races, time trials, and group workouts on the schedule. Group rides are coming soon, according to BC’s press release:
Those wanting to pit their form against the best of British won’t have long to wait as group rides led by the Great Britain Cycling Team, including with women’s academy squad Team Breeze, are set to be introduced.
Great Britain Cycling Team women’s endurance academy coach, Emma Trott, said: “We’re in an entirely unique situation that means there’ll be no racing for a while, but it’s important that we try to find some sense of normality in all this. For us, that’s training and staying connected not just with each other, but the cycling community. Moving things online is a really fun way of keeping that connection and we’re all looking forward to people joining us over the next few weeks.”
Visit zwift.com/events/tag/britishcyclingrace to see the current schedule of races, and zwift.com/events/tag/britishcyclingworkout/ for the schedule of group workouts.
USA Cycling Events
USAC has collaborated with three well-established Zwift teams to put the federation’s weight behind popular existing events. Team ODZ, Team DIRT, and Indoor Specialist all host a variety of weekly events, some of which have been renamed as USA Cycling events.
Events include races and group rides. Visit zwift.com/events/tag/usacycling to see the current schedule of USAC events.
More to Come
BC and USAC are just two of the many federations who are setting up events on Zwift. Stay in touch with your country’s federation if you are interested in taking part!
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Are these events also on ZwiftHacks?
Yes, ZwiftHacks shows all events in Zwift.
Sounds like fun
Hi
the swedish cycling federation has actually already
had a national swe cup. It was a huge success with over 700 riders in each race (a total series of 5 races) everything was broadcasted and commentated on FB an YouTube and had about 7000 viewers on every race. You can find more here:https://scf.se/landsvag/slutresultat-i-scf-swe-cup-e-cycling-pa-zwift/
Super cool!
Had just read about Ireland as well.
http://www.cyclingireland.ie/cycling-news-item/cycling-ireland-launches-series-of-eracing-events-and-workouts/27490?fbclid=IwAR36WS8CmuLurkRfa-w0KSYa4nfeSTgiCMI_Euh-qxpsv2p_ArFLWIMUnic
Had just read about ireland as well.
http://www.cyclingireland.ie/cycling-news-item/cycling-ireland-launches-series-of-eracing-events-and-workouts/27490?fbclid=IwAR36WS8CmuLurkRfa-w0KSYa4nfeSTgiCMI_Euh-qxpsv2p_ArFLWIMUnic
One of the attractions to Zwift for me is/was the international flair. I can ride/race against people from all over the world and interact with them in any event.
So let’s label all the established DIRT events as “USA Cycling” because we need to brand them all as US events.
Was this actually announced on the same day as USA Cycling lay-offs? Sanctioning for high end events or membership requirements for all riders/racers? Maybe there is a mandatory insurance policy in there?
It could be a good thing, but I’m not seeing it yet.
The Norwegian Cycling Federation (NCF) has also just launched a new series of events, the first race was Tuesday this week and had participants such as the pro rider Amund Grøndahl Jansen.
More information here: https://www.sykling.no/article/ncf-zwift-cup
Races are Tuesday every week and the upcoming ones can be seen here: https://zwift.com/events/tag/ncfcup