Today Zwift HQ launched the “Canyon Ultimate Pretzel Mission”–a chance for all Zwifters to win a real life Canyon Ultimate CF SLX 8.0 bike!
To join, just start up Zwift and click the appropriate button at the top-left:
You’ll need to agree the legal stuff, but then the real work begins–you have to ride the entire Pretzel route (72.2km, 1333m of climbing) to be entered into the drawing. You must complete your ride on or before 23:59 (UTC) on June 26th (the original deadline was June 21st but this has been extended).
Important: unlike the California, Everest, or Italy challenges, you can’t complete just part of the ride then come back. Perhaps that’s why Zwift HQ is calling this a “mission.” You must complete the Pretzel in one session to be entered. If you sign out then back in, you’ll need to join the mission again and start from zero!
Once you complete the route you will get another popup on your screen:
Good luck to all who enter!
I don’t suppose you know if you have to do the manual u-turn at the top of reverse summit ? that’s what stopped me doing a full proper Pretzel last time I tried to ride it
no u-turn required – I did it today
Quick question, my wife and i have each done the pretzel a few times and each time the distance has been circa 66km. Why is the official distance 72km? I imagine we must be making a wrong turn at the end when we head for the finish barrier?
The Pretzel (and other) routes were reworked when Zwift released an update back in the first few days of May. Probably the 66km figure was from the old route, because I believe that was the old distance.
Greetings!
Really serious question here. Really want to enter this little contest. I’ve ridden the Pretzel twice in the last week. However, on the second loop back up the mountain it does NOT take you back up to the tower. It stays straight. Now, I saw an earlier post about nuking the .prefs in Mac and then resetting all your preferences “fixing” this. It didn’t. Still, on the second time up the mountain (from the other side) I had to manually turn right, which I assume will mess up the challenge. What’s more, each time I’ve done it, it has had a LOT more climbing and been MILES farther than advertised. So…what gives?
Hi James,
It’s not supposed to take you up to the tower on the 2nd loop–only the first. See route details here http://zwiftinsider.com/the-pretzel/
Tried the challenge today but ride took me up first KOM twice…was taking me up to tower again, where I did a u turn and headed down…:(
Didn’t know if I could manually change so decided to just ride anyway. I did click on the challenge at the beginning.
I was hoping we would get in game Canyon Ultimate for doing the challenge
I just did the Canyon challenge this evening and I had to ride 110km with 2,100m of climbing to unlock. Way off what was advertised.
Your complaining about getting my riding 😀 You must have gone off route or something as I only did 72km and under 2100m
Is there any way to see the list of people who completed the challange?
Not that I know of–only Zwift HQ has that info!
I just road the Challenge, I made no manual turns, I just followed the route, 72.6km later I was entered into the challenge
@Eljefe — me too. Really simple. Just click the “Enter Challenge” button, and then ride for like 2.5 hrs. Hard. Really fun though!
I rode the course without manual turns today, and all went fine. Tough course, but, agreed–fun! Longest Zwift ride for me yet. Cool challenge.
After few minutes my guy stops… 🙁 pedals and stop continuously without any reason…
I usa a Mac but befor I have never found this problem… any suggestion…?
Submit a support ticket to Zwift.
is there a way to confirm that your ride was counted? i rode it today, and got the pop up screen, but i can’t see anywhere in my profile that i’ve completed the challenge.
Does the button still show up to join the mission when you start up Zwift? I would think it would go away once you complete it, but perhaps not. I haven’t completed it yet so I’m not sure!
Does the button still show up to join the mission when you start up Zwift? I would think it would go away once you complete it, but perhaps not. I haven’t completed it yet so I’m not sure!
I just completed the Pretzel but did not see any button, terms or conditions, or notice I had completed it.
What now, do I have to do it again?
I’ve done the mission, but missed to click on the OK button at the end, before it timed out. (I think, it should then auto-select OK, but not sure). Am I in or have I done the full Pretzel just for the fun of it – and have to do it again? (More or less goes along with the previous question: can we see, if our rides are counted?)
Same issue for me. The icon was in the top-left but has disappeared since I logged-on on Sunday.
I would open a support ticket. Unless you completed the mission, then that might explain why the icon went away?
Would love to have a go at this but quite honestly a ride up one side of the mountain is usually enough for me. I will have a go but can’t see me finishing it. Worse luck!
But how do Zwift know that all the rides which have qualified are “honest” rides? If I weight-doped, as it is quite obvious a lot of people do, I’m sure I could complete it without problem……
Do you get to keep the Canyon Ultimate CF in game? and do you have to complete the full ride to keep it?
No in-game bike given at this time. You just get entered into a drawing for the real bike.
I hunkered down and finished it last night, I like how they take away the turn choices and show you the completion bar so you know you’re still on the right track, great challenge – https://www.strava.com/activities/611020948
I don’t see the Canyon Box on the top left – just the normal box
Do i just join the pretzel route and ride?
I doubt it. Are you sure you’ve updated Zwift? Current game version is 1.0.12193.
If you have, and you don’t see the box I would contact Zwift support.
2.5h on the bike is too much for me because after 1h I get saddle sore.
Is it possible to do 1h and then stop pedaling and walk for a little bit and come back to do que rest?
Without exiting que game of.
Yes, if you keep the game running you can hop off, take a break then get back on.
Tried the challenge last night clicked to enter and takes away route choices but after 75k it was still showing only 2/3 completed and was sending me back up the mountain for a third time bit disappointed after 3 hour ride not to have completed it and going to miss out on the draw now fun ride though and my longest yet
I completed it earlier today. Out of curiosity I logged back in to see if the challenge still shows up. I does not for me. So I assume that is confirmation that I am indeed entered. I really enjoy your blog. Thanks for doing it.
Does it give you any indication of when and how to increase resistance to simulate climbing? Not on the blog much so would welcome an email to info@cohie
I’m not sure what you’re asking exactly, but if you want the climbs to feel harder on your smart trainer, adjust the “Trainer Difficulty” setting–see http://zwiftinsider.com/using-the-trainer-difficulty-setting-in-zwift/
When Can we know the winner? Thank you, zwift is an excellent game
Hey guys
Did i miss the winners announcement? Have not seen anything as of yet?
The winner was announced today! Learn more here: http://zwiftinsider.com/canyon-winner-announced/