With the Tour de France beginning this weekend, I am calling out all events that tie in with the main event on pro cycling’s annual calendar!
SISU Racing Tour Men’s/Mixed – Stage 1
This looks a fun event to take part in! SISU Racing’s 2022 Men’s/Mixed Tour replicates some of the classic 2022 TDF stages in Zwifty fashion. This first stage (on Friday) is an Individual time trial (no drafting) on the Beach Island Loop in Watopia.
The second stage (on Saturday) is a scratch race on 2 laps of Ocean Lava Cliffside Loop.
I think this will be a highly competitive series and with limited climbing, one for those who can output big watts!
Multiple dates and timeslots
See Tour details on Zwift Insider
Watch the Femmes – Prologue Podcast Ride
Following the completion of the Tour de France at the end of July, the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift will commence.
Join this 50-minute timed ride in France, listen to an informative podcast while you spin with friends, and unlock the Watch the Femmes cap and socks. Sign up for the Watch the Femmes Mission in game and ride 8 WtF events to unlock the Watch the Femmes kit!
Multiple dates and timeslots
See a list of upcoming events at zwift.com/watch-the-femmes-mission
CYCLO FRANCE TOUR 2022 by Frenchy Fuzion & TEAM ARRODA ÉTAPE 9
The event description is written in French, however I have been able to translate with the aid of technology, and it says “In the spirit of a Cyclo-sportive ride of 9 stages, come and ride on all the French maps (Paris, France, the Alps…) with Team ARRODA and Frenchy Fuzion. Depart all together.”
The event is on the “Chasing the Sun” route in Makuri Islands and totals 35.1km
Sunday July 3 @ 6pm BST/1pm EDT/10am PDT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/3049564
LEQP Provence Badge Hunter Series
L’Equipe Provence’s badge hunter rides are some of the best in the game, and this weekend they’re riding on France’s long Petit Boucle route (61.8km) as a nod to the start of the TdF, also known as “La Grande Boucle” (The Great Loop).
This ride uses doubledraft mode to help riders stay together, and includes a LEQP jersey unlock for finishers!
Sunday July 3 @ 7:30am BST/2:30am EDT, Saturday July 2 @ 11:30pm PDT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/3049406
Your Thoughts
Got other events that stand out this weekend? Share below in the comments!
Re the Cycle France Tour it says “come and ride on all the French maps (Paris, France, the Alps…)”….
But then you state immediately after “The event is on the Chasing the Sun route in Makuri Islands”……
Like I said, it was in French and I translated it, something might have got lost in translation…. I can’t remember how many routes there are in France but maybe this was like this year’s Tour that started in Copenhagen, which wasn’t France…..