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    NewsEvents

    Notable Zwift Events for the Weekend of January 21-22

    Oli Chi
    By Oli Chi
    January 20, 2023
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    This week’s notable events include a nice mix of custom finish races, endurance rides, and structured workouts.


    🥇Crit City Smash p/b Speed Hound

    With the removal of the popular Crit City events, more and more event organizers have been changing their events to variations of Crit City races. The Crit City Smash p/b Speed Hound is very similar to a traditional Crit City race, but with a few twists. Every other week, the finish takes place on the Downtown Dolphin Prime segment. Riders will also receive an Aero Boost at every lap banner, as opposed to the traditional mix of power-ups. The goal of this is to encourage riders to use the Aero Boost more strategically. 

    The race takes place over ~9.5 laps of Crit City’s Downtown Dolphin course, as it finishes at the top of the Prime segment. The race will likely take 25-30 minutes depending on the category.

    Special settings: category enforcement, power meter required

    Sunday, Jan 22 @ 5pm UTC/12pm EST/9am PST
    Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/3438722


    🤝 Vatternrundan Group Ride Series

    The Vatternrundan Zwift series is back! This time, the team at Swedish Zwift Riders will be leading the rides over the course of the next few months. The Vatternrundan is an event that happens annually outdoors in June. It claims to be the world’s largest recreational bike challenge, with a distance of over 300km! The goal of this series is to help riders prepare for this event with a series of longer group rides. Currently, the ride has over 150 riders signed up!

    Since this ride is trying to help riders improve their endurance, the ride will be 90 minutes long on the Douce France course. Riders will likely complete over 2 laps of this course.

    Special settings: jersey unlock, fenced

    Sunday, Jan 22 @ 8am UTC
    Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/3301083


    🥇 STAGE 4: FLAT IS FAST—London Classique

    Finding it hard to get into a competitive race on Sunday afternoons? It’s always a good feeling to be the first to complete something. Every Sunday afternoon, the first event of the monthly ZRacing series happens. For those in Northern America, this is the perfect opportunity to get a nice and competitive race in before the end of the week. The upcoming race features three power-ups—the feather, burrito, and ghost. Use them wisely!

    This week, riders will be racing over 2 laps of the London Classique course. The race will likely be pretty short, lasting 20-25 minutes depending on the category riders choose to race in. Typically, the fastest time is set on either Monday’s or Wednesday’s races.

    Special settings: category enforcement

    Sunday, Jan 22 @ 7:10pm PST/4:10pm PST
    Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/3354817


    📊Castelli Unlimited

    Looking to improve your endurance? Whether it is just for fun, or preparation for an event, the Castelli Unlimited workout series is a great opportunity for riders to work on their endurance. Throughout the next few weeks, there will be rides on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays, with Saturday’s workout being the longest at ~90 minutes. Most of the workouts included in the series are selected from the Gravel Grinder training plan on Zwift.

    The ride not only takes place on the Achterbahn course in Innsbruck (a tough route badge) but the ride also includes the unlocking of the Castelli Virtual Aero Dark kit in Zwift. 

    Special settings: jersey unlock

    Saturday, Jan 21 @ 9:25am UTC
    Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/3434823


    🤝DIRT Badge Hunts

    This weekend, Team DIRT (Dads Inside Riding Trainers) is hosting a badge hunt event, part of the series put on by DIRT every indoor cycling season. The DIRT ride leaders are good about keeping riders occupied with jokes and fun conversations! For those looking to complete some of the longer routes, this is the best time to do so. Indoor cycling season only lasts for so long, meaning people are only willing to ride 4+ hours on the trainer for a limited amount of time. Once the season ends, route-badge group rides will be much rarer.

    This ride will be tackling the Uber Pretzel course in Watopia, a route that will be very tough for most Zwifters. The ride features three different categories: B (2.5-3.1 w/kg), C (2.2-2.8 w/kg), and D (1.5-2 w/kg). On the climbs, the leader will be riding at the higher end of the advertised pace, and on the flats, the leader will be riding toward the lower end.

    Saturday, Jan 21 @ 10am UTC/5am EST
    Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/3434840

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    Got other events that stand out this weekend? Share below in the comments!

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      Oli Chihttps://zracecentral.com/
      Oliver is a Zwift enthusiast who spends lots of time riding and racing on Zwift. While much of Oliver's time is spent being a kid, he manages to make time to create content about Zwift on his blog and YouTube channel ZRace Central.

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      Bene (DIRT)
      8 days ago

      Hors Categorie Series, powered by Team DIRT Racing is starting this Sunday (22/01/23, 18:30 UTC). HCS is a new individual race series – with Category Enforcement active – covering 4 races on extremely demanding courses. The races are 60-70 km in distance with lots of elevation gain.

      Join us every Sunday at 18:30 UTC, from the 22nd of January to the 12th of February.

      More info and event links on:
      https://www.teamdirt.racing/hcs/

      Come and join us on our HCS Discord server:
      https://discord.gg/xVwHGjk9

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      7 days ago
      Reply to  Bene (DIRT)

      Awesome! Didn’t see this one because it is a private event. I’ll be sure to add it to next week’s article though.

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      Bene (DIRT)
      7 days ago
      Reply to  Oli Chi

      Cool Oli! If you need more information let me know.

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      4 days ago
      Reply to  Bene (DIRT)

      Come and join us on our HCS Discord server (now the permanent link):
      https://discord.gg/w2THu7naQc

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