This weekend is a pretty busy weekend in both Zwift and real life! With the UCI World Championships underway we’ve selected an extremely popular event that aims to mimic the world championships. Additionally, we have selected a memorial ride, experimental race, crit racing series, and a social endurance ride.
🤝Chasing Tour | Chasing Rainbows – Road
✅ Popular Event ✅ Highly Competitive
The 2023 UCI World Championships are happening this weekend! In order to celebrate, Chasing Racing will be hosting a Chasing Rainbows race. Currently, this is the hottest event of the weekend, rocking over 200 sign-ups. Expect lots of hard and competitive racing!
This race will be taking place over the Muckle Yin in Scotland. Pretty cool because the pros will be racing around the roads of IRL Glasgow!
Saturday, August 5 @ 12 pm UTC/8 am EDT/5 am PDT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/3781853
🤝 BanditZ/Herd Bike 4 Kyle Memorial Ride
✅ Popular Event ✅ Beginner-Friendly ✅ Feel Good Factor
Just over a week ago, Kyle, a beloved member of HERD and BanditZ passed away unexpectedly. Kyle was one of the founding members of BanditZ and was an early member of HERD. In order to honor him, HERD and BanditZ are hosting a 120-minute social group ride.
The group ride takes place on the Watopia’s Waistband course.
Saturday @ 12:30 pm UTC/8:30 am EDT/5:30 am PDT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/3785590
🤝 Split-Cats 50k Race by VirtuSlo 4Endurance
✅ Popular Event ✅ Innovative Format
VirtuSlo is hosting a pretty unique race this weekend. Instead of the traditional categories, VirtuSlo will be using split categories. In addition to this, custom category enforcement parameters will ensure that riders are in their correct category. Pack dynamics 4.1 will also be utilized in this race.
Riders will be racing one lap of the Eastern Eight course in Watopia. Note: 5 different categories are available.
Sunday, August 6th @ 8:45 am UTC/4:45 am EDT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/37863814
🤝 Galaxy Crit Hits Racing Series
✅ Popular Event ✅ Highly Competitive
Galaxy Cycling Club is starting a new racing series, and this month will be all crit-themed races. Throughout the series, there will be multiple time slots for each of the stages. For each of the races, there will be a segment where FTS points are available. On ZwiftPower, there will be both individual and team standings.
The first race starts with a classic, Downtown Dolphin in Crit City. FTS points are available on the Prime Sprint.
Multiple time slots throughout this weekend
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🤝 Zwift NL – The Longer Ride 1.8/2.3 wkg
✅ Popular Event ✅ Beginner-Friendly
Looking for a social endurance group ride? Join Team NL for a relaxed ride around the roads of France. The goal of this ride is to work together and socialize with other riders on the ride. The leader will be holding a steady pace of 1.8-2.3 w/kg.
This group ride takes place on the R.G.V. course in France – a flat course with a few rollers towards the end.
Saturday, August 5th @ 7:15 am UTC
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/37855
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!
Your Thoughts
Got other events that stand out this weekend? Share below in the comments!
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