As this weekend’s highlight, we’ve got the Zwift Insider Mini Epic Race. We’ve also selected the annual Tour De HISP, a ride for a good cause, a women-only group ride, and a RoboPaced Alpe event.
🥇Zwift Insider Mini Epic Race
✅ Popular Event ✅ Highly Competitive ✅ Innovative Format
This weekend marks the first Zwift Insider Epic Race. Last week, riders had the opportunity to join a group ride on this course. Now that riders have had a chance to preview the course, it’s time to race it! For those who don’t know, this series aims to help riders build up to completing the toughest courses on Zwift (read more here).
Riders will be racing the Mountain 8 course, and for those who are wondering, yes: this course does tackle the Radio Tower.
Multiple time slots this weekend
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/epicseries
🥇 STAGE 6 TOUR DE HISP
✅ Popular Event ✅ Highly Competitive
The Tour De HISP is back for 2023! Much like tours IRL, stages take place each day. However, what makes this series unique is that there are multiple start times for each of the stages each day, making it easier for people to compete. This weekend, stages 6 and 7 will be taking place.
Stage 6 will take place on 1.5 laps of the Bologna TT course – watch out for those steep pitches! Stage 7 will take place on the Greater London Flat course.
Multiple time slots this weekend
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/hisp
🤝 OWL.BiKE Grandmasters Grey Zone Ride
✅ Fresh Event ✅ Women-Only ✅ Beginner-Friendly
This event from Owl Bike is a banded women-only group ride. The ride targets women over the age of 55 and is guaranteed to have a slower pace. As riders complete this ride in Z1 (grey), some trivia questions from the 50s, 60s, and 70s will be asked!
This 45-minute group ride takes place on the City and the Sgurr course in Scotland.
Saturday, August 26th @ 4:30pm UTC/12:30pm EDT/9:30am PDT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/3808659
🤝 Bike MS: Zwift Community Challenge
✅ Popular Event ✅ Feel-Good Factor
The monthly Bike MS Zwift Community Challenge is here, giving riders the chance to ride together for a good cause. Currently, the Bike MS Foundation is the largest charity cycling event, raising over $50 million in 2022!
Still needing to earn your Volcano Circuit achievement badge(s)? Four different distance options are available for this event. Each category covers a varying amount of laps around the Volcano Circuit CCW. This ranges from 25 laps for category A all the way to 7 laps in category D.
Sunday, August 27th @ 1:15am UTC/9:15am EDT/6:15am PDT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/3808615
🥇 Summit Seeker – With Robo Pacers!
✅ Popular Event ✅ Innovative Format
Because we are in the final weekend of August, the Summit Seeker event is back. If you’re just coming back to indoor cycling, climbing Alpe du Zwift is a great fitness benchmark. The RoboPacers are here to help you pace yourself to some of the most popular time goals: 49 minutes, 59 minutes, 69 minutes, 89 minutes, and 119 minutes.
The event takes place on the Road to Sky course in Watopia – the most efficient way to ride Alpe du Zwift.
Multiple time slots this weekend
Browse Summit Seeker events at zwift.com/events/tag/alpepacer
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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