Notable Zwift Events for the Weekend of October 21-22

October 20, 2023

LAST UPDATED October 19, 2023

This weekend is a taste of what’s to come this winter! We’ve got several exciting events lined up including a 24-hour charity ride, the first stage of an epic new tour, the return of a popular event, an anniversary ride, and an epic fondo.

🤝 Cycle Nation 24-hour ride

✅ Popular Event 　✅ Endurance Ride 　✅ Feel Good Factor 　✅ Jersey Unlock

To start off this weekend’s notable events, we have a 24-hour fundraiser made up of 10 events. Each event lasts 135 minutes, with an interval of 10 minutes before the start of the next event. Cycle Nation encourages riders to ride as much as they would like – for some, this means riding all 24 hours, and others may opt to ride in 1-2 events. The goal of this 24-hour group ride is to grow awareness for the Distance for Difference foundation, which uses its funds to assist other children’s charities.

Read all about this event >

All the events will take place on the Tempus Fugit course in Watopia. There will be a leader riding at 1.8 w/kg, but riders are free to form their own groups. Completing this event will unlock the all-new Cycle Nation cycling kit!

Multiple time slots this weekend
See event links and details

🥇 FRR Tour France

✅ Popular Event 　✅ Highly Competitive

The first of the FRR grand tours is starting this weekend! One of the things that sets the FRR series’ apart from the others is that it is a lot like real-life. The series takes place over 9 days and consists of 8 stages, meaning there will be one rest day in the middle of the series. Note: riders need to register through the FRR website to access the sign-up links.

The first and second stages of the FRR Tour France series will take place on the London Pretzel and Petit Boucle courses respectively.

Multiple time slots this weekend
Sign up on the FRR website

🤝 Squadra Castelli

✅ Popular Event 　✅ Jersey Unlock　✅ Endurance Ride

The Squadra Castelli group ride is back for the indoor cycling season. This series aims to help riders train for longer rides, with workouts taking place on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Workouts will be chosen from the Gran Fondo, Build Me Up, and the L’Etape du Tour training plans. Completing any of these rides will unlock a Castelli in-game cycling kit.

This weekend is a 95-minute group workout on the Surrey Hills course in London.

Saturday, October 21st @ 8:25am EDT/4:25am EDT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/3873226

🤝 QueenBee’s Hive-iversary: Shorter route

✅ Popular Event 　✅ Women-only 　✅ Feel Good Factor

Join the riders of QueenBee to celebrate their 4-year anniversary! Leaders will be riding at a pace of ~1-2.5 w/kg depending on the terrain. The team at QueenBee tries to ensure that no ladies are left behind in their group rides.

Riders will be celebrating over one lap of the Three Little Sisters.

Sunday, October 21st @ 4:30pm EDT/2:30pm PDT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/3846064

🥇 La Cyclo by Foudre

✅ Popular Event　✅ Endurance Race

Up for a challenge this weekend? Join Foudre for their weekly fondo ride where all riders start in the same category riders and are encouraged to race. This event is a scratch race, so there is no need to worry about points.

This fondo is the first of 11 in this series. Riders will be riding three laps of the Greatest London Flat course.

Sunday, October 22nd @ 7:45am UTC
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/3872963

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!