The pretzel theme from last weekend has continued, with Zwift’s PretzelFest rides seeing lots of early signups. We’re also featuring a new race series, two group rides on fresh routes, and our own Tiny Races with prize and live stream news!
🤝 PretzelFest 2024
✅ Route Badge ✅ Kit Unlock ✅ BYO Pretzel
By far the most popular event this weekend, Zwift’s 3rd annual PretzelFest is taking riders over the newest long route in Zwift! This year, all PretzelFest events are on just one route: the new Makuri Pretzel (78.7km, 621m) in the Makuri Islands.
Read all about PretzelFest 2024 >
Events every 2 hours Saturday and Sunday
See upcoming events at zwift.com/events/tag/pretzelfest
🤝 LEQP Provence Badge Hunter Series
✅ Route Badge ✅ Endurance Challenge ✅ Kit Unlock
LEQP’s badge hunter series is a regular feature here, as they were one of the first series to tackle less-popular routes, helping Zwifters earn badges that are tough to earn solo!
This Saturday’s ride features Watopia’s new Navig8 route (66.2km, 423m). Two pace options are available: a C group at 2.5-3.2w/kg, and a D group at 2.2-2.5w/kg.
Sunday, September 22 @ 6:30am UTC/2:30am EDT/Saturday 11:30pm PDT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/4512039
🥇 Tiny Races: Live Stream and Coffee
✅ Popular Race ✅ Random Prize ✅ Live Stream
As indoor season ramps up, Tiny Race packs are growing! We have two bits of fun news for our popular race series. First: ZMS Esports Studio has been broadcasting the Zone 3 A category races each week, providing a fun bit of commentary and live scoring for these racers. Watch this week’s stream here.
Secondly, we’ve got a prize sponsor in PERC Coffee. One random USA-based rider who finishes all four races will be chosen each Saturday to win a free bag of PERC!
Read all about Tiny Races, including this week’s routes >
Three timeslots each Saturday
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/tinyraces
🤝Phoenix Rising Tronathon (Banded) – Radio Rendezvous
✅ Route Badge ✅ Beginner Friendly ✅ Keep Together
Grab some elevation toward your Tron bike challenge with this “keep-together” group ride on one of Watopia’s newest routes: Radio Rendezvous! At 23.5km with 736m of elevation, this route is (almost) nothing but climbing. Fear not, though: you’ll be accompanied by friends from the Phoenix Rising team, and as long as you keep pedaling, you’ll stay in the pack, no matter how hard you push.
Sunday, September 22 @ 1:15pm UTC/9:15am EDT/6:15am PDT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/4512157
🤝 HISP New Watopia Minitour
✅ New Race Series ✅ No Categories
HISP has set up a new 4-stage race series that’s a bit different from what everyone else is doing. This weekend is the first stage!
The rules are straightforward: four stages across Zwift Worlds, no categories, no points – just the finish line and cumulative times. League standings are on ZwiftPower here.
This weekend racers will tackle Watopia’s Sugar Cookie, which is 39.2km long, with 260m of climbing.
Multiple timeslots Friday-Sunday
See upcoming events at zwift.com/events/tag/hisp
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!
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