The biggest events this week are from Tour of Watopia, with hourly rides handing out double XP and cool unlocks! We’ve also picked some long races and group rides, plus our Tiny Races, which we tweaked this week to help balance categories a bit.
🤝 Tour of Watopia
✅ Popular Event ✅ Fun Unlocks ✅ Double XP
Tour of Watopia began this week, and the events are (as always) super popular. Why? They award double XP, give double powerups, fun unlocks, and more!
Read all about Tour of Watopia 2024 >
These events are officially group rides, not races, but you can bet the pace will be high at the front. Keep it social, or go all-out. You can ride at whatever pace you’d like!
Hourly events throughout the Tour
Sign up at https://www.zwift.com/tour-of-watopia
🥇 La Cyclo MedioFondo by Foudre
✅ Unique Event ✅ Endurance Challenge
We featured this event last week, but it’s proving quite popular, and we like that it’s different than most events on Zwift’s calendar.
It’s a mass start event (no categories), but results will count toward your Zwift Racing Score. It’s also a long race, at 84km. This week racers are on Watopia’s Coastal Crown Loop.
Sunday, October 20 @ 7:45am UTC/3:45am EDT/12:45am PDT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/4536515
🤝 Bikealicious Weekend Social Mixer
✅ Banded Ride ✅ Beginner-Friendly ✅ Route Badge
The friendly Bikealicious crew is leading a banded group ride on the fairly fresh Shisa Shakedown route (53.5km, 556m). Grab this route badge if you haven’t done so yet, which comes with extra XP.
Saturday, October 20 @ 8pm UTC/4pm EDT/1pm PDT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/4549172
🥇 Tweaked Tinies
✅ Popular Race ✅ Random Prize ✅ Very Competitive
Tiny Race numbers keep growing as more and more riders head indoors! We’ve tweaked our Racing Score categories a bit this week, so you may find yourself in a different category than past weeks. And this week’s courses were selected by Danny Enzo, our favorite TikToker. It’s a mix of fun crit routes!
Read all about Tiny Races, including this week’s routes >
Three timeslots each Saturday
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/tinyraces
🤝 Vikings Valhalla Sunday Skaal Ride
✅ Endurance Challenge ✅ Beginner-Friendly ✅ Route Badge
We’ve featured this event many times in the past, as it’s always well-attended and well-led, at a pace that helps everyone stay together. Experienced leaders and sweepers do their best to keep the groups together with the help of doubledraft and a zapping fence, so everyone can work together to knock out a long ride!
This week’s ride offers two options: D cat is held at a 1.7-2.2 W/kg pace on Sleepless City for a total length of 105.2km, and C cat is held at 2.3-2.7 W/kg on Makuri Pretzel for a total length of 100km.
Sunday, October 20 @ 7:05am UTC/3:05am EDT/12:05am PDT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/4550403
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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