Lots of big races this weekend, including the monthly Zwift World Series events, the start of a big series from DBR, and a very popular women’s 3-day stage race! See all of our event picks below…
🤝 The BMTR Fundo Supporting Breast Cancer Awareness
✅ Good Cause ✅ Endurance Challenge
We feature BMTR’s weekly fundo quite regularly due to its popularity, but this weekends event is a special one since it’s being held to “raise awareness and work to help those who have or are fighting the insidious disease of Breast Cancer.” There’s no requirement to donate, of course, but the event description links to three charities supported by the ride.
Rides have their choice of 4 different lengths on Watopia’s Triple Flat Loops. All riders start together.
Saturday, October 26 @ 12:10pm UTC/8:10am EDT/5:10am PDT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/4245929
🥇 Tour de Andrasta Presented by The Warrior Games
✅ Women Only ✅ Unique Event
Tour de Andrasta is a women-only stage race that kicks off today (Friday) and runs for three stages: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. It’s proving very popular, with hundreds of ladies signed up, so even if you can’t make all three events you might want to join one or two just for the experience of racing in a larger all-women field!
Read all about Tour de Andrasta
If you aren’t familiar with this route – take heart. Nobody else is! But you can pre-ride it in one of the many recon rides being held over the weekend!
Saturday and Sunday at 6pm UTC/2pm EST/11am PST
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/andrasta >
🥇 DBR SufferDay League X Begins
✅ Endurance Challenge ✅ Unique Event
This is the first race of DBR’s SufferDay League X series: an 8-week series with long races each Saturday!
This week’s race is on two laps of Eastern Eight for a total length of 105.6km with 817m of climbing.
Saturday, October 26 @ 8:30am UTC/4:30am EDT/1:30am PDT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/4559262
🥇Zwift World Series Race 3 – Community
✅ Route Badge ✅ Popular Race
The third race of the Zwift World Series happens this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. It’s the community edition of the race, so anyone can join, and it’s racers’ first chance to take on the new Yorkshire Double Loops course (29.7km, 547m).
Multiple timeslots
See upcoming events at zwift.com/events/tag/zwscommunity
🥇 BRAEk-fast Crits & Grits Points Race – OTR Snap Crackle Pop Special Edition
✅ Unique Event ✅ Route Badge
Did anyone else race on BRAEk-fast Crits and Grits in ZRL and think, “This would make a great points race?” The folks at OTR certainly did, so they made it happen.
Riders will cover all 22.1km/260m of the route, but with FTS points on various segments plus finish points. Whoever gets the most points wins, so be sure to read the event description for details!
Multiple timeslots this weekend
See events at zwift.com/events/tag/snapcracklepop
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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