Traffic is clearly picking up on Zwift, with early signup numbers for weekend events much higher than in past weeks. We’re featuring the kickoff of a popular new series plus the Zwift Camp: Baseline assessment, a progressive training ride series, a banded badge hunt, and one Zwift team’s first-ever 8-stage daily race tour!
🤝 Stage 1 l Off the MAAP l Volcano Climb After Party
✅ Popular Event ✅ Kit Unlock
Off the MAAP 2024 is the next big tour series on Zwift, and it kicks off Sunday afternoon (if you’re in the US) or Monday morning in Europe.
The first of three stages is held on Volcano Climb After Party (40.3km, 284m), and finishers unlock the new OTM 24 kit.
Hourly events every day
Sign up at zwift.com/events/series/off-the-maap-zwift
📊 Zwift Camp: Baseline – Sprint Test
✅ Sprint Test ✅ Unique Event
Zwift Camp: Baseline, an assessment-oriented short training program, is now underway. This is the second weekend of events for the program, which means you can test your sprint with friends!
Read my review (and tips) for the sprint portion of Zwift Camp: Baseline >
This weekend’s events feature group workouts for stage 2, the 34-minute Sprint Test. It’s the sort of ride you can do as part of a longer Saturday effort since it doesn’t sap your legs much. Group events are fittingly held on Makuri Islands’ Sprinter’s Playground.
Learn all about Zwift Camp: Baseline >
Group workouts are scheduled at the top of each hour. You can also perform this test on your own schedule as an on-demand.
Group workouts scheduled hourly
Sign up at zwift.com/zwift-camp
🤝 Rise & Shine: World Famous Breakfast Club
✅ Popular Event ✅ Progressive Training ✅ Beginner-Friendly
The concept of this ride series is unique and helpful: weekly rides that build over 16 weeks to eventually finish the challenging Alpe du Zwift climb via the Tour of Fire and Ice route.
Two ride paces are available (1.5-2.5 W/kg and 2.5-3.2 W/kg), and there’s a sweeper team in place to help if you fall off the back of the lower-paced group. This week the series tackles the Mountain Route (29.8km, 683m)
Sunday, December 1 @ 9:14am UTC/4:14am ET
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/4628505
🥇 TugaZ Tour Begins
✅ Popular Event ✅ Stage Race
The TugaZ Zwift team is holding the first edition of the TugaZ TOUR, and it kicks off this weekend! This is an 8-stage daily tour, with just one rest day on December 3rd.
Races happen in four different timeslots each day. This weekend the tour begins with an iTT on Saturday (Bologna Time Trial, 16km, 469m) followed by a scratch race on Sunday (Leith Hill After Party, 42km, 438m). Be sure to read the event details to learn about registering for the GC competition and more.
Four daily timeslots
See upcoming events at zwift.com/events/tag/tugaztour
🤝 WCC Beth’s Big Badge Hunt – Snowman
✅ Banded Ride ✅ Badge Hunt ✅ Popular Event
Beth’s Big Badge Hunt is a series of monthly rides taking on big Zwift routes. Led by Wobble Cycling Club’s Beth Phillips. these are banded rides, so everyone can ride at whatever effort level they’d like.
This weekend’s ride is on the relatively new Snowman route in Watopia (44.2km, 579m).
Saturday, November 30 @ 9am UTC/4am ET
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/4603518
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!
