Our picks for the weekend feature a couple of long group rides, including one on Zwift’s longest route, the dreaded PRL Full! In addition, we’re highlighting some of the most popular races and rides happening this weekend. See our picks below…
🤝 Off the MAAP Stage 1
✅ Popular Event ✅ Kit Unlock
Off the MAAP 2024 began this week, making this weekend your last chance to complete the first stage of the three-stage series.
These are officially group rides, not races, but like any big Zwift series, the front of the ride will always feel like a race. Ride at whatever effort level you’d like!
Learn all about Off the MAAP 2024 >
Stage 1 is on Watopia’s Volcano Climb After Party (40.3km, 284m), and you’ll unlock the OTM 24 kit upon completion.
Rides scheduled hourly
Sign up at zwift.com/events/series/off-the-maap-zwift
🤝Unlimited Christmas Fondo🎅🎄
✅ Endurance Challenge ✅ Kit Unlock
Zwift isn’t doing a fondo series this year, but there are still plenty of long rides available on the weekends. Castelli is holding a fondo on Saturday that unlocks the Castelli Pinkwave kit, and offers three different route length options: A (Zwift Gran Fondo 2022, 92.8km), B (Zwift Medio Fondo 2022, 79.3km), and C (Zwift Bambino Fondo 2022, 53.3km).
Saturday, December 7 @ 9:25am UTC/4:25am ET/1:25am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/4641466
🥇 TugaZ Tour Wraps Up
✅ Popular Event ✅ Stage Race
The TugaZ Zwift team is holding the first edition of the 8-stage TugaZ Tour, and the final two stages are this weekend.
Stage 7 is an iTT on Libby Hill After Party (33.2km, 161m), and stage 8 is a scratch race on the 2022 Cycling Esports World Championships Route (55km, 942m).
Races happen in four different timeslots each day, and even if you haven’t been racing the other stages, you can still hop in for a good hard race.
Four daily timeslots
See upcoming events at zwift.com/events/tag/tugaztour
🥇 Tiny Races – W/kg vs W
✅ Popular Race ✅ Race Scores Reshuffled
Our popular Tiny Races happen each Saturday: 4 back-to-back races within an hour that will push your fitness to the max! Signup numbers look stronger than ever this week, and it’s going to be extra interesting since Zwift reshuffled the deck on Wednesday with a new Zwift Racing Score algorithm.
This week, we’re in a new world every race, and we’re also alternating between courses that end with a short climb (all about the W/kg) and races that end in a flat sprint (all about the pure watts). Who will win on the day? Jump in and see what the competition is like!
Saturday in three different timeslots
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/tinyraces
🤝 EVO CC The London PRL Full
✅ Endurance Challenge ✅ Route Badge
There aren’t many group rides held on London’s PRL Full route, since it’s the longest route in Zwift (173.8km, 2628m). If you’ve never completed this one before – or are just looking for a big day out – riding it with a group is much more fun than riding it solo.
Join the EVO CC squad in London this weekend. The event description says they’ll be shooting to pace the climbs (so, Box Hill) at 3.5-3.8 W/kg.
Sunday, December 8 @ 6am UTC/1am EST/Saturday 10pm PST
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/4576229
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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