This week’s event picks are a nice mix, starting with a popular charity ride, hitting two (very different) races, and including two banded group rides to help you tackle especially tough routes. See details below!
🤝 Sir Chris Hoy’s Tour de 4
✅ Good Cause ✅ Popular ✅ Kit Unlock
The training rides for the Tour de 4 ride with Sir Chris Hoy are done, and this Sunday the big in-person event happens at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome. Zwift is holding a series of rides so you can participate virtually! Each is open-paced and 45 minutes long, on Watopia’s Tempus Fugit.
Get started early with the Galaxy team, who is holding a ride to promote the event. It’s up to 4 hours long, on Scotland’s Rolling Highlands route. Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5078986.
Saturday, September 7 starting @ 9am-2pm UTC/5-10am ET/2-7am PT
Sign up at https://www.zwift.com/events/tag/tourde4
🥇 La Roja Tour (TNP): Stages 3 and 4
✅ Stage Race ✅ Multiple Classifications
TNP (Team Not Pogi) has organized a 6-stage race series held on Saturdays and Sundays, and this weekend it continues with stages 3 and 4. In this series, riders compete across each stage for GC, Sprint, and Climbing overall podiums.
Stage 3 is on 2 laps of Richmond’s 2015 Worlds Reverse route, while stage 4 is on 1 lap of Scotland’s The Muckle Yin.
Saturday and Sunday, September 6 and 7 @ 5:15pm UTC/1:15pm ET/10:15am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/tnp
🤝 PACK Banded Buddies: Road to Sky
✅ Banded Ride ✅ Alpe Summit ✅ Kit Unlock
This ride is returning after a summer break, just in time for anyone looking to summit Alpe du Zwift for the first time! Join this banded ride as they take on the Road to Sky route, which takes you up the mighty Alpe du Zwift. Since it’s banded, you just need to keep pedaling in order to stay in the group.
Sunday, September 7 @ 2:25pm UTC/10:25am ET/7:25am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/4951233
🥇 A Sunday in Hell with DZR
✅ Unique Event ✅ Endurance Challenge
The event title certainly sells it, eh? This unique event comprises four back-to-back races designed to test every type of rider. The iTT – for the time trialists, The Sprint – for the sprinters, The After Party – for the puncheurs and The Climb – for the climbers. All told, you’ll race around 60km and 1000 vertical meters. “Brutal but fun,” DZR tells me.
Get details at dzrracingseries.com/asundayinhell >
Sunday, September 7 @ 7:45am UTC/3:45am ET/12:45am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/dzr
🤝 LA MARCHA HISPANA (Enable Rubberbanding)
✅ Banded Ride ✅ Tough Route ✅ Route Badge
If you’re looking to complete Watopia’s challenging Four Horsemen route (89.9km, 2111m), but find the prospect too daunting, why not try it in a banded ride? As long as you keep pedaling you’ll stay in the peloton, and when you finish the route you’ll earn the achievement badge and a 1780 XP bonus.
Saturday, September 6 @ 7:30am UTC/3:30am ET/12:30am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5096391
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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