This week, two popular community series are wrapping up, so we’re featuring those events along with a new series kickoff, a popular beginner-friendly group ride, and a memorial fondo to raise awareness for an important health issue. See details below!
🥇CTT Winter Series on Zwift
✅ Popular ✅ Race of Truth
The popular TT series from Cycling Time Trials (CTT) – the national governing body for time trials in England, Scotland, and Wales – is wrapping up on Saturday with a final race on Wataopia’s Tick Tock (19.1km, 53m).
Read all about the CTT series >
This is a repeat of week 10, which means you can set a course PB and earn series points to boost your overall ranking!
Multiple timeslots Saturday, February 28
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/cyclingtimetrials
🥇WKG Progression Riders
✅ Unique Event ✅ Series Kickoff
WKG organizes this fully original Zwift format built around 8 stages per season. A new season (#6) is beginning this weekend, so it’s a great time to highlight this unique series!
Progression Riders rewards tactical riding, teamwork, and consistency across multiple terrain profiles. This weekend’s stage is on two laps of Tempus Fugit (36.7km, 57m). Be sure to read the event description and rulebook for details, is this isn’t a typical Zwift race!
Sunday, March 1 @ 8:30am UTC/3:30am ET/12:30am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5466487
🤝Pretzels, Epics and Afterparties p/b Velos
✅ Achievement Badge(s) ✅ Endurance Training
The Velos squad has been riding a variety of epic routes in February, and this Saturday, they’re knocking out 25 laps of the Volcano circuit.
Read about the Volcano Circuit badges >
The ride is led at 2-2.5 W/kg, and officially ends after 25 laps (105.3km, 530m). If you haven’t earned them yet, join the ride to grab the 5, 10, and 25-lap achievement badges and bonus XP!
Saturday, February 28 @ 12pm UTC/7am ET/4am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5464090
🤝Kris Yip Memorial Fondo | Zwift Ride
✅ Fondo ✅ Memorial ✅ Health Awareness
Popular Canadian cyclist Kris Yip passed away suddenly in January 2024, and this event is being held to “carry forward the values he lived by: kindness, sportsmanship, and inclusion.”
It’s a group ride on the 2022 Cycling Esports World Championships route (54.9 km, 943m), which Kris raced for Canada in 2022.
This ride is also about raising awareness of coronary artery disease, which took Kris’ life. According to the event write-up, “it is the leading cause of sudden cardiac death in male athletes over the age of 35. Kris had no signs, no symptoms, no second chance. Awareness, conversation, and self-advocacy matter.”
Saturday, February 28 @ 6:45pm UTC/1:45pm EST/10:45am PST
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5394207
🤝Vatternrundan Group Ride Series #8
✅ Popular ✅ Endurance Training
The Vätternrundan group ride continues to be the most popular single event each weekend, even as the rides get longer! This week is the final ride of the series, and it’s 240 minutes long.
This final ride is on France Classic Fondo, and there are two pace group options (1.8-2.2 and 1.5-1.8 W/kg).
Sunday, March 1 @ 7am UTC/2am ET/Saturday 11pm PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5203611
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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