Do you want to be pushed to the limit, or ride at a social pace? This weekend we’re featuring three different races, sandwiched between two beginner-friendly social banded rides. You do you!
🤝 Beth’s Birthday Banded Badge Hunt
✅ Banded Ride ✅ Beginner-Friendly ✅ Birthday
Beth’s Badge Hunt is a series of monthly rides taking on big Zwift routes, and this month’s ride is a celebration of ride leader Beth Phillips’ birthday! These are banded rides, so everyone can ride at whatever effort level they’d like.
This weekend’s ride is on Yorkshire Double Loop (29.7km, 547m).
Saturday, August 29 @ 7:15am UTC/4:15am ET/1:15am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5680739
🥇La Salvaje by ZABI
✅ Popular ✅ Custom Finish
ZABI‘s popular race is on Richmond’s classic 2015 Worlds route this week, with a custom finish line at 29.3km. That means you’ll complete one full lap, followed by most of a second lap, but ending (it appears) atop Libby Hill!
It’s a mass-start race, with results divided up into categories.
Sunday, August 30 @ 8:35am UTC/4:35am ET/1:35am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5682714
🥇SISU Punainen – Stage 3
✅ Popular ✅ Stage Race
This weekend SISU’s popular Vuelta-Inspired Punainen race series is in Watopia on the Three Little Sisters route (38.4km, 437m) for its third stage. These are the most popular races this weekend, so if you’re looking to compete with lots of riders, look no further.
Learn more about the SISU Punainen series >
Multiple time slots Saturday and Sunday
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/sisu
🥇 TOUR HISP 2026 Stage 6
✅ Climbing ✅ Popular ✅ Stage Race
The other popular stage race currently underway is the 13-stage Tour de Hisp 2026. Saturday is stage 6, and it’s a climby one on Innsbruck’s Achterbahn (47.7km, 988m elevation).
Learn all about Tour de Hisp 2026 >
Even if you haven’t been racing all the stages, you can sign up and go all-in on a single stage for a great race workout. Six different start times to suit your schedule!
Multiple time slots Saturday
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/hisp
🤝 Riding With The Oldies Saturday Special
✅ Beginner-Friendly ✅ Banded ✅ 60+
This fairly new group ride caters to the 60+ crowd, but anyone under 60 is welcome, too! It’s banded, so you can go as hard or as easy as you want, and everyone will stay together.
This week’s ride is on Makuri Islands’ Chasing the Sun (35.1km, 315m).
Saturday, August 29 @ 2pm UTC/10am ET/7am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5682021
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!
