Tiny Race Series – August 30 Routes – Be Kind, Rewind
See zwiftinsider.com/tiny for current Tiny Race details.
Join the Team Velos: Pretzels, Epics and Afterparties Ride this Saturday
Join the Team Velos: Pretzels, Epics and Afterparties Ride this Saturday
Team Velos is a longstanding Zwift club and racing team that aims to help riders of all abilities improve their fitness while having fun and competing in a supportive environment.
The club hosts nine group rides weekly, including beginner-friendly events that engage riders in entertaining ways, a competitive sprint training event with monthly winners and prizes, a climbing-focused event to develop “Grimpeurs” (cycling’s climbing specialists), and Poursuite de la Lanterne Rouge: a C-paced ride that includes optional challenges including a chase of the red beacon and featured as one of the Great Group Rides on Zwift.
Team Velos also hosts three weekly races: an individual time trial, a chase-style race, and the Monuments Race inspired by pro cycling’s Spring Classics and stage races.
To learn more about Team Velos, go to: teamvelos.co.uk
Introducing the Pretzel Endurance Group Ride
Velos launched the Pretzelfest on 2 November 2024 as a weekly 2-hour group ride with an ‘After Party’ to encourage those wanting to complete all the Pretzel routes on Zwift. The event soon evolved to encompass all of Zwift’s epic routes, and now features a rotating monthly schedule of increasingly difficult routes to keep the event varied and interesting for its many regulars. Although the Pretzel ride officially ends after two hours, many riders stay on to support one another in completing the longer routes.
Each week, two pace groups start together, with the yellow beacon averaging 2.5 W/kg, and the red beacon 2.0 W/kg. The mass start enables everyone to participate in the ride chat and move between the two pace groups. A rider might start wanting to push a harder pace, then ease back to the red beacon group and finish at a gentler pace; or set off easier, then push higher watts to reach the faster group. A single field promotes camaraderie between the two pace groups, and others in the red beacon crew function as traditional sweeps supporting struggling riders.
During each Pretzel ride, the Yellow Beacon messages on a wide range of performance issues including cycling endurance training, nutrition, strength training, and related topics. This is interspersed with plenty of entertaining chat, including joke contests and quizzes to help the time fly with lots of laughs.
About the Ride Leaders
The Pretzel endurance ride was conceived by longtime Velos teammate and Yorkshire resident David Pickles, General Manager of The Gym Group — one of the largest fitness centers in England. David is also a certified personal trainer and owner of OnelifePt Coaching. David leads the Yellow Beacon group, and started the event with teammate Alicia Caron who leads the Red Beacon group. Alicia is a long-time cyclist in Massachusetts, working as a physical therapy aide trained in injury prevention, recovery, and performance. A lifelong athlete, she has extensive experience in strength and conditioning.
Says David Pickles: “Helping people collect hard-to-reach route badges is part of what we do, which sometimes results in our team riding 5+ hours because someone needed to complete The PRL Full. This event was designed to attract riders who want endurance training and enjoy an element of cycling that many avoid due to boredom. While the ride was founded with the idea of enjoyable zone 2 training, it has created a lively following that helped us grow together. Beyond our two pacing groups, there are bad jokes, silly quizzes, practical tips to improve training, and a team who loves helping others. Not only has the ride evolved, but so has the team. This has been the first Velos event for some riders, many of whom became regulars and so comfortable they joined our lead/sweep crew. Our two sweep teams never give up, since helping others is sewn into the fabric of Velos. We simply try to extend that to the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th hour of your training rides.”
Velos owner Stephen Whitcombe adds: “Velos launched its first endurance ride, the Routebagger Challenge, in February 2022, and it immediately gained a following since ticking off the tougher badges is so much more fun with company. But we were able to support that ride only once a month, so the Pretzel event was a perfect evolution since it offers something for everyone: two pace options, a great endurance session for those with limited time, and fantastic support to the end for those wishing to complete extremely tough routes like the Four Horseman, PRL Full, 25 Volcano laps, and Uber Pretzel. Feedback has been tremendous, and many Zwifters make this a must-ride event on their weekly schedule.”
The last week of every month is always the toughest route, and August features one of the most challenging in Zwift: the Uber Pretzel (128.8km, 2335m of elevation)!
The ride is on Saturday, August 30 at 11am UTC/7am ET/4am PT. Sign up here:
All About the New ENVE SES 4.5 PRO Wheels in Zwift
All About the New ENVE SES 4.5 PRO Wheels in Zwift
This week, Zwift releases a new wheelset from ENVE: the SES 4.5 PRO. The real-life ENVE SES 4.5 PRO wheels were announced in July of this year, and ENVE shared that the wheels were developed with direct input from Tadej Pogačar and UAE Team Emirates XRG over two seasons. When the wheels were announced, they had amassed 25+ victories this season alone … before Tadej won the Tour de France!
Here’s what the Drop Shop says about them: “Designed for the cyclists seeking the ultimate wheelset, where low weight, aerodynamics, and rolling efficiency meet.”
The wheels are now available in the Drop Shop, accessible at level 29 and above, for a price of 675,000 Drops. This is the only wheelset in the Drop Shop with a 4-star rating for both aero and weight, so we expected them to be both fast on the flats, and light on the climbs! Since Zwift’s 4-star rating system isn’t precise enough for our taste, we ran these wheels through our standard battery of tests to determine exactly how they perform in Zwift and stack up against other wheelsets in game. (Spoiler alert: they’re fast.)
Let’s dive in and learn all about the performance of this new wheelset from ENVE…
Aero (Flat/Rolling) Performance
The ENVE SES 4.5 PRO is definitely in the upper echelon of aero performance in Zwift, with our tests showing that it is bested by only three non-disc wheelsets: the ENVE SES 8.9, ENVE SES 7.8, and DT Swiss ARC 1100 DICUT 65.
The ENVE SES 4.5 PRO is 5 seconds slower than the ENVE SES 8.9 wheelset (the most aero non-disc wheelset) across an hour of flat riding. If you include disc wheels in the picture, the ENVE SES 4.5 PRO is 10.8s slower than the fastest disc wheels in game, the DT Swiss ARC 1100 DICUT 85/Disc.
Climb Performance
The climbs are where this wheelset really shines. It turns in a time that puts it within a half second of the top climbing wheels (Zipp 353 NSW, Lightweight Meilenstein, and Roval Alpinist CLX) across an hour of climbing. All of these wheelsets trim 9+ seconds off of our stock Zwift Carbon wheels’ times in our tests.
So the ENVE SES 4.5 PRO is essentially tied with the best climbing wheels in game, while delivering much better aero performance than the other top climbing wheelsets.
Note: all test results above are from a 75kg, 183cm rider holding 300W steady using the Zwift Carbon frame.
Conclusions
These wheels show exceptional performance as climb-focused all-arounders. Perhaps the best way to see this clearly is to compare them to the best aero all-arounders in game, the DT Swiss ARC 1100 DICUT 65. Consider this:
- The ENVE SES 4.5 PRO wheels save 9.4 seconds across an hour of climbing compared to our stock Zwift Carbon wheels. The DT Swiss ARC 1100 DICUT 65 saves just 2.7 seconds. A 6.7s difference.
- The ENVE SES 4.5 PRO wheels save 41.7 seconds across an hour of flat riding compared to our stock Zwift Carbon wheels. The DT Swiss ARC 1100 DICUT 65 saves 46.2 seconds. A 4.5s difference.
So if you swap from the DT Swiss ARC 1100 DICUT 65 to the ENVE SES 4.5 PRO, you’re essentially trading seconds gained on the flats for seconds gained on the climbs.
Another way to see it clearly: check out the Tron vs Top Performers chart, which we’ve just updated by swapping out the Zipp 454 wheels with these new ENVE SES 4.5 PROs, since the new ENVE wheels effectively replace the 454s as climb-focused all-arounders, beating them in our flat and climbing tests.
These wheelsets have been, or will soon be, added to the following posts:
- Master Zwift Wheels List
- Zwift Speed Tests: Wheel Ranking Charts
- The Top 10 Wheelsets on Zwift
- Zwift Shopping Guide: What To Buy from the Drop Shop at Each Level
- Speed Tests: Concept Z1 (Tron) Bike vs Top Performers
- Zwift Speed Tests Public Data (Google Sheet)
Questions or Comments?
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Important note: this post contains speed test results for Zwift frames or wheels. These results may change over time, and a bike's performance relative to others may also change. We don't always revise posts when performance rankings change, but we do keep current, master versions of our speed test results which are always available. See the frame charts, wheel charts, and Tron vs Top Performers for current performance data.
“Rolling with ENVE” ZRacing Series Details (September 2025)
“Rolling with ENVE” ZRacing Series Details (September 2025)
Table of Contents
Zwift’s “ZRacing” is the platform’s most popular ongoing race series, and in September, the series teams up with ENVE for a wheelset worthy of the spotlight!
Read about this month’s race routes below, along with more on the ENVE SES 4.5 PRO wheels, including the real-life giveaway.
September’s Routes
Here are the routes we’ll be racing in September:
- Stage 1 (Sep 1-7): Two Bridges Loop
- 3 laps (21.3km, 243m)
- Powerups: Feather, Steamroller
- Stage 2 (Sep 8-14): BRAEk-fast Crits and Grits
- 1 lap (22.1km, 243m elevation)
- Powerups: Feather, Anvil
- Stage 3 (Sep 15-21): Jurassic Coast
- 1 lap (19.7km, 212m)
- Powerups: Feather, Aero
- Stage 4 (Sep 22-28): Queen’s Highway After Party
- 1 lap (19.8km, 301m)
- Powerups: Feather, Draft
- Stage 5 (Sep 29-Oct 5): Triple Twist
- 1 lap (24.3km, 201m)
- Powerups: Feather, Draft
See upcoming Range 1 events >
See upcoming Range 2 events >
See upcoming Advanced events >
See ALL upcoming events >
New ENVE Wheels
The new ENVE SES 4.5 PRO wheelset makes its in-game debut in September’s races, with every rider automatically placed on these wheels for each event. Word is these wheels are fast, and Zwift says this month’s courses were chosen “to showcase their all-round dominance.”
It’s not just marketing hype, either: the IRL wheels were developed with direct input from Tadej Pogačar and UAE Team Emirates XRG over two seasons, and this year they amassed 25+ victories before Tadej won the Tour de France! They’re lighter and more refined than the standard ENVE 4.5, including new hub and bearing technologies.
Learn how these wheels perform on Zwift >
You can test the new wheels for free in September’s ZRacing, then head to the Drop Shop whenever you’d like to buy them:
Complete any stage for a shot at winning a real-life set of the new 4.5 PROs in ENVE’s official prize draw! (Zwift will send an email with an entry link…)
GC Leaderboards
Zwift’s web-based leaderboards are used for tracking the monthly GC competition for the ZRacing series. No ZwiftPower registration or use is necessary.
Access the ZRacing leaderboards at zwift.com/racing/zracing >
Your GC ranking is based on your best finishing time for each stage, and you can race each stage more than once to try for a better time.
Category Options
Zwift schedules three different flavors of ZRacing events in order to encourage “Fairer, more competitive racing for everyone.” They each use different racing score ranges for categorization and are titled Advanced, Range 1, and Range 2. Click banners below to see upcoming events for each:
Extras
Get the Badge
Each month’s ZRacing series has a unique achievement badge, which you can unlock by finishing every stage for the month. There are no makeup events, so if you miss a stage, you miss out on the badge and competing in the GC.
One and Done
Zwift has planned these events to deliver a solid 1-hour workout, so each race should only take around 1 hour to complete, including your warmup and cooldown.
Questions or Comments?
Post below!
New Climb and Workout of the Week Challenges Released
New Climb and Workout of the Week Challenges Released
Back in May, Zwift introduced a “Route of the Week” challenge, where a different route is featured each week, and completing it earns a 500XP bonus. Learn more here >
Yesterday, two new weekly challenges have launched: a “Workout of the Week” featuring an ERG workout from Zwift’s library and a “Climb of the Week” featuring a climb portal. In simple terms, these work like the Route of the Week: simply complete the featured workout or climb to earn an XP bonus. But let’s take a closer look…
Workout of the Week
Click the Workout of the Week card on your homescreen to see the details of this week’s featured workout. Kicking it off? “Emily’s Short Mix”, a popular OG Zwift workout named after Emily Mullen, an early leader on the Zwift’s marketing team.
Finish the workout (I’m not sure what constitutes “finishing” the workout, as you definitely don’t have to earn all the stars), and you’ll see a banner on your screen:
Once you finish the workout, clicking the homepage card initiates a confetti party and a popup telling how much much bonus XP you earned:
How Much Bonus XP?
Until this week, completing the Route of the Week would earn you a 500XP bonus. But Zwift has changed their XP bonus formula, giving different bonuses based on the difficulty/length of the featured route/workout/climb. On the weekly challenge forum thread, Zwift staffer Alex says, “The XP reward does vary based on the difficulty of the ride, though we’re still fine-tuning the reward for these.”
So Zwift isn’t sharing the exact formula yet, but you can see above that we get a 250XP bonus for the 30-minute Emily’s Short Mix workout, and a 750XP bonus for the longer Tourmalet climb. Alex also says, “We agree that the reward needs to be clear on the UI. We’re looking at some options.”
Climb of the Week
Click the Workout of the Week card on your homescreen to see the details of this week’s featured climb portal. Our first featured climb? The mighty Col du Tourmalet, with 1213 meters of elevation gain across 17.2km of riding.
Finish the climb (yes, finishing it at 50% scaling counts), and you’ll see a banner on your screen:
Once you finish the climb, click the homepage card for a confetti party and a popup telling how much bonus XP you earned. (The Tourmalet earned my test bot 750XP.)
Double Dipping
Keen XP farmers will, of course, want to know how to maximize their earnings in these challenges. And there are certainly ways to do so! The trick is to figure out how to complete more than one of the three challenges (route, workout, and climb) in one go.
There really is no way to knock all three out at once, because you can’t do the Route of the Week and Climb of the Week at the same time. But you can certainly layer the Workout of the Week on top of a Route or Climb of the Week ride.
Alex from Zwift confirms, saying, “Yes, you can double dip! You just need to make sure you’re registered for both ahead of time until we update that.”
To register for a challenge, just click the challenge card on your homescreen. That signs you up for the challenge, and now, if you complete the route/workout/climb via another official pathway, it will still count.
(Note that it won’t always be this way. Alex also says, “You currently need to view each challenge to get credit for the ride, though you don’t have to start the route/workout/climb from the Challenge screen. We will soon change it so that you’re automatically registered for them on log in.”)
Two examples of double dipping (there are other ways to do this, but hopefully this illustrates how it works):
- Click the Workout of the Week challenge card, then return to your homescreen. (Now you’re registered for this week’s WotW Challenge). Click the Route of the Week card, and click the route to enter the map and begin your ride. Now go to Menu>Workouts (“E” keyboard shortcut) and choose this week’s featured workout from the library. (Emily’s Short Mix is under the “30 minutes to burn” category). Complete the workout and finish the route, and you’ll finish both challenges and get both bonuses.
- Click the Workout of the Week challenge card, then return to your homescreen. (Now you’re registered for this week’s WotW Challenge). Click the Climb of the Week card, and click the climb to enter the map and begin your ride. Now go to Menu>Workouts (“E” keyboard shortcut) and choose this week’s featured workout from the library. (Emily’s Short Mix is under the “30 minutes to burn” category). Complete the workout and finish the climb, and you’ll finish both challenges and get both bonuses.
Schedule of Upcoming Challenges
I don’t yet have the schedule of upcoming Workouts and Climbs of the Week, but I’ll share that ASAP in a separate post here on Zwift Insider. The Route of the Week schedule is available here.
Questions or Comments?
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Zwift Update Version 1.96 (150872) Released
Zwift version 1.96 begins its phased rollout today. This is a small update, but racers should take note of a fast new wheelset, and achievement badge completionists will want to know what’s changed on their badge list. Read on for details…
New ENVE SES 4.5 PRO Wheelset
The biggest news in this week’s update is a new, top-performing wheelset from ENVE. The real-life ENVE SES 4.5 PRO wheels were announced in July of this year, and ENVE shared that the wheels were developed with direct input from Tadej Pogačar and UAE Team Emirates XRG over two seasons. When the wheels were announced, they had amassed 25+ victories this season alone … before Tadej won the Tour de France!
The wheels are now available in the Drop Shop, accessible at level 29 and above, for a price of 675,000 Drops. They are the only wheelset in the Drop Shop with a 4-star rating for both aero and weight, so we expect them to be fast on the flats, and light on the climbs!
Watch this space for a detailed post about their performance once we finish our speed tests.
If you’d like to try the wheels before purchasing, September’s ZRacing events feature them, meaning everyone will be placed on these wheels for each of September’s races. (More info on September’s ZRacing will be published here on Zwift Insider tomorrow.)
Unearned Event-Only Badges Now Hidden
Zwift says, “In the Achievements screen, placeholder badges will now only be shown for routes that are available to all Zwifters in the Routes list. If a route is only accessible via an Event, the badge will be shown in the Achievements screen if it has been earned.”
The event-only route badge situation has been a messy one for years on Zwift. In the early days, event-only routes didn’t have achievement badges. That changed with the release of the Neokyo Crit Course in November 2021, the first event-only route to ever have an achievement badge and corresponding bonus XP.
Since then, more and more event-only routes have had achievement badges attached. But there are still many that don’t.
Zwifters who love earning achievement badges have been frustrated by their inability to earn badges for certain event-only routes, and this seems to be the driving force behind Zwift removing unearned event-only route badges from the list and the counter at the top.
To be clear, you can still earn these badges. They just aren’t visible until you earn them, making them like other hidden “extra credit” badges in Zwift.
Here’s a full list of event-only routes with achievement badges and associated XP, in case you want to make sure you earn all these badges:
| Route | Map | Badge XP |
|---|---|---|
| Classique Reverse | London | 110 |
| Glasgow Crit Six | Scotland | 360 |
| Handful of Gravel | Watopia | 125 |
| Hilly Route Reverse | Watopia | 180 |
| Macaron | France | 50 |
| Neokyo Crit Course | Makuri Islands | 90 |
| Park Perimeter Reverse | New York | 195 |
| Yorkshire Double Loops | Yorkshire | 580 |
Release Notes
Zwift provided notes on additional tweaks and bug fixes in this update:
- The in-game “Friends Zwifting” notification is no longer shown during Workouts.
- Fixed an issue that caused some environmental shadows to have jerky animations.
- Fixed a crash that could potentially occur when creating custom workouts.
- Fixed an issue that could cause water to flicker at some locations in France.
- Android: Improved Bluetooth connection reliability.
- Windows, Android: Stability improvements.
Discuss this update in Zwift’s forum >
Questions or Comments?
If you spotted any other changes or bugs in the update, please comment below!
Top 5 Zwift Videos: FTP Tests, Podium Finishes, and KICKR ROLLR
What happens when an elite distance runner attempts an FTP test on Zwift? In this week’s top video, watch as a sub-elite marathoner tackles an FTP test.
Also included in this week’s top videos are tough Zwift races, the addition of native power to the KICKR ROLLR, a comparison between the different types of FTP tests, and a dream pain cave build.
2:24 Marathoner Tries Cycling FTP Test (Shock Result!)
Zwift Racing: Cat D Podium or L?
Wahoo KICKR ROLLR Native Power Update // For Real This Time!
Do This If You Want Accurate FTP on Zwift
Finally Built My Ultimate Zwift Pain Cave! (Zwift Ride First Impression)
Got a Great Zwift Video?
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Browser Extensions for Zwifters: ZwiftPower ZRS (Improved Racing Score Visibility)
Browser Extensions for Zwifters: ZwiftPower ZRS (Improved Racing Score Visibility)
Last week, a comment from an astute reader alerted me to a browser extension I’d never heard of: ZwiftPower ZRS.
Available for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox, the extension delivers a simple but useful upgrade to the ZwiftPower experience for racers by adding Zwift Racing Score results to event pages. Here how it works…
Installation
Installation is easy – just navigate to the ZwiftPower ZRS page for your browser (Chrome, Edge, or Firefox) and click to add it to your browser. Done! It will automagically function when viewing event results on ZwiftPower.
Usage
Visit any event results page on ZwiftPower to see the extension at work. Here’s one such page, the results for a race I wrote about losing just this week.
ZwiftPower ZRS adds a “ZRS” column to the results, as shown below:
The number in black is the ZRS result for the race, while the smaller superscript number tells you how much the rider’s score changed with this result.
If a rider’s score increased due to a power PR that resulted in a seed score boost, you’ll see an upward arrow ⇡. You may also see an up tack ⊥ next to the score, which indicates that the rider’s ZRS floor has been reached.
From the Creator
I reached out to the creator of ZwiftPower ZRS, who prefers to go by the nickname “int” for online anonymity. Here’s what they shared:
The project started when I noticed Sauce4Zwift showing ZRS scores in their app. At the time, it was a feature the racing community was really missing. I thought it would be great to have the same thing directly on ZwiftPower – the one website every racer already uses – so there’d be no need to check anywhere else just for ZRS.
Curious how they managed it, I checked their source code and discovered that ZRS data is actually accessible via the official Zwift API. The problem: even though I’m a software engineer, I had never built a browser extension before and barely knew JavaScript. Still, I figured someone had to do it (hence my nickname SomebodyHasToDoIt in the webstore). So I dove in, looked things up, and with a bit of AI help had a basic version working in about 3 hours.
I uploaded it to the Chrome Web Store, and while it was under review, I shared the source code in the Zwifties Discord #nerd-corner to gather feedback. A few people there offered great suggestions, which I quickly implemented.
Since then, the extension got approved and has only needed small fixes. I never promoted it anywhere, yet word spread – and today it’s used by around 200 people each week.
I’ve had requests to add more features (like a ZRS history graph), but I hesitated because of rumors that Zwift might replace ZwiftPower. Looking back, I kind of regret not expanding it further for the community – maybe your post will give the project new life.
Two quick facts:
- First released: Feb 16, 2025
- Privacy: No data collection, analysis, or tracking
Feature Requests for Zwift
We could discuss potential improvements to the ZRS algorithm all day long, but for this post, I want to stay focused on what the ZwiftPower ZRS extension does: make it easier to view ZRS information.
A ZRS column should already be built into ZwiftPower, of course. This extension, like other brilliant community projects over the years, just adds functionality Zwift should have already built!
I would also love to see the score change number showing up on the event results page at zwift.com as well (for example, at zwift.com/events/view/5061096).
And my bigger ask – which Zwift has said is coming – is some sort of historical view of a rider’s ZRS, as int mentions above. I want to see how my score has tracked over time, and I want to see that for others as well. Please make it so, Zwift!
Questions or Comments?
Have you used this browser extension? Would you like Zwift to make ZRS information more available, and if so, how specifically? Share your thoughts below!
Notable Zwift Events for the Weekend of August 23-24
This week’s selections include a bit of everything… a memorial ride, two races, an endurance effort, and a banded ride. Pick what works for you, and Ride On!
🤝 BMTR LANDER Alpe Memorial Tribute Ride
✅ Good Cause ✅ Big Climb ✅ Popular Ride
A recent Zwift update added an Alpe du Zwift memorial for Michael Lander, “Red Beacon extraordinaire for over five years in the C group for BMTR’s Flat 100 Event, who passed away suddenly last February at a far too young age.”
On Sunday, Zwifters will ride up the Alpe and pause for a minute of silence when reaching this tribute, before continuing to the top of the climb.
Two paces are offered: 2.6 W/kg and 2.2 W/kg. Read more about the tribute on the event description.
Sunday, August 24 @12:15pm UTC/8:15am ET/5:15am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5082655
🥇 TNP Chase Race
✅ Chase Race ✅ Popular Event
Join Team Not Pogi (TNP) for their second chase race, this time on Scotland’s BRAEk-fast Crits and Grits with a custom finish at 32.4km.
In a chase race, slower categories start earlier, with the goal of all riders coming together near the finish for an all-out battle to the line. Work with others in your category to stay away from chasers and catch those ahead, and you may just have a shot at the overall win!
Sunday, August 24 at 8am UTC/4am ET/1am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5080528
🤝 Bikealicious Climbalicious
✅ Banded ✅ Route Badge
This banded ride on Watopia’s challenge Muir and the Mountain (39.2km, 914m) lets you ride at whatever pace you’d like, while hanging with the group. Get some elevation in while enjoying the friendly and welcoming Bikealicious atmosphere!
Sunday, August 24 at 6pm UTC/2pm ET/11am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5082750
🥇Tour de HISP 2025 Stage 6
✅ Popular Race ✅ Route Badge
The Spanish HISP club is midway through its popular Tour de Hisp, a grueling 14-day tour featuring 13 stages. This Saturday’s race features France’s newish Hell of the North route (20.2km, 241m). Even if you haven’t been taking part in the tour, you can jump in and try out this fresh route and get the route badge plus bonus XP!
Four timeslots Saturday, August 23
See events on ZwiftHacks
🤝USMeS – Task Force 100 [E]
✅ Endurance Challenge
This is the USMES team’s weekly 100km ride (except on the first Saturday of each month, when it becomes a 100 miler). This week’s ride is on Makuri Islands’ Makuri Pretzel.
The ride is paced at 2.2 W/kg average, but all abilities are welcome and stronger riders are free to fly off the front.
Saturday, August 23 @ 12:50pm UTC/8:50am ET/5:50am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5081810
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!