As we begin to descend from peak indoor cycling season here in the northern hemisphere, Zwift continues to deliver exciting events and updates. Catch up on all the latest Zwifty news in this week’s top video.
Zwift Big Spin: 10,000 Drops Every Lap (Limited Time)
Looking to bag some drops or unlocks? Titanium Ben shares how you can use the new mystery spinners to rack up in-game goodies.
I Did Parkrun then Tried to Win a Zwift Race!
The Cycling GK Cycles tackles his local Parkrun before getting on Zwift to try and win a Zwift race. Can he overcome his post-run fatigue and fight for the win?
This Zwift Games Race Hurt (But My FTP Went Up)
Dead Last Cycling races stage 2 of the Zwift Games and fights to hold on to the front group. Watch as he secures a top 10 finish and an FTP increase!
I Rode 300KM on Zwift for My 30th Birthday | 9 Hour Indoor Challenge
What better way to spend a 30th birthday than with a 300-kilometer Zwift ride? In his latest video, Brett Smith documents his massive effort ride.
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FRR Weekend Warrior Series Announced: First Race March 20
Flamme Rouge Racing (FRR), a top community race organizer, has typically hosted “private” race events only accessible once you sign up for an FRR account. But starting March 20, FRR is going public! Their new “Weekend Warrior” series delivers 3 back-to-back days of racing, Friday to Sunday.
In speaking with FRR founder Richard Vale, the hope with going public is to raise more awareness of FRR, increase accessibility to events, and increase participation and competition levels for the Zwift community as a whole.
Series Distinctives
The series will offer events held over three races on a weekend:
Friday: iTT
Saturday: Points
Sunday: Scratch
Each day’s race has multiple timeslots for ultimate accessibility.
Points are tallied for each weekend’s event to form an Order of Merit for the season which ends in September. There are 12 race weekends, and your best 7 count toward the Order of Merit.
Max 30-day ZRS will be used to position all riders over 5 pens, and ZRS groups will start separately. Riders must have smart trainers and HRMs connected to join a race.
The series will run in partnerships with other Zwift clubs, with weekends themed around the partner club, while staying within the same base structure of the Series. The first three Classica events are doing just that: Classica Italia con Team Italy, Classica Belgica met Team ZWB, and Classica Francais avec L’Equipe Provence.
Schedule and Routes
Event times (UK times, may vary by +5 minutes some days):
Friday:
0600 – 0830 – 1000 – 1300 – 1600
1800 – 1930 – 2330 – 0200
Saturday:
0600 – 1000 – 1300 – 1600 – 1800
Sunday:
0600 – 1000 – 1300 – 1600 – 1800
The Series kicks off with a trio of Classica events around the monuments of one day cycling – Milan, Flanders, and Roubaix.
The Order of Merit will be tracked and displayed on the FRR website, and will reflect riders who have a registered FRR account (free to create).
The top 10 riders in the Order of Merit will win IRL prizes – jerseys, t-shirts, and store discounts. To be eligible for these, registered riders will also need to be an FRR subscriber, which is just £10 per year.
Cycling Esports UK Championship Announced for March 17
CE:UK was set up by myself, Dean Cunningham, as a discipline-specific organiser/governing body for Cycling Esports within the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
Until 2025, the UK saw no organised regional or national-level racing held in the Cycling Esports discipline, despite it being recognised as a discipline within cycle sport by the UCI.
The UK is a cycling nation, and there is no more accessible way to race on a bike than to do so at home on platforms such as Zwift, where hundreds of people across the UK are already racing week in, week out. It seems fair and sensible that we capture and give the opportunity of a Championship race each year. This is what Cycling Esports UK set out to do in 2025, and what it continues to build and deliver in 2026.
With CE:UK, we want to build a positive movement. It’s not just about an annual Championship race. We want to build a supportive community of racers in our country. What we are doing here is trying to bring everyone of all abilities and outlooks on Cycling Esports together, within the UK. We have spent too many years disjointed and frustrated. Let’s all come together, support this community in its build phase, and see what we can achieve together!
Championship Race 2026
The second annual Cycling Esports UK Championship will take place on Tuesday, 17th March 2026. Women race at 1830 UTC, and men race at 1930 UTC.
The course and format for the race are inspired by classic town centre crits of times gone by in the UK. Fun to race. Fun to watch!
It’s a straight scratch race consisting of 12 laps of Duchy Estate on Zwift’s Yorkshire world (37.7 km distance with 492m of elevation gain).
Every lap will see racers have to punch out of corners and kick up short, steep climbs. It will be attritional and will truly highlight the best all-around riders.
One of the critical things for us at CE:UK, is giving something for everyone to race for, whether that is to become a Champion, to win your age group, or to have fun racing with your friends.
As well as crowning our Cycling Esports UK Champions for 2026, the race will also determine who our winners are in the following Age Group categories:
18-29
30-39
40-49
50+
As always, male and female races will feature the same categories and the same course over the same distance.
Performance Verification
All participants are required to submit a weight video prior to the race and to submit a dual recording after their race has finished.
We totally understand that some riders will see these requirements as a hurdle. But within CE:UK and within participating riders/their teams, we have incredible amounts of knowledge and willingness to help people comply with these requirements. We promise, they are not as difficult as they seem. After you have done them once, it is super easy going forward!
Zwift, at its core, relies on rider weight and input power being correct. The dynamics of the peloton in game are directly dictated by these factors. So, it is only fair that we ensure everyone racing is doing so at their correct weight and utilising a power device that is both accurate and fair to their fellow competitors.
Performing a weight video or submitting a dual recording is not “elite.” These are simple tasks that anyone of any level of capability can do. Even if not for race accuracy/fairness, it confirms to you that your equipment is working well. It verifies the numbers you are riding/training/racing with are a true representation of your capability, which is very beneficial to all riders who are training/racing indoors. The more people we have doing means better, fairer and more legitimate racing in general for everyone.
If the Performance Verification requirements are deterring anyone from entering, we absolutely welcome them to come and have a chat with us. Reach out in the Discord server, email the race organiser or speak with your team mates. There is so much support out there for anyone who is unsure about the PV requirements. Don’t let it stop you from racing!
A full list of PV requirements can be found by hitting the “Download Race Book” button on Leadout Esports at leadoutesports.com/events/uk-2026.
CE:UK Ambitions
A Championship race is just the beginning. The intention is to grow Cycling Esports within the UK. But we need the support and the strength that comes from an established community.
Region-Specific Racing
The momentum of a strong community will allow us to deliver league structures, regional and national rankings, and host further Championship events.
For Winter 2026, we would love to establish regionalised racing and region-specific leagues/leaderboards. To establish this, we want to integrate with local clubs throughout the UK. This will allow riders to compete with their local clubmates and rivals during the winter months.
This naturally then leads us to hosting Regional Championships, which lead into the annual CE:UK Championship race.
As an example, Scotland North region hosted a Winter Chase League series on Zwift during January/February this year. It saw 110+ riders enter every single week for six weeks across six categories. All abilities, showing up racing for their local club on Zwift and having fun! It was a great success and shows that this model can be utilised in more regions within the UK, all under our Cycling Esports UK umbrella.
Esports as a Development Pathway
Establishing Cycling Esports within the UK itself doesn’t just help existing racers. It also opens up doors for young talent to use Cycling Esports as a pathway to professional sport. We absolutely can and should be using Cycling Esports as talent identification, since it is easily the most accessible form of cycle sport we have.
The commitments required of young athletes to make cycling a career are currently unfeasible for the vast majority. The monetary requirements alone for young riders and their families are simply unachievable, and we feel that Cycling Esports can play a very important role in lessening that burden.
Please support this community and help us achieve together!
Zwift version 1.109 begins its phased rollout today. This is a very minor update, so all we’re doing is showing the release notes from Zwift…
Launcher Update
Not technically directly tied to the version 1.109 game release, but noteworthy nonetheless, is a launcher update Zwift rolled out today. Notes from Zwift:
Windows
Reduced incidence of blank or white window when launching Zwift.
All Zwift files moving forward are written to C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Zwift\ by default, instead of My Documents. Look for your FIT files and ZWO workout files in the new location.
Includes a workaround for those impacted by Windows system freezes introduced by a Microsoft security patch. See this thread for details.
Improved tracking of launcher app issues.
macOS
Zwift Installer now runs natively on Apple Silicon, without requiring Rosetta for the installation process
Fixed the “full storage” message so it appears if installing the game app while storage is full.
Fixed an issue where Zwifters could potentially lose bike upgrade progress when performing multiple teleports.
Fixed an issue that could cause estimated route completion time to be inconsistent between route cards on the home screen and the route details sidebar.
Fixed an issue that could cause flickering colors in Makuri Islands.
Mobile only: Fixed an issue where Zwift would let you log in with your old password after a password change.
Zwift Racing League 2025/26 Round 4 Details: Routes, Rules, Registration + More
Now in its 19th round, Zwift Racing League continues to take racing to the next level on Zwift! Registration is now open for the fourth round of the 2025/26 season, which begins on April 7.
This page contains everything you need to know about the current ZRL round, and is updated as WTRL announces new details.
Intro to ZRL
Zwift Racing League (ZRL) is team-based racing for all abilities. It’s also the world’s largest virtual cycling competition, with over 30,000 riders of all abilities participating in each of the past two seasons!
Organized by WTRL, this is a team-based points competition spanning multiple weeks, with teams divided into divisions based on time zones and ability. Races take place every Tuesday, and the season is divided into distinct rounds with brief breaks in between.
ZRL is Zwift racing at its highest level. Its unique structure and varied race formats drive serious Zwift racers to show up week after week while providing a place for new racers who jump in and find their first team home.
Key Changes this Round
Zwift + WTRL continously collaborate to modify ZRL’s structure and rules with the aim of engaging as many racers as possible. Heading into this final round of 2025/26, no rules have changed according to WTRL. But it is worth noting that this final round has only 4 races!
Each ZRL round comprises weekly races which are either scratch races, points races, or team time trials (TTT). Scratch Races and Points Races are both actually points-based in terms of final results, but Points races include intermediate segments while Scratch Race points are all earned at the finish line. TTT winners are the teams who complete the race course fastest, with team time taken from the fourth rider across the line.
Race #1: Hell of the North April 7, 2026 (TTT)
The round begins with a team time trial on a route we’ve never TTT’d before. Despite starting on Les Intestins, Hell of the North is quite flat… until the final 2.7km climb up the Petit KOM! New this round, WTRL says we’ll get a Draft Boost powerup in the pens and at all arches, for a total of 5 Draft Boosts.
PowerUps: Draft Boost in start pen, and at all arches 🛈
Race #2: The Classic April 14, 2026 (Points Race)
The first points race of Round 4 finds us racing CCW loops of Jarvis Island, which is basically uphill for the first half, and downhill for the second! Points will be contested on the KOM and sprint segment each lap, with a flat finish.
The only scratch race of round 4 is on a flat French circuit with a slightly uphill long sprint finish. Who will sit in the pack and trust their sprint, and who will try to go long?
A/B: 4 Laps of France’s Croissant (40.4km, 219m elevation)
C/D: 3 Laps of France’s Croissant (31.1km, 170m elevation)
Race #4: Double Span Spin April 28, 2026 (Points Race)
The final race of the round takes us onto repeated CCW loops of New York’s Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges, where both the sprint and KOM sections are draftable uphill efforts.
A/B: 5 Laps of New York’s Double Span Spin (40.6km, 531m elevation)
C/D: 3 Laps of New York’s Double Span Spin(26.6km, 371m elevation)
Some divisions and start times are adjusted between rounds. Use the table below to find a time slot that works for your team. Please note that time slots may shift a bit – we will update the table below once WTRL publishes it for round 4.
ZRL is a team-based competition – you cannot sign up as an individual rider. Teams can roster up to 12 racers, but only 6 can race in each event. Teams must have at least 4 riders on their roster, and a rider can join as many teams as they’d like, but only a maximum of two teams per league category.
Want to race, but don’t have a team? Here are seven ways to find a team:
If you’re already a member of a larger Zwift Club, contact a senior Club representative to see if you can join one of your Club’s ZRL teams.
Join an official team-lead ZRL Group Recon Ride (see below) where several teams can be found looking for more riders. These run several times a day, starting two weeks before the first race.
Join the ZRL Facebook Group and post preferred race times/league, Pace Group Category, and any other preferences under the #zrlteamhunt tag where many teams are eagerly waiting.
Reply to one of the #zrlrecruiting posts that teams make in the ZRL Facebook Group if you don’t want to post your own request.
Reach out directly to WTRL and they can match you to a team based on race times, category, and team preferences.
The minimum category you’ll race is determined by your power history on Zwift. See this post for details.
Riders must use a power sensor to transmit power to the game – this would be a smart trainer, smartbike, or power meter. (You’re allowed to race C and D categories with a “classic” trainer and virtual power, but your points are cut in half.)
Heart rate monitors are required. (You’re allowed to race without a HRM, but your points are cut in half.)
Cadence monitors are required.
You’ll want to have at least a few races under your belt before you try to join a team, so you are confident that you’re in the correct category. It causes a lot of hassle if you join a team and are forced to upgrade to a new category mid-round!
Race Recon Events
If you’re unfamiliar with a particular week’s race course, join a ZRL recon ride! These happen multiple times per day and are led by experienced racers who may share route info and racing tips as you ride.
Today, Zwift launched an eight-climb challenge featuring legendary climbs of the Spring Classics. The series runs from March 9 to May 1 3, and features three new Climb Portals. Read on for details!
Challenge Requirements
The Challenge features eight climbs, including three that are brand-new:
Finish all eight climbs to complete the Challenge!
Joining the Challenge
Everyone is automatically signed up for this challenge. As long as you’ve got version 1.108 or higher installed, you’ll see a progress bar in the challenge card on your homescreen.
Click that card to access the climbs and see reward details.
Challenge Rewards
You will earn 500 XP for every two climbs you complete in the challenge, which means you will earn a total of 2000 XP if you complete the full Challenge.
This challenge goes live at 9:00 PT on March 9, 2026, and ends May 1 3, 2026, at 23:59 PT.
(I recommend finishing before the final day, though, as some past Challenges have ended earlier than expected, and you don’t want to be caught out if that happens.)
Surviving a Terrorist Attack – Stephen and Cara Lockwood
It was March 2017, and Cara and Stephen Lockwood had been married six months. Stephen’s 40th birthday was coming up on the 22nd, and Cara wanted to do something special for him. “I wanted to plan something fun to do.”
What could be more fun than swimming with sharks at the London Aquarium? “You basically get into a shark cage made of string and have sharks swim at you,” she says. Stephen quickly corrects her, “Rope! Not string. It was something we always wanted to do.”
They both laugh. It’s a subdued laugh, though, because that special day would turn into a nightmare.
After swimming with sharks, they planned to go to The Berkeley, a high-end hotel with an amazing restaurant. Cara, who has always been a bit sociophobic, was nervous about taking the London Tube because of all the people. Plus, there had been terrorist scares recently, so the city was on high alert, which really ramped up her anxiety. They decided to take a stroll across Westminster Bridge and get a taxi on the Big Ben side.
She remembers walking with Stephen up the steps onto the bridge, feeling a bit off. It was a fairly nice day, and there were a few other people farther across the bridge, and four or five behind them. She and Stephen were halfway across the bridge when she heard a vehicle accelerating behind her. At first, she thought it was one of the smaller maintenance vehicles that buzz across the bridge occasionally. But why was it accelerating?
Suddenly, both she and Stephen were hit from behind by an SUV. She flew up into the air and fell to the ground. She was stunned, but realized she was okay; she could still walk and run. But where was Stephen? She scanned the bridge. He was lying in the road, not moving. She ran to him.
Stephen has no memory of what happened.
From news reports, Stephen was scooped up onto the hood of an SUV that was barreling down the bridge, flew into the air, thrown into the back end of a bus, and was dumped onto the road, hitting his head, fracturing his skull, neck, back, ribs, puncturing his lung – and shattering bones in his left leg, ripping part of his calf open.
This was the Westminster Bridge terrorist attack. The aftermath of the attack is well-documented in a BBC series called Hospital as the victims, including Stephen and Cara, arrive at St. Mary’s Hospital. You can watch it here.
Recovery: “It was heartbreaking.”
Recovery was long and slow, taking years of physical therapy for Stephen to be able to walk again. He had seven operations on his leg. They had to keep repeating the surgery in order to get the bone to grow properly. A skin flap had to be taken from his right thigh to reconstruct his calf, which was completely ripped open.“The repetition was heartbreaking,” says Stephen. “We’d get our hopes up and then have to go back into surgery over and over again.”
That was just the physical side. “The mental side was torture,” says Cara. “We were completely unprepared for this, both individually and as a couple. Trying to move back to normalcy. You feel different in the world. How do you reconnect?”
“Watching people pass away and your husband nearly dying,” says Cara. “Steve would sometimes say that he had it better than me. All he’s got to do is lie there, medicated, and get operated on.”
Husband and wife became Patient and Nurse. Cara had to lift, carry, and wash Stephen during his long recovery. She had no background in this. To add to the immense pressure, within a few months of the attack, Cara’s father was diagnosed with cancer and was slowly dying. He sadly lost his battle in February 2018.
“We lost our identity. We went to therapy to help deal with the ordeal. To understand this new normal. And to try to realize there is a future.”
Finding Zwift
In September of 2021, after Stephen’s last operation and recovery, they decided to move to the French countryside.
One day in France, Stephen was watching YouTube and Zwift popped up. Because of the incident, they both struggled to be in crowded places. They had tried running, but with the high impact on Stephen’s leg and the increasing anxiety of hearing vehicles coming from behind, they felt it wasn’t the right fit. But Zwift looked interesting to him. He investigated it a bit more and thought it looked safe. He started watching Zwift streamers. He asked Cara if it was okay for him to invest some money into it. Cara checked it out and said, “Only if I can do it too!” So, in January 2024, they went to the local bike shop, got the cheapest bikes they could afford, and started Zwifting.
“Zwift is a big part of our lives now,” says Stephen.
They Zwift together five to six times a week. “We love it! Especially the epic races. It feels so good to work your butt off and finish – and maybe have a bit of a cry when you achieve a big goal.”
Over Christmas 2025, Cara joined Christoffer Wikman’s charity ride for cancer and helped raise funds by riding 100 km a day. The ride was also a personal connection for Cara to remember her father who had passed away from cancer.
They love racing and doing the long rides and challenges, like riding Zwift’s 30 longest routes in 30 days.
“It’s helped build up strength in my legs,” says Stephen. “It gives me a mental lift – a sense of fulfillment. I’ve lost weight and I’m eating right. We haven’t had a drink of alcohol in over a year.”
They have dark days. “Zwift and the wonderful community give you a sense of goodness, camaraderie. If I drop out of a group, people come back and help me get back in. That’s kindness. It’s encouraging,” says Cara.
“We can’t tell you how important Zwift is to us. We are so grateful. So full of gratitude. It has helped us reconnect and have hope again.”
Ride on, Stephen and Cara! We are grateful for you two as well.
NGNM United We Are: Empowering & Emancipating Women Through Cycling
As part of Women’s History Month, we’re featuring four different women’s clubs with a strong presence on Zwift. We start with Milly De Mori giving us insight into the cycling brand/club she founded, No Gods No Masters (NGNM).
No Gods No Masters as a cycling apparel brand was founded in 2017, our first collection hit the market in 2018. Soon after we started running women-only local rides in Europe supported by a network of ambassadors. Moving our rides onto Zwift felt like the most natural step, as I’ve been a long term advocate of indoor cycling and training. The Women Crush Wednesdays group ride on Zwift was born in early 2019.
The NGNM United We Are Zwift club followed as soon as clubs became a feature on Zwift, I believe it was 2020-21.
How did your club come to exist?
NGNM was founded combining two core ideas: offering high-end apparel for women (rather than entry level products, which were the norm back then), and building an empowering international community of women cyclists. These were, and still are, the pillars of the brand. Cycling offers a powerful space to grow physically, mentally and even spiritually, having the support of an encouraging, like-minded community makes this journey stronger and more meaningful.
Have any/all your club members ever met up IRL? If so, please tell us about it!
It’s a mix. Some members first met through our Zwift rides and later connected in real life by joining our United We Are cycling events in Italy. Others discovered the community through our IRL rides or UWA events and then continued to train and ride with us online throughout the year. I met my co-ride leaders Mim Taylor and Nan Deardorff McLain via Zwift. All of these United We Are activities wouldn’t be possible without them, I’m very grateful to have them by my side in this journey!
I also love this cross-pollination between RL and Zwift and vice versa. Zwift makes it easy to keep the community connected year-round and to offer multiple ways to ride and train together. This is what I love about Zwift: it enables my vision of a truly borderless community of women, united by a shared love of cycling.
That’s also why we named both our events and our Zwift Club United We Are.
It’s also the opening line of one of our brand mantras: United We Are, Lifting as We Climb.
Do most/many/any of your members also ride outdoors?
Most of our community rides outdoors as well. I would say that just a minority is strictly riding indoors on Zwift.
What do you see as the biggest hurdle for women to start cycling?
There are many hurdles to starting cycling, including the investment of time and money, and concerns around safety.
But in my opinion, the biggest barrier is the lack of other women to ride with. Especially at the beginning, riding alone, or only with men, can feel intimidating rather than enjoyable. There’s a lot to learn, and without the right support and role models, it’s easy to feel out of place, talked down to, or simply left behind.
This is something I care deeply about, and it’s one of the reasons behind the name No Gods No Masters, a mantra about becoming our own masters and pursuing our goals within a loving, supportive environment.
A strong female community is the best way to start and progress in this sport. It helps remove many of the other hurdles mentioned above and replaces them with confidence, belonging, and shared motivation.
That’s why, after offering local group rides, challenges, and structured workouts on Zwift, the natural next step was to create our IRL cycling events, United We Are. They allow women to experience this supportive mindset firsthand, while adding a sense of discovery and adventure. Italy, where I’m originally from, is a particularly powerful setting for that.
Is the answer the same for women starting cycling on Zwift?
Not entirely. Zwift makes the introduction to cycling much easier. Today, there are many women-only rides, teams, and communities that make it simpler to get started, feel welcomed, and learn the basics quickly.
For women who live in places with few cyclists, or where winter or summer conditions are extreme, Zwift is the perfect platform to bridge that gap. It offers choice, structure, and a genuinely rewarding experience, regardless of geography or season.
That’s why I love it so much: it lowers the barrier to entry while making cycling feel accessible, social, and fun from day one.
Do you have thoughts/ideas/dreams for how we (we as a collective humanity, not necessarily Zwift – but it can include Zwift if you want) get more women riding?
I believe it starts when we, as women, place a little less pressure on ourselves to be the perfect everything, and begin to unlearn the conditioning that tells us to always put others first, to multitask endlessly, and to serve before honoring ourselves.
Being a woman today can feel like a complex game of Tetris, constantly trying to make everything fit, and I truly believe we’re capable of it. What matters is allowing ourselves to also honor our own needs, and to consciously carve out time that is just for us. That’s often the first step toward finding the space to ride.
From there, one of the strongest activators is word of mouth. Seeing other women ride, hearing their stories, and feeling personally invited into the experience makes cycling feel accessible rather than intimidating. Community grows through shared experiences, not perfection.
Cycling can feel time-consuming, but once invested in the right setup at home, most of us can find one hour to jump on an indoor trainer and join a Zwift group ride or workout, often more easily than fitting in a trip to the gym.
Outdoor cycling adds another dimension: discovery, presence, and a kind of meditation in motion. Even a short one- or two-hour ride on the weekend can become a powerful way to disconnect, reset, and tap into that flow state that comes from being outside and close to nature.
What is a fun fact you’d like to share about your club?
Two fun facts:
No Gods No Masters traces back to a motto used by women activists in the early 1900s, particularly in the United States, as a call for equal rights both at work and at home. Funny enough, and perhaps telling, more than a century later, we’re still fighting for many of the same forms of recognition.
It felt like the perfect name for a women-first brand in a traditionally male-dominated industry. That said, the progress we’ve seen in recent years has been incredible, across many fronts. The Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift is just one powerful and very visible example of how things are changing.
The Zwift racing team CrushPod was born out of NGNM’s weekly group ride, Women Crush Wednesdays. The founding members met through these rides and quickly went on to create a fantastic women’s team that truly rips on Zwift races. Many of the CrushPod racers still ride with us every week, and it’s a pleasure to host them at our United We Are cycling holidays in Italy.
If you had a magic wand to change one thing about the Zwift product OR the Zwift community, what would you wish for?
If I had a magic wand, I’d love to see full control functionality built into the Companion App, so it truly works as a remote control. For example, if I forget to pair my Zwift controllers, I currently have to do it directly on my Mac rather than through the Companion App.
In my setup, the computer is far from my bike, which means stopping, losing the group I’m riding with, walking over to the computer, pairing the device, and then jumping back on the bike. Having these basic actions available directly from the phone would make the experience much smoother and more rider-friendly.
On the community side, for the Clubs feature, I’d also love the option to upload a custom club image instead of using a generic one 🙂.
This week’s top events are rides celebrating International Women’s Day. But we’ve also got a Bike MS new kit unlock ride and two very different races featured. See the details of our picks below!
Rapha and Zwift are collaborating to host four different rides on Sunday, celebrating International Women’s Day! (Men are also welcome to join.) The rides are hosted by big names in the cycling space:
Fran Millar & Kate Veronneau
Danni Shrosbree, Nicole Frain & Klara Hansen
Kate Courtney
Dominique Powers & Lael Wilcox
Rides are 45 minutes long and open-paced on a variety of routes. See link below for time and route options.
Femme Cycle Collab is holding a special race on Sunday to celebrate International Women’s Day. It’s a race inspired by the legendary Paris-Roubaix—a professional race notorious for its brutal, mud-caked 19th-century cobblestones that demand extreme endurance, technical skill, and a bit of luck.
The race is on France’s Knights of the Roundabout, with riders categorized by Zwift Racing Score. A and B riders will race the full lap (54.4km, 359m) while C/D/E riders will race a shortened version (40.4km, 266m). All riders will start together.
There are two events – one just for women, and the other an open “Ally” event for all!
Join the Bike MS club on Saturday for a ride that unlocks their new in-game kit! This is a celebration ride that honors the MS Warriors the club raises funds and awareness for on a daily basis. Just like the many Bike MS Events across the US, there is something for everyone in these Zwift events. Whether you have a connection to multiple sclerosis or are just along for the XP or new kit, Bike MS is excited to have you along for the journey.
The ride is open-paced on Watopia’s Figure 8 Reverse route (29.9km, 254m), but there are three different length options: 50km, 40km, and 30km.
Thanks to a big response in opening rounds, Rhino Racing’s 2upTT is now a monthly event which begins on the first Saturday of the month and runs for 1 week. That means it kicks off this Saturday!
Strade Bianchi happens on Saturday, and Team Not Pogi have organized a race to go along with it!
Inspired by the iconic Strade Bianche, this race isn’t just about raw power—it’s about positioning, bike handling, and the mental toughness to conquer the “Sterrato.” Expect rolling hills, punchy climbs, and treacherous sectors of dirt and gravel. We’ve selected a route that mimics the relentless undulations of the Sienese countryside. Whether you’re a mountain goat or a powerhouse puncheur, this race will test every watt you’ve got.
The race is held on 3 laps of Makuri Islands’ Two Village Loop, for a total length of 38.6km with 264m of elevation gain.
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!
