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    Printable List of Zwift Routes by Difficulty

    Eric Schlange
    By Eric Schlange
    April 5, 2022
    LAST UPDATED January 17, 2023
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    There are currently 124 routes on Zwift that award a route completion badge. A few of these are event-only routes, but the vast majority are free ridable.

    We had many requests for a more printable version of our Master Routes List, specifically for riders looking to get all the route badges. So we created a printable list of badge routes, sorted by difficulty.

    Download the printable list of Zwift routes

    Routes are organized into 5 groups based on difficulty described as the number of water bottles (bidons) you may need to finish the route. We’ve also created a 6th group for the event-only routes which award route badges:

    • 1 Bidon: 60 routes
    • 2 Bidon: 32 routes
    • 3 Bidon: 16 routes
    • 4 Bidon: 9 routes
    • 5+ Bidons: 5 routes
    • Event-Only Badges: 2 routes

    Questions or comments?

    Post below!

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      Eric Schlange
      Eric Schlangehttp://www.zwiftinsider.com
      Eric runs Zwift Insider in his spare time when he isn't on the bike or managing various business interests. He lives in Northern California with his beautiful wife, two kids and dog. Follow on Strava

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      Jan
      Jan
      2 years ago

      Really nice. I have used your January version to checkmark completed routes.
      But could be great if you could do a version sorted after world and then difficulty within each world 🙂

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      Guilty
      Guilty
      2 years ago

      Wahooo! Thank you for updating!

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      Cor van der Linden
      Cor van der Linden(@zwiftinsider2)
      2 years ago

      Great Eric, thanks, I’m trying to motivate my non-zwifting cycling buddies, this updated list helps a lot, I can present them a huge challenge!!!

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      Ian M
      Ian M
      2 years ago

      you included the lead in this time and thats fantastic!
      it also highlights how broken the routes are. 10k in NY for a 10.5k route!?!

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      sven
      sven
      2 years ago

      Thanks Eric!

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      Adam
      Adam
      2 years ago

      Been waiting on this, thanks so much!!

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      John B
      John B(@jbx3849)
      2 years ago

      Hi, can you also make available a .csv or xls version of this if possible? 🙂

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      Trekjocky
      Trekjocky(@trekjocky)
      2 years ago

      No Cut and Paste skills? Cmon now.

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      eskolius
      eskolius
      4 months ago
      Reply to  Trekjocky

      Pasting as such, pasting as HTML, pasting as Unicode, pasting as text tried… in a line, tabs won’t be included and all line information goes into one excel cell. Please tell me how did you do it?

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      Marco Duarte
      Marco Duarte
      2 years ago

      Eric it works fine computer issue!! sorry about the comment, i was just to fast!!!

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      2 years ago

      Fixed!

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      2 years ago

      You know, after giving it a bit of thought, I agree. I moved it to 4 bidon. It actually has a higher VVOM (Veloviewer difficulty rating) then The Pretzel, but if you’re looking at it in terms of time to complete (which I think should be the main metric) it’s significantly shorter than The Pretzel.

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      Bern
      Bern
      2 years ago

      Thanks Eric! Any chance of Couch to Route Hero: Ride All Zwift Routes in XX weeks?

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      Ron Skyewalkr
      Ron Skyewalkr
      2 years ago

      this is outstanding work

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      Charlene
      Charlene
      2 years ago

      Woo hoo!

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      Rob
      Rob
      2 years ago

      This is brilliant! Saved me so much time – many thanks, Eric :-)Rov

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      2 years ago

      Yes, you can.

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      Dan
      Dan(@djkauffman)
      2 years ago

      Stupid question….Bidon??

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      2 years ago
      Reply to  Dan

      That’s a water bottle.

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      Thomas boudrot
      Thomas boudrot
      2 years ago

      GREAT Stuff Eric. Thank You so much, and for your site actually!
      Dumb question probably… Whate is the Lead-In for ?

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      2 years ago
      Reply to  Thomas boudrot

      The lead-in is just a section of road you have to ride in order to get to some routes, before the official route begins. It’s necessitated by the layout of the roads, intersections, and start pens.

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      Deborah Spottsville
      Deborah Spottsville
      1 year ago
      Reply to  Eric Schlange

      Is the Lead-In miles calculated into the total length? For example, on the Tick Tock route, the Length is 10.4 miles; the Lead-In is 1.5 miles. Is the 1.5 miles included in the 10.4 miles? ALSO, I didn’t get a big, noticable “route complete” notification when I reached the end. I kept pedaling until I covered 15 miles.

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 year ago
      Reply to  Deborah Spottsville

      No. There are two lengths stated: “Length” and “Lead-In”. Your “total length” would be lead-in + length.

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      BJL
      BJL
      2 years ago

      Thanks! Super helpful for planning meetups and jump starting new riders with getting XP points.

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      Peter Higgins
      Peter Higgins(@ibddoctor)
      2 years ago

      I find your Bidon ratings largely more helpful/accurate than XP, especially for the Lutschers, Ven-Top, and Road to Sky. Though I am not sure Out and Back again shouldn’t be a 2 Bidon ride.

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      Barbara Beach-Moody
      Barbara Beach-Moody
      2 years ago

      The printable list is awesome. It is a great way to keep track of what I have done and it is a great motivation to ride others. Thank you

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      Lily
      Lily
      2 years ago

      Thank you so much for this Eric. Checking off all the routes is giving me something to work towards that is fun and my levels are increasing with all the XP points I am gaining! Zwift just launched some new routes this week. Do you think you could update the list when you get a chance please?

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      Eric Schlange
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      2 years ago
      Reply to  Lily

      Already updated, at the link above!

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      Nate
      Nate
      2 years ago

      This is really great— thanks! Is there a way to see which routes you’ve already done? I’m new to Zwift, & for the first few weeks I was on Zwift I wasn’t keeping track!

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      Greg
      Greg
      2 years ago

      Have the brand new Watopia Routes been added?

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      2 years ago
      Reply to  Greg

      Yep!

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      2 years ago

      See the note at the top of the article.

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      Peter Josefchak
      Peter Josefchak
      2 years ago

      Is there a way to see the badges earned without having to be in game? It would be much easier to inventory if there is…let me know..be safe…

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      2 years ago

      Well that’s not very nice.

      If you want to sort a list by other factors, you can do so here: https://zwiftinsider.com/routes

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      Stan 'Silver Streak'
      Stan 'Silver Streak'
      2 years ago

      Hi Eric,
      Thank you for all your efforts.
      Would you perhaps have this available in Excel format?

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      K.Cheesy
      K.Cheesy
      2 years ago

      Is there a reason that some of the routes that have a lead in (Classique for example) didn’t have a lead in today (16 Apr 21) Only as I was planning a short 10 KM ish ride which turned into only 5.5km and i had to do another route to make up the distance

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      KCE
      KCE
      2 years ago

      Queens highway has an incorrect elevation listed. It looks like you have the elevation in feet under the meters column.

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      Tim
      Tim
      2 years ago

      would be great if zwift would tell you in the maps screen what ones you have completed and which ones you have haven’t

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      Sam
      Sam
      2 years ago

      Great work on the list. Really helped to keep me motivated.

      Will this list be updated with the new Makuri Islands routes?

      Thank you.

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      Riana Robertson
      Riana Robertson
      2 years ago

      thank you so much for the update!!

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      Bill P.
      Bill P.
      2 years ago

      Ah. No badge. Still not an official route – even though the D. Diesel rides it!

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      2 years ago

      Already done!

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      joseph goss
      joseph goss
      1 year ago

      I’m a newbie so I followed this list and chose one of the top 5 easiest routes. If 20 mins of 6-12% climb is one of the easiest routes here, I’m properly screwed. Lol.

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      Lee
      Lee
      1 year ago

      Totally agree, can’t beat ticking off each one with a highlighter pen ✔️🤓

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 year ago

      New Neokyo routes have now been added to the list!

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      Tristan
      Tristan
      1 year ago
      Reply to  Eric Schlange

      I think you still have the old list linked above…I’m not seeing the Neokyo routes on there.

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      Tristan
      Tristan
      1 year ago
      Reply to  Tristan

      fixed

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      Tom
      Tom
      1 year ago
      Reply to  Tristan

      Still can’t see the Neokyo Routes on the PDF from the download link above
      Could you please check that

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      Tristan
      Tristan
      1 year ago
      Reply to  Tom

      They are there. Listed as Makuri Islands routes. The list has a revision date of 29th Nov at the bottom of the pdf.

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      Ilari Koivusalo
      Ilari Koivusalo(@ilari-koivusalo)
      1 year ago

      Thanks!

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      David L
      David L
      1 year ago

      Thanks for your efforts!! Most of my rides are free rides, and the route information comes in very handy.

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      Phil Young
      Phil Young
      1 year ago

      Eric, I don’t see the Neokyo Crit Course on your list.

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 year ago
      Reply to  Phil Young

      That’s because it’s not a free-ridable route. But it DOES have a route badge associated with it, so… well, I’m not sure what to do with it.

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 year ago
      Reply to  Phil Young

      Just added it today.

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      Michael Davis
      Michael Davis
      1 year ago

      Has anyone ever gone through and added up the mileage for the badge routes (and their lead-ins)?

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      Scott James
      Scott James
      1 year ago

      Thank you Eric!! I needed an update to this list!

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      Jean Fortin
      Jean Fortin
      1 year ago

      Every time I start the zwift main app. (Orange color), the next page is blue as the companion app which makes me think I press the companion app by mistake.

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      Kevin D
      Kevin D
      1 year ago

      I have ridden all of the 100 free rideable routes and compared my post ride reported distance and elevation gain to that listed on the route selection screen in the game. I have found that distances and elevations match very closely except for London where my actual ride elevation gains are about 15% less than on the route selection screen, any ideas what is going on?

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      Andy Arhelger
      Andy Arhelger
      1 year ago

      Eric:
      Have you added the 2 new Watopia routes with badges from December yet?

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 year ago
      Reply to  Andy Arhelger

      Done!

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      Tim Tapley
      Tim Tapley
      1 year ago

      Awesome! Thank you for doing this list. I am new to Zwift and this is so helpful!

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      Clark
      Clark
      1 year ago

      Those five routes are all part of the ongoing Tour of Watopia – stages 1, 2, 3, 5, and 4 in the order you listed. Click to each stage to find the upcoming schedule: https://www.zwift.com/tour-of-watopia/ride.

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      Mike
      Mike
      1 year ago
      Reply to  Clark

      Thank you

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      ROJA
      ROJA
      1 year ago

      This is great! Thanks again and appreciate the updates!

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 year ago

      Done!

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