“Zwift Bambino Fondo 2022” Route Details (Watopia)
Released in Zwift’s December 2021 update, the 2022 Bambino Fondo route was created to host the monthly Zwift Fondo Series 2022. It’s similar in length to the original Bambino Fondo route, but with around 30% less elevation covering a very different set of roads.
Released in Zwift’s December 2021 update, the 2022 Bambino Fondo route was created to host the monthly Zwift Fondo Series 2022. It’s similar in length to the original Bambino Fondo route, but with around 30% less elevation covering a very different set of roads.
Route Basics
Length: 53.1 km (33.0 miles)
Elevation: 398m (1,306′)
+0.2km (0.1 miles) lead-in
Map: Watopia
ZIMetrics
Rating: 26.7/100 🛈
Time Estimates 🛈
4 W/kg: 77 minutes
3 W/kg: 86 minutes
2 W/kg: 106 minutes
Start & Finish
Begins at downtown arch, ends at Volcano KOM
Format: Point-to-Point
Restriction: Event Only
Run Achievement Badge: none
Strava Segments
Route Description
We begin just like the 2022 Gran and Medio Fondo routes: in downtown Watopia, heading around the Volcano then out past the Spruce Goose and up the beginning of the Epic KOM Reverse before cutting across via the cliffside KOM cutoff road. Next we head up through the redwoods to Fuego Flats Reverse, circling back to Fuego Flats forward.
Then we descend through the redwoods and into the Ocean Boulevard tunnel, arriving in downtown Watopia where we proceed through to the finishing challenge: the Volano KOM. Give it all you’ve got – the route ends at the KOM banner!
Looks easier than the previous bambino fondo; less climbing and no jungle. Should be faster group/pack speeds.
Glad they took the jungle out!
Agreed!
Best bike – Tron?
Full aero and tron is fastest if you don’t have disc wheels
This was a really fun route. It was pretty easy to find a descent sized group at any pace. I prefer this route over the previous Bambino route.
Does this route give bonus XP for first-completion, if so how much?
Nope. No achievement badge = no XP bonus.