All About Tour de Zwift Ride 2024

First launched in 2017, Tour de Zwift is the biggest annual tour on the platform – a celebration of discovery across all Zwift worlds!

This year’s tour has just been announced. Beginning January 3, it consists of eight stages spread across all of Zwift’s maps. Each stage has three group ride options based on how far you want to ride, with (new this year) races each weekend. (There are run options as well, which we’ve covered in this post.)

So grab a friend and join the biggest party of the year! Here’s everything riders need to know about this year’s TdZ.

New This Year

Fresh Route Badges

Recently-launched Rebel Route badges will be available on stage 8:

• Spiral into the Volcano (55.6km, 324m)
• Big Flat 8 (29.2km, 89m)
• Castle Crit (3.5km, 41m)

TdZ will be the first chance anyone gets to unlock these three route badges, since they were formerly Rebel Routes.

Weekend Races

This year TdZ isn’t just about group rides. Each stage’s long route will be available as an epic race event on the weekend! See schedule below.

Fresh Kit Unlocks (and IRL Le Col Kit Discount)

Zwift partnered with Le Col to bring the Tour de Zwift collection to life. Complete any stage to unlock a £50 ($60/€55/¥9000) reward from Le Col to use for the IRL kit (details below).

Ride and Race Categories

TdZ “Ride” events are group rides, not official races. The ride category you join determines which route you will ride:

• A: Long Ride
• B: Standard Ride
• C: Short Ride
• D: Women-Only Ride (uses the Standard route)

Category groups will leave the pens two minutes apart, with A starting first. Late join is enabled for TdZ events.

Weekend Epic Races will use Zwift’s category enforcement to automatically place riders into the correct pace group.

Stage Schedule and Route Details

Stage 1 (Jan 3-7): London/Yorkshire

• Long Ride: Triple Loops, 1 lap (41.3km, 544m)
  • Races January 6-7
• Standard + Women-Only: Greatest London Loop, 1 lap (26.1km, 345m)
• Short: 2019 UCI Worlds Harrogate Circuit, 1 lap (13.9km, 240m)

Stage 2 (Jan 8-12): Scotland

• Long Ride: The Muckle Yin, 2 laps (47.1km, 562m)
  • Races January 6-7 + 13-14
• Standard + Women-Only: Rolling Highlands, 3 laps (32km, 259m)
• Short: Loch Loop, 2 laps (16.1km, 142m)

Stage 3 (Jan 13-17): Makuri Islands

• Long Ride: Makuri 40, 1 lap (40.3km, 312m)
  • Races January 13-14
• Standard + Women-Only: Turf N Surf, 1 lap (24.7km, 197m)
• Short: Island Hopper, 1 lap (18.1km, 129m)

Stage 4 (Jan 18-22): France/Paris

• Long Ride: Petit Boucle, 1 lap (61.5km, 482m)
  • Races January 20-21
• Standard + Women-Only: Roule Ma Poule, 1 lap (27.2km, 263m)
• Short: Lutece Express, 2 laps (16.8km, 103m)

Stage 5 (Jan 23-27): Innsbruck

• Long Ride: Achterbahn, 1 lap (47.6km, 988m)
  • Races January 20-21 + 27-28
• Standard + Women-Only: 2018 UCI Worlds Course Short Lap, 1 lap (23.9km, 494m)
• Short: Innsbruckring, 2 laps (17.8km, 154m)

Stage 6 (Jan 28-Feb 1): Watopia

• Long Ride: Accelerate to Elevate, 1 lap (43.5km, 1157m)
  • Races January 27-28 + February 3-4
• Standard + Women-Only: Mountain 8, 1 lap (32.7km, 691m)
• Short: Legends and Lava, 1 lap (24.7km, 352m)

Stage 7 (Feb 2-6): New York/Richmond

• Long Ride: Everything Bagel, 1 lap (34.3km, 543m)
  • Races February 3-4 + 10-11
• Standard + Women-Only: Knickerbocker, 1 lap (22.7km, 364m)
• Short: Richmond Rollercoaster, 1 lap (17.2km, 169m)

Stage 8 (Feb 7-11): Rebel Routes

Three of Zwift Insider’s Rebel Routes have been turned into official routes which will see their debut in Tour de Zwift! Here’s your first chance to earn the new route badges and extra XP.

• Long Ride: Spiral into the Volcano, 1 lap (55.6km, 324m)
  • Races February 10-11
• Standard + Women-Only: Big Flat 8, 1 lap (29.2km, 89m)
• Short: Castle Crit, 4 laps (14km, 164m)

Make-Up Week: Feb 12-18

If you missed any group ride stages, they will all be available to ride during the make-up week.

Make-up races for stages 1, 3, 4, and 8 will be available February 17-18.

Registration

Registration for TdZ is now open online and in game. Sign up at zwift.com/tour-de-zwift/ride.

Unlocks

Riders will unlock items progressively as they complete TdZ stages:

• Socks: 1 stage (12%)
• Bucket Hat: 3 stages (35%)
• Glasses: 6 stages (75%)
• Ride Kit: all 8 stages

To complete a stage, simply finish one of the group rides (three lengths to choose from) or ride the stage’s Epic Race on a weekend.

Discount on Le Col Kit

Zwift and Le Col are teaming up to bring the 2024 Tour de Zwift cycling kit to your closet:

Le Col is offering a £50/$60/€55/¥9000 discount to Tour de Zwift riders which can be used on anything in Le Col’s shop (not just the TdZ kit)! Discount code is ZWIFT24. Combine that with the Tour de Zwift bundle price, and you’ll get the kit to your door in the USA for ~$144!

Shop Le Col x Tour de Zwift kit >

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