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    Watch the Femmes Mission and Events Announced for April

    Eric Schlange
    By Eric Schlange
    March 27, 2023
    LAST UPDATED April 6, 2023
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    Zwift has rolled out a fresh Mission for April, along with a pile of events all based on Paris Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift, the big IRL women’s race happening April 8.

    “Conquer a Classic” Mission Details

    Getting Started

    To begin the Mission, select the mission card on your homescreen and click to register:

    Once you’ve registered, clicking the mission card will show your progress for the Mission.

    Note: signups opened today in game, but the Mission doesn’t begin until April 3.

    Completing the Mission

    To complete the mission and earn the specially-designed Watch The Femmes-themed achievement badge, ride at least 145.5km (90.4 miles) between April 3-30, 2023. Of course, you don’t have to do this all in one ride. But you can if you’d like, and there are special events on April 8th to help you do just that (see below)!

    Why 145.5km? Because that’s the length of the IRL Paris Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift race being held on April 8!

    Zwift says finishing the mission will unlock the Watch the Femmes kit, socks, cap (the same as 2022), and a new pair of WTF sunglasses… but riders are reporting not unlocking the glasses with mission completion. To get those, you’ll probably need to ride a Cobble Crusher race or the France Classic Fondo (see below).

    Additional Watch the Femmes Events

    Zwift has a full slate of events planned around the #watchthefemmes theme for April:

    • April 3 to April 30 – ZRacing Monthly Series: Cobble Crusher (see details here)
    • April 8 France Classic Fondo Rides: Want a challenge? Ride 145.5 km on the new France Classic Fondo route in the #watchthefemmes fondo! Four time slots to choose from. Finish a fondo and unlock the Watch the Femmes kit, socks, and cap (the same as 2022), plus a new pair of WTF sunglasses.
    • Every Wednesday in April – Workouts of the Week: Try out the workouts inspired by Annemiek Van Vleuten, Coryn Labecki, Sara Martin, and Teniel Campbell every Wednesday in April

    Learn more about the IRL race, as well as the Zwift series surrounding it, at zwift.com/watchthefemmes

    New Cobbles?

    The Watch the Femmes events will take place in France, and according to Zwift during these special events some of the existing paved sections will be changed to cobbled roads. A temporary cobbling!

    Questions or Comments?

    Post below!

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      Eric Schlange
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      Mike Hardy
      Mike Hardy
      2 months ago

      I have to admit, my socks with “WTF” on them are my favorite pair. Wearing them in-game now. Looking forward to the races too – women’s racing on the toughest courses (Bianchi, Paris-Roubaix, tough stage race stages) gets pretty spicy, worth a look as trainer video fodder

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      Serge
      Serge
      2 months ago
      Reply to  Mike Hardy

      I never paid attention to the acronym…. Totally want WTF bib and socks too now! 😂

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      Paul Himes
      Paul Himes
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Mike Hardy

      I’d really like the glasses to match, but I don’t think I’d like them enough to find the time to do a 145.5 km fondo this weekend. Now, if it turns out that they say WTF across the lenses, I might end up regretting that decision.

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      Marc
      Marc
      2 months ago

      There’s so much space in the France map to add in some permanent cobbled roads, cutting across the middle of the flat loop. Always hoped for that, but I guess won’t ever happen.

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      Emilio Lence
      Emilio Lence
      2 months ago
      Reply to  Marc

      I hope for the Tourmalet in the map and conected to the Ventoux in the other side.

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      Colin Smith
      Colin Smith
      2 months ago
      Reply to  Marc

      Classic County – add in a scattering of well known sectors from the spring classics, with enough linking roads to make up a lot of different options for combining them. And a custom route creator. Then you can have Flanders/Roubaix/Liege-alike routes fairly easily….

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      Brian
      Brian
      2 months ago
      Reply to  Marc

      The developers are too busy working on more important stuff like Dinosaur costumes for the Tour of Watopia.

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      Dana
      Dana
      2 months ago

      can we ride on any map or must be in france?

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      2 months ago
      Reply to  Dana

      To accumulate the 145.5km distance? I’m sure any map is fine.

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      Austin
      Austin
      1 month ago

      Great challenge that can be initialized to WTF

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      Singlesaddle
      Singlesaddle(@sagebum)
      1 month ago

      How can the actual race be watched in the U.S.? Last year the women’s Tour de France. was on NBC Peacock But I did not see the Femes P to R listed there yet.

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      Singlesadle
      Singlesadle(@sagebum)
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Singlesaddle

      Sad. Womens racing is fab!

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      Rick
      Rick
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Singlesaddle

      P-R Femmes appears to be on GCN+ in the USA.

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Singlesaddle

      The “official broadcasters” link on their homepage shows NBC Sports (digital) and Peacock as well as GCN and SSC: https://www.paris-roubaix-femmes.fr/en

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      Andreas
      Andreas
      1 month ago

      so no fondo kit or badge, just the same unlocks as for logging the kms during other rides, and also same kit as last year? I think that fondo and the femmes deserves its own badge or kit item. #WTF =)

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      Andreas
      Andreas
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Andreas

      …and the new glasses were awarded after the first race in on the RGV course.

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      Joe
      Joe
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Andreas

      I finished the mission today and got the mission badge (I already had the kit, cap, and socks from last year), but no sunglasses. Do I have to ride the Fondo to get them?

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      Andreas
      Andreas
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Joe

      I got the sunnies after a cobble crusher race on RGV

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      Joe
      Joe
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Andreas

      Thanks Andreas. That would certainly be faster than doing the Fondo!

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      Andreas
      Andreas
      1 month ago

      @Eric Schlange seen any schedule for the WFT fondo on the 8th yet? =)

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      Eric Schlange
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      Eric Schlange(@eschlange)
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Andreas

      Sure, the events have been posted for a while. Just hard to find thanks to Zwift’s lack of event search. See them on ZwiftHacks here: https://zwifthacks.com/app/events/?key=642ef120097b2

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      CPF
      CPF
      1 month ago

      I finished the mission today and I only unlocked the kit. I already had the 2022 kit and socks. Are these socks also the same as in 2022? Also I did not unlock the sunglasses.

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      Matthias
      Matthias
      1 month ago

      I unlocked the sunglasses after finishing the Workout of the Week.

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      Jenny H
      Jenny H
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Matthias

      did you have to a scheduled one or could you do it any time?

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      HeatherC
      HeatherC
      1 month ago

      Confirming: I earned the glasses by completing a ‘Workout of the Week’

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      Wendy
      Wendy
      1 month ago

      Why isn’t my rides adding on to the challenge? Is it specific group rides only?

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      Alex Harker
      Alex Harker
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Wendy

      I’m having a similar issue! Some of my miles are counting toward the challenge and some aren’t and I can’t figure out why.

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      Jenny H
      Jenny H
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Wendy

      same here. yesterday’s ride certainly did not add. I suspect that at least one other did not either.

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      Jenny H
      Jenny H
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Wendy

      update
      2 consecutive rides did not update the tally. However today my ride was enough to get to me to 145.5 and it did show that I had completed the mission.

      I had emailed Zwift about the problem. No response to the email so I assume that it was a general fix, not action because I’d raised it

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      Jenny H
      Jenny H
      1 month ago
      Reply to  Wendy

      reply from zwift that this was a known issue and has now been fixed

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