April is Classics time in outdoor road racing, and the Queen of the Classics, Paris Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift, arrives Saturday, April 8th. Zwift is hosting a variety of events and a mission to celebrate the big race, including a month of cobbled race routes… both old and new.
Cobble Crusher – April’s Route Schedule
This month’s races all take place on cobbly Zwift routes, with stages 1 and 4 including fresh cobbles on previously-paved portions of France:
- Stage 1 (Apr 3-9): R.G.V.
- 1 lap (24.8km, 133m elevation)
- Powerups: Draft Boost (50%), Aero Boost (50%)
- Stage 2 (Apr 10-16): Lutece Express
- 3 laps (23.4km, 142m elevation)
- Powerups: Burrito (50%), Ghost (50%)
- Stage 3 (Apr 17-23): Cobbled Climbs
- 2 laps (18.6km, 268m)
- Powerups: Feather (50%), Anvil (50%)
- Stage 4 (Apr 24-30: Casse-Pattes
- 1 lap (23.7km, 155m)
- Powerups: Draft Boost (50%), Aero Boost (50%)
See upcoming Cobble Crusher events >
Series Structure
The ZRacing series consists of monthly sets of weekly races. Each race is scheduled for seven days (beginning 1:10am UTC on Monday and running through to the next Sunday). Timeslots are consistent week to week and month to month.
Races are scheduled ~15 times each day, so there are plenty of available times to find a race.
See upcoming events at zwift.com/events/tag/zracingapr2023
Monthly GC on ZwiftPower
Each monthly set of races has a time-based GC (general classification) which tracks riders’ best finishing times for each week’s race. The overall winners in each category for the month will be the riders with the lowest overall time for that month’s set of races.
See April’s GC on ZwiftPower >
With over 100 weekly timeslots available, riders can race each week’s event multiple times and try to better their finishing time.
Note: you must use a heart rate monitor and be on a smart trainer, smart bike, or power meter to show up in ZwiftPower results for this series.
If you aren’t signed up for ZwiftPower, check out our post How to Sign Up for ZwiftPower (and Why Every Zwifter Should Do It).
Get the Badge
Each month’s series has a unique achievement badge, which you can unlock by finishing every stage for the month.
One and Done
Zwift has planned these events around the idea of a solid 1-hour workout, so each race should only take around 1 hour to complete, including your warmup and cooldown.
Past Rounds
April is the eighth round of the ZRacing series which began in September 2022 with Get Rolling. This was followed by October’s Race Like a Champ, November’s Race Makuri, December’s Race Like a Pro, January’s Flat is Fast, and February’s Race Scotland, and March’s Race London.
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