Zwift’s “ZRacing” is the platform’s most popular ongoing race series, and in June we’re heading to the seaside to race four different coastal routes, including one that hasn’t yet been released.
Read on for details about race routes, the overall monthly GC competition, and more…
New: Power Meter Required
New this month, Zwift is requiring all racers to use a power meter, smart trainer, or smart bike when entering any Zwift-owned race events. Virtual power, which is based on a speed sensor on your wheel, is being disallowed due to unreliable power accuracy.
This hardware requirement removes “zPower Rangers” from the mix, especially in the A category where riders with dodgy virtual power often land.
Sea Breeze – June’s Route Schedule
Here are the routes we’ll be racing in June (click route for details):
- Stage 1 (June 3-9): Going Coastal
- 1 lap (18.7km, 69m elevation)
- Powerup: Draft Boost, Aero Boost 🛈
- Stage 2 (June 10-16): Island Hopper
- 1 lap (18.1km, 129m elevation)
- Powerups: Steamroller, Draft Boost 🛈
- Stage 3 (June 17-23): Beach Island Loop
- 2 laps (26.3km, 96m)
- Powerups: Draft Boost, Ghost 🛈
- Stage 4 (June 24-30): Mayan San Remo*
- 1 lap (21.4km, 219m)
- Powerups: Feather, Draft Boost 🛈
* we don’t yet have details on this route, but assume it is part of the Watopia “The Grade” Expansion happening mid-June. We’ll add a link to route details once we have them.
See upcoming Sea Breeze 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 23 times each day at 10 minutes past the hour nearly every hour, so there are plenty of available times to find a race.
See upcoming events at zwift.com/events/tag/zracingmay2024
Monthly GC on ZwiftPower
Each monthly series includes a time-based GC (general classification) tracking riders’ best finishing times for each week’s race. The overall winners in each category for the month are the riders with the lowest overall time for that month’s set of races.
With over 150 weekly timeslots available, riders can race each week’s event multiple times and try to better their finishing time. Tip: the fastest times usually come from the largest race fields!
You must use a heart rate monitor 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 ZRacing series has a unique achievement badge, which you can unlock by finishing every stage for the month. There are no makeup events, so if you miss a stage, you miss out on the badge and competing in the GC.
One and Done
Zwift has planned these events to deliver a solid 1-hour workout, so each race should only take around 1 hour to complete, including your warmup and cooldown.
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